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CAMPAIGNING FOR VoIP

If 1000 polltakers at last month's Supercomm 2004 show are correct, the voice-over-IP craze is not just on the horizon, it's already here. Some 91% of respondents to Vote for VoIP, a poll co-presented by Telephony and Spirent Communications at the show, agreed the VoIP revolution has indeed begun. Which carrier will be the one to lead the industry in the technology's deployment, however, was somewhat less decided. The votes shook out evenly for five carriers: Verizon, AT&T, SBC, Comcast and Vonage received top picks from voters, each garnering between 10% and 15% of the votes. Despite its seemingly rosy future, though, VoIP has a few stumbling blocks. Voters believe voice quality, government regulation and slow broadband deployment may trip up the technology on its road to adoption.

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