The Global VoIP Day

Jeff Pulver wrote "February 15, 2005 – Celebrate Global VoIP Day!".

--February 15, 2005 will mark the tenth anniversary of VocalTec’s initial release of  Internet Phone, a product which should forever be remembered as the application which launched the commercial VoIP industry when it was released on February 15, 1995.

I realize there are a number of other dates which one could argue have much more historic relevance with respect to the evolution of the commercial internet. However, I am not aware of any date more significant for the growing multi-billon dollar IP Communications Industry than the date in 1995 when Internet Phone was first released to the public.

Internet Phone was an application way ahead of it’s time and it performed quite well in the era of the dial-up internet when used on a circa 1994 Windows PC. VocalTec’s original team of developers who worked on Internet Phone are some of the true pioneers of the VoIP industry who hardly get the recognition that they deserve. Personally, I would like to see these developers get all the credit they deserve. :-)

In fact, what I would like to see the global IP Communications Industry recognize Tuesday, February 15, 2005 as the first Global VoIP Day. Let’s all use a VoIP application on February 15th!--

So, shall we follow Jeff's proposal and make Feb 15th a day to remember...

Comments

[Felciano Guarracino]

Thanks to the internet phone, ordinary people can easily connect with their loved ones anywhere in the world, with just one click. With this device, businessmen can contact their clients and exchange information as if they were talking face-to-face. It is exciting to imagine what new device will come out next.