Shift Happens: Life in the VoIP Lane

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Shift HappensLife in the VoIP Lane

• Jeff Pulver
• Founder, pulver.com
• jeffp_at_pulver.com
• May 24, 2005

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Internet Freedoms (or Consumer Empowerment)

• Freedom of Access Content
• Freedom of Applications
• Freedom to attach personal devices
• Right to Service Plan information

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Skype as Role Model

• Requires no Infrastructure, thus virtually no
  associated costs
• Composed solely as endpoints (no network elements
  necessary)
• Uses Internet as-is
• Often offers superior quality of service
• Easy traversal of NATs and firewalls
• Offers the Ultimate User Experience
• Single-click installation
• Extreme user-friendliness
• Non-PSTN feature set

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What Skype Has Taught Us

• Make something easy to use,
• Do it better than everyone else,
• Provide it at the right price,
• and people will use it!
• Skype has vastly improved the broadband internet
  communication experience.

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Global IP Alliance

• Applying concept accountants adopted years ago
  with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
  GAAP
• Industry committed to resolving technical and
  social issues confronting IP-based
  communications.
• Supporting the Internet Freedoms.
• If we dont solve the perceived problems,
  governments around the world will do it for (to)
  us
• www.ipall.org

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Thank you. Have a great show!

• Jeff Pulver
• jeffp_at_pulver.com