Skype needs to open up
The 12 million people connected to Skype (as self reported) represents a decent number of people or almost nothing depending on how you look at it. It is a good size audience for any application, but it remains trivial relative to the number of people in the world. Imagine if the web browser (Skype is really just a communication browser) launched in 1991 without an ability to support 3rd party applications? There would be no world wide web as we know it today. The prospect for world wide communication requires a similar development that Skype is missing an opportunity to enable. FWD seeks to enable a world wide web like phenomena by preserving geography and usage independent communication. Anyone with an open standard SIP device can interconnect with FWD just as anyone with a TCP protocol stack enabled PC can attach to the Internet. We are working on an easy mechanism for 3rd parties to deploy applications accessible to FWD connected devices. VoIP remains a mere onramp to the telephone network today, but we believe there exists a promise of much more in enabling a new communication ecosystem.
posted by Daniel @ Friday, August 15, 2008
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