The Park Bench Manifesto: Why We Want to Kill Off the PSTN

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Why do some of us want to kill off the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)? Why can't we use it? What do we want to replace it with? What will that future rich communication experience look like?In this 10-minute talk at the Emerging Communications Conference (eComm) 2009 in San Francisco, Dan York provided one view of what the rich communication experience we are seeking to build is, why the PSTN can't do that, and what the pieces are we need to assemble to bring about the rich communication experience we want.A longer text version of the views in this presentation will be available at http://www.disruptivetelephony.com/ A video of this presentation will soon be available over on http://blogs.voxeo.com/ett/(links will be updated when they are available)

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The Park Bench ManifestoWhy we want to kill off the PSTN

Dan York, Voxeo - www.disruptivetelephony.com

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PresenceRich

Names(numbers? we don't need

no stinking numbers)

Multi-modal('cuz 1 modality is no longer enough)

Sharing(photos, files, videos, whatever...)

Collaboration(good way to avoid the flu)

Wideband Audioubiquitous, royalty-free

open source

High definition video(the better to see you with)

Control(Um... I'm not dressed yet)

Secure(to whisper our darkest secrets)

Strong Identity<elvis@heaven.gov>

Directory(What's your address?)

Billing(Open Settlement Protocol, anyone?)

Mobile(what's that in your pocket?)

Social(so how many tweets have you sent

during the time I have spoken?)

ARPU

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We need more manifestos

We need more peoplein the room

conversation

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