[138168] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What vexes VoIP users?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Mon Feb 28 17:36:49 2011
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <890857CD-E9A3-4F81-B86C-63B5668FA207@consultant.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:32:20 -0800
To: Cutler James R <james.cutler@consultant.com>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 28, 2011, at 1:33 PM, Cutler James R wrote:
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> On Feb 28, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Bret Clark wrote:
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>> On 02/28/2011 01:17 PM, Leigh Porter wrote:
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>>> VoIP at the last mile is just too niche at the moment. It's for =
people on this list, not my mother.
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>>> --
>>> Leigh
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>> Baloney...if that was the case, then all these ILEC's wouldn't be =
whining about POT's lines decreasing exponentially year over year!
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> I would suggest that the exponential decrease in POTS is driven by =
cell phones, not VOIP - I just get my cell phone from the store, any =
store, and use it, almost anywhere. It's just like my land line but =
without the wire tether. I get wireless without VOIP complications.
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> Of course, we could discuss Long Distance rates for land lines vs cell =
or Skype (VOIP for almost free). But that is really another discussion.
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> James R. Cutler
> james.cutler@consultant.com
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Pretty soon, cell phones will, essentially, be VOIP devices. In fact, =
some already are.
In fact, one could argue that LTE cell phones are in essence what VOIP =
will be when
it grows up.
It is clear that eventually voice will simply be an application on a =
packet switched
data network.
I believe that the frontier after that will be to replace HDMI with =
high-speed ethernet
and media will go from being a source->selector/sound->display solution =
to a
packet-switched source->network->destination solution where the =
destination
will be either a time/place shifting device (recorder) or an output =
(audio/video).
This frontier can't be crossed until multi-gigabit household networking =
becomes
commonplace, so, it will be a few years, but, I believe it will =
eventually occur.
I also believe that the RIAA/MPAA/etc. will do everything the can to =
prevent it
which will likely delay it for several more years.
Owen=
