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Originally Posted by bkbroil Ohhhhh....I understand now....your talking about the ability on to call other VOIP providers... |
Well, sort of but moreso...think of this: Instant messaging pretty much was pioneered by ICQ. They owned the IM field for a year or more. Their software connected to their servers, etc. Had AOL and MS, etc released their IMs the same month as ICQ, then there would be mass confusion and I would argue IM would not have caught on the way it has. You'd have your Aunt downloading AIM, your brother downloading ICQ and Me downloading MSN messenger and we all would
not be able to talk because the different companies' IMs do not talk to each other. By virtue of it failing for so many people in the beginning...they'd be less likely to try to make it work. (Just a theory)
It looks like the same thing is happening with VoIP software. It looks to be incompatible phones are rushing to market. Can they talk to each other? Perhaps, but by looking at WiFive's connection grid I don't think so.