Industry experts predict that ALL Phone Calls Will Be Made Over The Internet instead of traditional fixed lines when the national broadband network is completed By 2019. - The Australian, April 15, 2009.
iiNet’s Chief Technology Officer Greg Bader told Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian newspaper that while VOiP was once considered a “niche” product, it was now “bread and butter” for businesses.
“Under The National Broadband Network, Everybody's Phone Will Be VoIP. That’s Not A Bad Thing, That Is A Fantastic Thing. The Rest Of The World Is Moving That Way, So Should We."
The iiNet Chief isn’t the only one raving about VoIP. Here are just a few of the headlines about the technology, reported around the nation’s biggest papers in the past 6 months alone…
“Customers Embrace Voice-Over-Internet Technology”
The Australian, April 15, 2009.
http://www.news.com.au/technology/internet-phone-calls-overtaking-landlines/story-e6frfro0-1225699157312
“Telstra Shares Slump As Profits Falls”
AAP, August 12, 2010
http://www.news.com.au/business/telstra-profit-down-will-fall-further/story-e6frfm1i-1225904252182**
“Investors Hang Up On Telstra”
The Australian, August 12, 2010.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/investors-hang-up-on-telstra/story-fn65t1pq-1225904507714
“Telstra Admits Demand For Telephone Landlines In Serious Decline As Mobiles And Internet Surge”
The Daily Telegraph, September 17, 2010.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/telstra-admits-demand-for-telephone-landlines-in-serious-decline-as-mobiles-and-internet-surge/story-e6frf00i-1225829338562