VoIP Bulks Up
A USA Today article by Brian Bergstein (AP) provides these VoIP factoids.
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“An analysis by the TeleGeography research group found 2.7 million subscribers nationwide in the second quarter, compared with just 440,000 a year earlier.”
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“The revenue generated from consumer VoIP services remained relatively small, at $220 million, but that is expected to change quickly. TeleGeography forecasts annual VoIP revenue hitting $3 billion in two years.”
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“Time Warner Inc.’s cable division is now the nation’s second-largest VoIP carrier, trailing only Vonage Holdings Corp., one of the earliest commercial providers of the service. Vonage is estimated to have 750,000 U.S. subscribers, more than three times its level a year ago.”
Broadband Reports cautions:
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“…the $1.3 billion in revenues the [VoIP] industry saw in 2004 were less than one percent of the total voice revenues in this country [USA].”
[via Broadband Reports]