More Businesses Moving Phone Lines to the Internet

摘要

It was only a mater of time. The Internet offered so much more than Web searching. Even the ubiquitous landline telephone would eventually succumb to its appeal. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based market research firm In-Stat confirmed this in January when it announced that Internet protocol (IP) telephony had crossed over from an emerging technology to the mainstream choice for business voice. According to the company, user acceptance of IP telephony is high, with sales of IP lines in the first half of 2007 continuing to solidly outpace those of traditional lines as the move to IP telephony among businesses continues.