| Throttle the UPLOAD - VONAGE is Dead THE BAD:
VONAGE(LAB RAT), Love it while it lasts.
The ILEC's can easily destroy Vonage as a "Telephone Service". Vonage require's a set minimum U/L (upload) and D/L (download) information rate. If that rate is interrupted, delayed or changed (Throttled) your frustration with the poor quality will send you running back to a POTS line carrier. VOIP is a technology that will most likely revolutionize the telephone industry. Dont think for one second that the big boys will not capitalize on VOIP's merits. Vonage is a user of the technology not a carrier that controls it.
The GOOD:
It takes company like this to kick the RBOCS in shape. Vonage is the first out of the gate with this service.
If they're able to survive a few more years and gain a solid foothold, RBOCS are forced to compete and the bad i wrote of before will be the opposite and carriers will be required to the set minimums required for VOIP as a standard component of Internet Service. Competition is good for us all. |
