Is voip really slowing down? SmithonVoip seems to think that this time of the year voip is slowing down, losing its strong growth. SmithonVoip recently listed 5 reasons he believes that voip is slowing down:

1. “Most markets do not experience double or triple digit growth forever – We aren’t trading barrels of oil. A slow down was inevitable at sometime, but the overall size of the market is getting bigger.
2. Residential VoIP adoption is slowing – This next wave of consumer is not focused on price savings as their predecessor was. They want to make educated decisions about a quality, reliable service. In this, the industry has some ground to gain as we haven’t done a great job on any of those three points. Hesitant consumers equals sagging sales.
3. Business customer profiles are changing – With this second wave, the business profile is changing. These new prospective purchasers are larger, less willing to take chances and in need of more education and hand holding than the first wave. New needs requires new strategies and time to develop and implement, which usually results in a lag.
4. Product and service offerings are stagnant – There has been a real lack of innovation within the VoIP hardware and service spaces. A lot of the buzz and attention has faded. There are few very new “business drivers” coming out.
5. People are fearful of a recession – I don’t think we are in one, but I’m not an economist.”

What do you think?  I think SmithonVoip has a point, Voip can’t continue to grow forever.  I would think that his statement, “People are fearful of a recession” would turn people on to voip as a way to save money.  I’m not sure of anyone who has to to incur additional costs from the use of voip, except for having to buy the initial credit and perhaps voip setup to switch their house over to voip systems.