Just replacing switched phones with IP phones isn't revolutionary, Pulver asserted. Instead, VoIP providers need to think bigger, about new applications and more-ubiquitous, easy-to-use services.
"We need someone to come in and change the way we market [VoIP]," Pulver said.
And using himself as an example, Pulver said it is possible for individuals to make a difference and have a say in the way technology changes our futures. He urged attendees to "be passionate and become engaged," by participating in calls for comments (such as those now open from the FCC and the FBI), and to help educate legislators and state officials whose actions will necessarily intersect with the needs of IP communications.
Sometimes, Pulver said, "it's hard to believe your voice does matter." But it does, and in the world of putting Voice over IP, Pulver himself has shown the power that one person's voice can carry.
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