[AusNOG] M2 buy Primus

[Paul Brooks]

On 16/04/2012 2:01 PM, Mark Delany wrote:
>>>> Also interesting
>>>> today: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-16/vodafone-to-offer-fixed-line-services/3952846
>>>>
>>>> Vodafone going to do fixed line in AU.  Suspect times will never be uninteresting in
>>>> Australian telecommunications. 
>>> Been wondering when they would get around to doing this - since Vodafone NZ bought
>>> ihug (from iiNet) in late 2006, and several other countries globally where Voda does
>>> fixed-line as well as mobile for almost a decade.
> As a term, "fixed-line" seems as quaint as rotary dial; but maybe
> that's merely press-friendly lingo.
>
> In any event, will there be much money in "fixed-line" in years to
> come? If the NBN continues to roll, won't must in-country calls
> devolve to P2P SIP?

Who said anything about calls? 'fixed-line' encompasses broadband services and
everything else that can be delivered over a cabled connection, in the same way that
Voda (and the others) currently delivers broadband data, VPN, messaging etc as well as
voice telephone calls over the mobile infrastructure.
Unless you subscribe to the David Chalke model of everything-will-be-wireless
(http://delimiter.com.au/2012/04/13/back-in-your-box-nbn-co-shuts-down-wireless-expert/)
there will still be money in fixed-line services, including delivered over a NBN fixed
line, for many years to come.

As for P2P SIP - no, not until we get universal ENUM or similar. Your phone handset
still wants to dial a phone number, not an IP address - again, for many years to come.

Paul.