February 25, 2005

VoIP is ready for prime time | Tech News on ZDNet

Peter Cochrane has written an insightful piece that describes s the upheaval underway for consumers and telecom companies driven by VoIP. Some of the responses are also useful reading to get a sense of what early adopters are thinking.

Crucial in this transformation will be effective business models that create the profit incentive for companies to continue to invest in the broadband and wireless technologies. And, of course, consumers must pay for the great benefits the Internet provides. Another critical element to success of the new telephony is reliability in terms of networking and device powering. The need for reliable electricity to power all our devices will be paramount. So we need the best battery technology we can develop and a reliable electric grid with solid sources of power generation.

Here in Vermont a large number of folks oppose a major power grid upgrade mostly for environmental reasons, but some use the alarmist argument, based on junk science, that EMF poses health risks. Sad that so many people do not or will not understand the science behind these bogus arguments.

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