Voice Applications: What The H*ck Is PoIP?
January 27, 2007Voice Applications: What The H*ck Is PoIP?
Despite the ridiculous name, PoIP[C|Net] isn’t such a bad idea. Attendance at places of worship havedecreased, partly because of loss of faith, partly because of busylives. PoIP, or Pray Over Internet Protocol (though it should probablybe “Prayer”) lets prayers be broadcast over speakers.
This isreally an extension of using VoIP for intercom systems, which somepublic schools are now using.
But there’s a lot of potential here.Maybe an enterprising person of the cloth could take confessions overSkype, with donations made via PayPal. Faith groups could get togetherand have prayer over Skypecasts. Marginalized faith groups that arespread out over the world (for example, the Baha’i) could synchronize their prayer. There’s a lot of potential for wonderful global village applications here.