A recent poll shown that the greater part of enthusiasts among readers of either already use or are planning to use Internet telephony services like Vonage or Skype. A huge part of people, however, feel reluctant about the technology.

Recently released results of an poll demonstrate about 25% of surveyed already using services like Skype and Vonage, while 28% feeling positive about using them.  But another 60% of respondents still would prefer means of communications different from Internet telephony ?landline, cellular phones, email or instant messaging.

While VoIP is a relatively new technology, it has managed to become rather popular among a lot of users. Unfortunately, currently VoIP is associated with personal computers, which is not really flexible for another big part of potential clients. As mainstream PDAs and smartphones gain VoIP features, the technology is likely to become more popular.

readers are well-educated and typically make balanced purchase decisions based on in-depth investigations and observations. The poll surveyed over 1 thousand of respondents among technology enthusiasts in February, 2005.

Related news

• Majority of Enthusiasts Don't Believe in Multi-GPU Setups, Survey Shows.
  Poll Says Enthusiasts are Reluctant About Multi-GPU
• Substantial Part of PC Users Would Consider Mac as Second Computer ?Poll.
  Poll Reveals 40% of PC Enthusiasts Calling for Affordable Macs
• Few Customers Seek for Renting Console Games ?Survey.
  Poll Results Show 13% Users Wishing to Rent Rather Than Buy
• Enthusiasts Bid on AMD Athlon 64, Gain Confidence with NVIDIA GeForce Poll.
  Readers Vote for AMD, NVIDIA Products
• Dual-Core Chips Expected Most in 2005 ? Readers.
  Poll Shows Tremendous Interest in Dual-Core CPUs
• Majority of Enthusiasts Reject PCI Express-AGP Platforms, Says Poll.
  Computer Fans Prefer PCI Express-Only Platforms
• Who Is the Best? ?Asks .
  Kicks Off Year 2004 Poll