Several factors will influence future developments in voip products and services. currently, the most promising areas for voip are corporate intranets and commercial extranets. Their IP-based infrastrucures enable operators to control who can - and cannot - use the network.
VOIP products and services transported via the public internet will be niche markets that can tolerate the varying performance levels of that transport medium. Telecomunications carriers most likely will rely on the public internet to provide telephone service between/among geographic locations that today are high-tariffs area.
However, the public internet will be able to handle voice and video services quite reliably within the next three to five years, once two critical changes take place.
On the other hand, FAXoIP products and services via the public internet will become economically viable more quickly than voice and video, primarily because the technical roadblocks are less challenging.
VOIP products and services transported via the public internet will be niche markets that can tolerate the varying performance levels of that transport medium. Telecomunications carriers most likely will rely on the public internet to provide telephone service between/among geographic locations that today are high-tariffs area.
However, the public internet will be able to handle voice and video services quite reliably within the next three to five years, once two critical changes take place.
On the other hand, FAXoIP products and services via the public internet will become economically viable more quickly than voice and video, primarily because the technical roadblocks are less challenging.
