It seems that AT&T CallVantage has added directory service. They must have taken a press release (couldn’t locate it on their website), since both Andy and Rich have mentioned it in their respective blogs. (Not to be outdone, Packet 8 announced they offer the same service for 75 cents; Vonage (probably many others) offers it for who knows how long). I am sure the brain trust in AT&T will soon enhance this feature so that a call will be established based on the result of the query without the user dialing the numbers.
Is this what we can expect from the revolutionary technology of VoIP and the Stupid Network, Internet? Since VoIP device is always connected to a network to which Google is also connected, can’t the device query Google and get the directory entry for free? It seems that not just the network has become stupid and the intelligence at the end device has been squelched, but also by waving the VoIP flag, the users can be mesmerized into stupidity.
Posted by aswath at March 1, 2005 04:51 PM