[Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)

[John Breeden]

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> [mailto:asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of James Sharp
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 6:01 PM
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> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] FAX, IAX and *....Maybe I'm dreaming...:-)
>
>
> > It's just my lowly opinion but I too must agree when it comes to the
> > consumer/soho (1 to 3 line) markets.
> >
> > CAUTION!!, DANGER!! Marketing Hat On!!
> >
> > Vonage, the most "visible" marketer of a voip consumer product must also
> > agree. Vontage offers an ip "fax line". using cisco's ata. Vontage must
> > see
> > some good reason for doing so. (I assume it's h.323). A&T, MCI and Time
> > Warner will be competing directly against Vonage when they
> introduce their
> > consumer voip products. I'd bet they too will be offering an ip
> fax line.
> >
> > Odds are you will be competing against them too. If I was vonage I'd be
> > telling the world how important a ip fax line was :-)
>
> Personally, I dont think that the world in general really cares about an
> "ip fax" line.  All they want is a system that works all the time/every
> time and doesn't require elaborate and convoluted setup.  They're not
> ooohing and ahhhing about "oooh, this uses VoIP".  They just know that
> they can stop spending $30/mo on an analog phone line and they get their
> long distance either flat rate or for an absurdly low per minute rate.
>
> Don't sell it as VoIP.  Sell it as a total replacement for the
> analog line.
>

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