{"id":1872,"date":"2008-07-17T11:08:28","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T15:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.voipsupply.com\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2016-06-27T09:26:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:26:28","slug":"cnet-blogger-matt-asay-on-voip-its-all-rubbish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/cnet-blogger-matt-asay-on-voip-its-all-rubbish\/","title":{"rendered":"CNet Blogger Matt Asay on VoIP: "..it’s all rubbish.""},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Asay, member of the CNet Blog Network and OSS technology pundit, weighs in on VoIP<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Voice-over-IP (VOIP) has long promised to significantly disrupt the telecommunications market. And so it has. Never before have so many people paid so little for technology that doesn’t work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yes, I know. You probably have a VOIP provider that works. All the time. Guess what? I don’t believe you. I’ve used Skype, Comcast Digital Voice, Vonage, a commercial service my company uses, and it’s all rubbish.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The problems vary, but one thing is clear: Plain old telephone service (POTS) may be pricey, but at least it works. All the time. It’s amazing how much pain we’ll endure to save a few pennies. I’m switching back to POTS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Back in 2006, Asay praised Matrix Partners’ $13.8 Million dollar investment in Digium<\/a>, a prominent player in the VoIP space.<\/p>\n

As recently as July 4th, 2007 Asay trumpeted the business benefits of VoIP and declared Skype: The Ultimate Collaboration Tool<\/a><\/p>\n

From Asay’s July 4th, 2008 CNet post regarding his firm’s positive experiences with Skype:<\/p>\n

Being a company with employees spread across the United States and Europe, Alfresco has long used Skype to cut phone costs and as our common instant messaging platform. But with a recent update from Skype, “public chats” have been enabled, giving us one more tool.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fact:<\/strong> Not much decentralized group collaboration, cost savings or “public chats” happening on POTS Matt…<\/p>\n

More from Asay’s July 4th, 2008 CNet post regarding Skype usage:<\/p>\n

We now have group chats for the management team, for the solutions engineering team, for support, and so on. Often these chats will rest silent, but when a good conversation gets moving, it’s invaluable to team cohesion and productivity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Equally confusing, the mercurial Asay stated in September of 2007:<\/p>\n

Today I’m eating crow, and it tastes great. Why? Because Vonage has been complete rubbish for me, whereas Skype is increasingly approaching perfection. I dropped my traditional phone service for Vonage. I’m now about to drop my traditionally awful Vonage for Skype.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Odd how one can go from Skype fanboy to declaring the technology “rubbish” in the space of 13 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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