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Supreme Being
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The branded ISP VOIP offerings are taking a lot of the minutes and usage away from Skype. Skype used to have the market cornered, but with all the big broadband providers getting into the VOIP market themselves things are changing.
"Research carried out by network management firm Sandvine at the end of last year reported that ISP-branded VoIP represented 51.2 per cent of all VoIP minutes in Europe.
Skype followed closely behind with 45 per cent of all VoIP minutes, and Vonage took less than one per cent. Other third-party VoIP providers represented 3.5 per cent of all VoIP minutes.
The situation in Europe almost mirrors that of North America, according to the study, where ISP-branded VoIP represents 53 per cent of all VoIP minutes on broadband networks. Vonage is a clear second with 21.7 per cent share of minutes."
http://www.itweek.co.uk/vnunet/news/2149700/isp-branded-voip-challenges
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Supreme Being
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I have been seeing a lot more adverts for voice broadband services in the last several weeks. It is weird how they seem to be popping up everywhere. I guess the big companies are trying to manage to stay alive as the power shifts from the telephone lines to the broadband services.
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Stitch,
I have too. Seems everyone wants to get into the act. None of them seem to have the same base of free talk though. The base Skype program has an IM-like functionality and over 4 million users on at peak times. That is way beyond what anything like BT could offer, I would think.
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