Voice Over Internet VoIP

Rich makes another very great point about how store-and-forward caching technology could blow a hole in the "two
tier internet is needed for IPTV" argument.   Not sure if it’s really game over for the LECs on the
neutrality debate, as Rich says, but as usual, the TMC kingpin href="http://voip-blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-tehrani/voip/game-over-for-lecs.html">makes a hella point.

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those of you who don’t watch the television show ‘Lost’, this may be a real stretch, but I’ll try to reel it in for you
anyway. There’s a scene where a guy named Michael, whose son Walt has been kidnapped, sits down in front of an Apple IIe
desktop (yeah–the ancient 8 bit monster) and accidentally discovers that he can chat with Walt through the computer
using some simple kind of instant messaging software that appears to be "pre loaded" on the computer. 
Anyway, Michael is desperate to rescue his son, and is therefore very excited to discover that his son is trying to
communicate with him using the PC.   When this particular episode aired, maybe a week or two ago, I remember
thinking to myself, "too bad that Apple II can’t run Skype".  I know, I know.   VoIP pervades
so many aspects of my life.  But anyway. Here’s a href="http://www.fantasyfreaks.org/fantasy/messages/22178.html"> link to a discussion about the scene I’m talking
about. Perhaps the Dharma Initiative will consider issuing more VoIP-capable PCs when it decides to do its next human
captivity experiment on a deserted island in the middle of the ocean.