Do these VOIP companies have viable business models?

I keep thinking of boo.com and other notable web failures and wonder how long
the free/very cheap calls will last - or is it really different this time and
VOIP businesses can survive and still provide their current services at current
prices?

How do telecomms businesses trade? Presumably there has to be some way for a
Telecomms company in Australia, say, to be paid by us for the use of their last
few km of copper wire?

JPG

 

I reckon VOIP telcos will survive as they have paying customers that
make outbound phone calls through their system.

The telecoms company in Australia will get paid for incoming calls
aswell as well as outgoing calls and rental charges for the copper
wire.

 

well some will and some wont.

Time will tell who survives though. in the end it will come down to cost and
service level.
The shake up will be similar to the isp market ith small players being
swallowed up by the big boys as the race to get market share.
The market is starting to mature with the likes of MCI launching a business
product for the european market, I think we can expect to see more of the
large players launching over the next few months. As well as the Isps
launching their own offerings AOL and Wanadoo to name but two the small visp
will find it harder to get market share and will be required to provide
support for all levels of users.
It will be interesting to see who does survive though

Ian

 

I wonder how long before hardware manufacturers catch on in a big way (not the
paltry choice we have now). The market for ATAs and Voip Telephones is likely
to explode over the next year or so, prices will plummet (hopefully).

JPG