1981. Transition to an IP Environment
- Author:
- Robert M. Entman
- Publication Date:
- 01-2001
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Aspen Institute
- Abstract:
- This year's Aspen Institute Conference on Telecommunications Policy began as an attempt to chart a future in which packet-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) will supplant traditional switched circuit telephony. Among other things, VoIP appears to be propelling the marginal cost of long-distance telephoning toward zero, a development with profound implications for interexchange carriers. However, prompted in part by Lawrence Strickling's specially-commissioned piece, “The Telecommunications Marketplace in 2002: A Somewhat Fanciful Scenario,” it did not take long for conference participants to realize that a great deal more than the future profitability of long-distance service is at stake.
- Topic:
- Climate Change, Industrial Policy, and Science and Technology
- Political Geography:
- United States