IP Telephony Marries The Web: Voice 2.0 - A Manifesto For The Future
Written by on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 in Web 2.0, voice-applications, VoIP, SMS, smart mobs, Skype, Online Collaboration.
We're witnessing the beginnings of a titanic clash between the Internet and the telecommunications industry. My hope is that clash will be the, albeit painful, evolution of Voice into a full blow internet application - the birth of Voice 2.0. Voice 2.0 is the next step from where we are today. DVD Cover - Clash of the Titans Amazon DVD In today's world, VoIP "carriers" like Vonage, Packet8, and the cable offerings, are migrations of the legacy PSTN onto a VoIP foundation. Voice 2.0 â true VoIP â is the marriage of IP Telephony to the Web. It's already begun. The arrival (and mass adoption) of technologies like Skype, Peerio, and PhoneGnome are one indicator. Another is the accelerating loss…