Comments on: Who is Voice 2.0 Enabling?

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:31:02 +0000

i like my spa-2102 it allows me to be ordinary with my ordianary phone which works in an ordinary way. Nothing new to learn except programming the box. If i bought a cellular-like phone it would be a linksys wip330. I like cheap and since the firmware is ahead of the voip servers i know i don’t have to buy a new box for a very long time. I like CHEAP and EASY to use service. Not interested in the “NEW” stuff as it always means learning a new way of doing things and quite frankly the old way is the easiest so why change it?

By: randulo

randulo — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:43:27 +0000

A comic once joked “If God had meant us to fly, we’d have been born with tickets!” The same is true for “phone numbers” and I imagine it will someday come to pass. Oh, they needn’t be 10 digit numbers nor do we really need area codes or even country codes anymore.
The challenge of VoIP isn’t lowering the cost per minute, is it? It’s making it easier or better to contact, speak, see and hear, conference etc. So one huge area is this: whatever the device, get me “Suzie”, wherever she is and whatever device she’s near. Is it going to be SIP URI (randulo@somerealdomain.com) or ISN 123*65142? The ISN isn’t cute or memorable, but it can be dialed on any numeric keypad.
Ok, this comment is turning into a full post, I’ll shut up now. Look to Grand Central, if it ever comes out of beta to provide food for thought.

By: Khyle

Khyle — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:30:44 +0000

It’s hard to argue with your position based on the history of the sector. I think (and hope, as my company is in this sector) that the intelligent plays will show profitability.

By: Garrett Smith

Garrett Smith — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:48:09 +0000

@Khyle:

I agree what you said and what you are talking about what these new services will enable you to do.

There is no doubt in my mind that due to the IP transport mechanism, voice can and will be used as an enabler of things never before possible.

My question is, is there enough people out there who want or need the ability to use voice in this way.

Right now, I say no, based on the fact that most of these companies are struggling to make a dime and that they are moving closer to the middle by providing ordinary service.

I hope the trend changes, because I think there are a lot of great voice 2.0 companies.

By: Khyle

Khyle — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:42:12 +0000

I’m sorta new to Voice 2.0 so I’m not sure what it *used* to be about.

My belief, and I think we’re already starting to see this with some of the iPhone apps, and the Android apps – is that it’s the intelligence that can be brought about that’s going to be the sell.

Be that disaster coordination, providing location based services or advertising recording artists, getting people in contact with each other is powerful. I think – eventually – the winners will excel in doing that.