| It's only bad if someone isn't making money off it It would seem that Skype's greatest sin is that it doesn't go for maximum profit. If you read the linked article it's all about protecting someone's business model from the potential threat to revenue. Like they are somehow entitled to a revenue stream just because they want one.
Don't the VOIP provider's like Vonage realize they are eating the Long Distance provider's lunches? The ILECs want to impede VOIP to protect their business models. It is humorous how they all want someone to guarantee their right to be in a market and yet block others.
It seems to be a straw man argument that this is useful for corporations to protect themselves and limit bandwidth usage. If you want to have a corp policy against this type of usage, do so, and crack down on violations. Funny thing is, more and more companies are going to VOIP themselves. Would you rather have Susie Secretary use a VOIP connection to talk to a friend, or a bigger part of your T1 to place a traditional call? (Ok, there was just a morsel of flamebait in that last sentence, please don't let it go to waste.  |
