With only three Bell companies left, AT&T, Verizon and Qwest, you think with all their experience, expertise and distribution they would figure out how to win the VoIP battle against the renegade upstarts like Vonage, Packet 8 and Skype or fight the good fight against their version of the federation, the cable companies.
Today's New York Times provides a good snapshot of what is happening with the idea of cheap calling and how users are even looking for prices below the already near givaway pricing of some services.