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Sensible analysis of VOIP market impact.

Now, lets look into the future. We see it already in Scandinavia today. In Finland and Sweden, already 40% of all homes have abandoned the fixed phone line completely, and use only mobile phones. It doesn’t matter how inexpensive or free there would be a Skype or Vonage -type VoIP service on the fixed internet connection, when the home does not have a wired connection of any kind anymore ! The same trend is happening in all advanced mobile markets, following the Finnish and Swedish example with a short delay. Take for example my sister. She has no fixed line phone in her home. It doesn’t matter how free we make Skype or Vonage, she will not go back to the phone company (or her cable TV company or any other provider), and start to pay a monthly subscription for another fixed connection, to then get free calls that are tied to her home. She has cut the cord, and will never go back.

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