This year will be remember as the year that VoIP “really happened,” said Jeff Pulver, speaking at the opening of Fall VON 2004 in Boston — as evidenced by extensive prime time TV commercials for consumer VoIP service during the Olympic Games, the FCC approval of the “pulver Order,” which set a deregulatory tone for the industry; and the arrival of the first VoIP price wars.
Pulver believes we are at the crossroads between reality and hype. Clearly, interest in VoIP continues to grow — the VON conference is expected to attract 5,000 attendees and over 200 exhibitors.
Pulver hinted that he will soon be filing a new FCC petition addressing the future of telephone numbers, which he described as a 120-year old mistake because they are associated with a physical address, instead of a person. Pulver said he would file his petition on behalf of country code 1, although it potentially impacts any calling on the Net. More details are expected soon. http://www.pulver.com
