Heading Down To The VoIP Store

from the ok.--we-get-it.--it's-popular. dept

Want to know just how popular voice-over-internet systems are becoming? A company that sells VoIP equipment is now opening the first ever VoIP retail store in the US. People will be able to go in and shop for their very own VoIP phone. While it may work as a promotional gimmick, you have to wonder if this really makes sense. The average users still doesn't fully understand the difference between a regular phone and a VoIP phone. Are they really going to want to go to a separate store to understand what they're looking for in a VoIP phone? Instead, this seems like it's more suited for a general purpose electronics or department store where someone might actually go looking for a phone, and then become intrigued by the VoIP offerings.

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    remember digital watches?

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    aNonMooseCowherd, Jun 22nd, 2004 @ 8:04am

    When digital watches were first introduced, there was little interest in them because they were sold in electronics stores. They didn't become popular until the companies making them wised up and started selling them in the same kinds of places where conventional watches were sold.

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    Re: remember digital watches?

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    Anonymous Coward, Jun 22nd, 2004 @ 12:13pm

    Non, I highly doubt any of the phone kiosks are gonna carry VOIP phones in the near future, or ever for that matter.

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