[Huber]

Could it be that the businesses in these countries are simply seeking reliable inexpensive phone service??? Something that is generally unavailable in these countries??? The incentives to move to VoIP here are low simply because our phones work and there's lots of competition forcing costs down. VoIP is lower quality and lower reliability here while it offers an improvement in both there.

GREAT POINT! It probably is also a factor that in many of these countries, socialism has driven up the cost of labor to the point where it increases the economic necessity of automation and technology to compete. The European labor situation has in effect created a "burning platform" to innovate!

[A. Pole]

It probably is also a factor that in many of these countries, socialism has driven up the cost of labor to the point where it increases the economic necessity of automation and technology to compete. The European labor situation has in effect created a "burning platform" to innovate!

It is not the first time when the excessively high cost of labor led Europe on the path of technological progress. Maybe the most important example can be found in the Wake of the Black Death.

Fortunately USA does not need to worry - having unlimited supply of cheap labor in India, China and Latin America thanx to the free trade agreements.

[lucysmom]

The European labor situation has in effect created a "burning platform" to innovate!

While we export jobs to accomplish the same end. My money's on the guy who innovates!