Vopium: More Minute And SMS Stealing
I am periodically asked to review VoIP services. One of the more recent ones is Denmark based Vopium. They provide a piece of software that will dynamically redirect calls through their gateways, thus giving you a cheaper rate. Very similar to what Truphone Anywhere does when WiFi and 3G aren’t available.
They also do SMS as well–at least the sending part. Based on the theory that inbound SMS is free–not in North America anyway–SMS can be sent over IP at a substantial cost savings.
I’m trying to find the value here beyond making things cheaper–stealing minutes (and SMS) from the incumbent carriers. Everyone’s doing that. At least TruPhone is making it possible to make calls in places you may not normally thanks to their VoIP over WiFi support. These guys? You still gotta have a GSM signal or access to a landline
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Comment by JimAtJaxtr
I think that whenever you can make a service as easy as possible to use then you’ll have the most success, so it’ll be interesting how long landlines (and associated services) really hold out with the convenience of cell phones helping to drive mobile growth. While we support both landline and mobile phones at jaxtr, I’m betting that mobile without reliance on wifi is the way to go.
Comment by PhoneBoy
There are a number of issues we need to overcome before mobile phones overtake land lines, though it is certainly trending in that direction. I suspect we’ll see mobile data networks get fast enough–and deployed widely enough–that it won’t matter so much whether it’s a VoIP call or a circuit-switched one.
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