About 34 million (27%) of Internet users are aware of VoIP servic...
About 34 million (27%) of Internet users are aware of VoIP service and 4 million (13%) have considered getting it for home use, according to a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the New Millennium…
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Research Council (NMRC). It said that 11% of Internet users (14 million) had made some form of phone call over the Internet and that 4 million Americans who had considered switching to VoIP -- “mostly technophiles and generally well off economically” -- represented “the near-term potential for the home VoIP market.” It said 2/3 of those who had heard of VoIP had a high speed connection either at home or work. “I believe that these survey numbers highlight that the vast majority of Americans are not quite ready to throw away their land lines and cell phones for Internet telephony,” said NMRC’s Allen Hepner: “That said, with one in 8 Internet users considering signing up for VoIP, even modest industry take-up rates over the next 5 years are sizeable figures.”