VoIP On The Rise
网络电话用户快速增长
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BT声称，它提前六个月达到了它的目标，即1000,000网络电话用户，这表明使用新技术打电话的人在急骤增加。Ofcom预计，到2007年底，将有3000，000电脑对电脑的网络电话用户，另有1000，000个用网络电话打固定电话。BT零售部的客户和市场开发总经理凯文。帕特森说：因为网络电话使用简单方便、价格低，所以英国用户很高兴使用它。想要使用网络电话的用户，也能用象Skype, MSN和 Google Talk的服务。如果他们知道他们的朋友也在网上，那么通话将是完全的免费。然而，现在70%的家庭是依靠固定电话得到ADSL宽带，所以网络电话取代传统的电话还需要时间。专家指出：顾客在订制服务时，应该不仅仅关心宽带的服务，也要考虑到它所提供的电话服务，包括网络电话。
BT has announced its one millionth Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) customer six months ahead of target, indicating a sharp rise in the number of people using the innovative technology to make calls over the internet.
Ofcom predicts that by the end of this year the UK will have three million PC to PC VoIP users, with a further million using it to call traditional land lines, and businesses beginning to take note too.
Gavin Patterson, Managing Director of Consumer and Group Marketing for BT Retail said: “We now have more than a million customer accounts for our VoIP services and UK consumers are clearly happy to embrace internet telephony when it is straightforward to use and offers great value.”
Broadband users wanting to make use of VoIP can also use sites like Skype, MSN and Google Talk, and if they know when their friends will be online, calls can be made completely free of charge.
However, since 70 per cent of UK households rely on a landline for their ADSL connection (Ofcom), the time when VoIP replaces traditional landlines is still some way off.
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