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To: RetiredNow who wrote (67386)	3/16/2005 12:02:49 AM
From: Amy J	Respond to of 77400

Eric, the title too perfectly fit the mood of this bear-feeling market; just couldn't resist teasing you all. Mindmeld, don't worry, it's actually not a killer. VoIP will be big. There are three possible ways the problem could be fixed: - economic - technological - legislature Free services get abused. An economic solution, would be to bill VoIP, even a one cent charge would minimize telecallers. The second solution is a technological solution. There are some products that can do this today. The third solution is the least desirable for growth, unless it's the creation of a common sense global law such as "we'll throw you in jail for 5 years if you do any type of phone spam." Of course, given the ChoicePoint crook received only 18 months for stealing over 120,000 identities it's unlikely Congress has the ability to get tough. But this industry problem will get resolved eventually. VoIP is just too big. While it is true the phone is going away in the home (and eventually later in the workcube), the proliferation of media services in the home and corporations will grow VoIP through wifi'd laptops, devices, etc. Even mobile which trunks air waves at the radio station can pump voice over IP - some industry experts predict traditional calls could be 25% of the total VoIP usage. VoIP has a strong and huge future. Cisco will benefit from this, because they will carry the traffic, as well as benefit from the window of opportunity on the VoIP phones. But the title was just too funny. Regards, Amy J