There is an interesting article on the subject of Voice over IP by Daniel Berninger over at this link. The piece is entitled “The Voice over IP Insurrection“, and covers some historical, regulatory, technical, legal and competitive issues related to the rise of VoIP, and the effect on the telcos.

The author portrays the VoIP movement as an “insurrection” against the hidebound over-regulated business environments that both protected and stymied the traditional telephone cos.

In a nutshell, the author predicts boom times for VoIP and bad times for Verizon and Lucent.Here is a sample quote:

“The VoIP insurrection over the last decade marks a milestone in communication history no less dramatic than the arrival of the telephone in 1876. We know data networks and packetized voice will displace the long standing pre-1995 world rooted in Alexander Graham Bell’s invention. It remains uncertain whether telecom’s incumbent carriers and equipment makers will continue to dominate or even survive as the information technology industry absorbs voice as a simple application of the Internet “.

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