Speed

"... The Internet world moves fast. The integration of voice and data onto a single network is not being lead by the International Telecommunications Union or by Bellcore. Rather, its being lead by entrepreneurs like ... . Until now, the voice networks dominated. Data could ride on top of the phone network -- when it was convenient. The explosion of data networking and Internet telephony technology is making the opposite true. Now voice can ride on data networks -- when it is convenient."[1]

Because of bandwidth constraints, Internet telephony would not be a major factor "for a long time -- maybe nine to twelve months."[2]

-- president of a major ISP

Internet time - 7x real time

-- Ira Goldstein, HP

But speed is a problem for the traditional swedish decision making process!