It’s popular to talk about how VoIP means the “death of distance”. Because IP flattens networks, Voice on IP rides “distance unaware” to basically any place on the planet. Flat Planet Phone Company CEO Moshe Maeir knows this better than anyone, having just sold a call center to the UAW in support of the US Democratic Party… from his home base in Israel. VoIP extensions were used to connect folks in Indiana back to their headquarters in NY.
Nicely done Moshe!
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
