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There have been various announcements coming out of the communications industry lately from services providers offering to sell us core complete packages that solve more of our communication needs. We are talking here about services that bring together various elements of voice, data, fixed, wireless, and so on. But how much …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Bit Pipes

    IMHO, in order to be successful business service 'convergence' must include:

    Flat rate data billing

    WiFi consolidation and convergence

    Operators would be more successful if they behaved like Utilities companies rather then all pervasive branded Big Brothers. They are just bit-pipes after all..

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  2. Anonymous Coward
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    Please define your term

    It appears convergence means different things to different people. We are deploying a "converged" service across multiple distribution centers throughout eastern US (Florida to Maine and west past Illinois). The service links our facilities and provides ISP-managed VoIP, privately routed WAN, and internet access via connections ranging from 4 T1 lines to multiple T3 over SONET. The vendor calls that "converged" services. Cellular and wireless are not part of the deal.

    Depending on the context, convergence is like Web 2.0, a slippery, vague, potentially hazardous concept, complete with attached unreasonable expectations (usually different ones for different members of senior management/Board of directors). Easy to get fired for excessive ambiguity.

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