VoIP, Long Distance Business Opportunity Enhancer
You know what I like best about technology? It is, by nature, benevolent. Why? Well, did you notice how new technology drives down the cost of the way we live and do business? One recent example is the VoIP long distance business opportunity.
Voice over Internet Protocol technology has spawned so many opportunities for commerce — and I’m not just talking about being able to talk to clients and partners over long distances without my phone bills going through the stratosphere.
Voice over IP not only makes it easier and inexpensive for corporate offices to communicate no matter where they’re located, open SIP standards have given small firms a VoIP long distance business opportunity in two ways.
First, even small firms can become VoIP service providers. If I wanted to make money off IP telephony services, I could go to a big provider, purchase the service, and redistribute it to my own subscribers.
Second, small firms can compete with big software publishers that make softphones and other kinds of support for IP technology. I can either sell this support or offer it as a value added service to my subscribers in the first example.
I think each new technology connected to the Internet will only serve to level the playing field for those of us who know we have something great to offer the public despite the absence of big dollars to back our efforts.
