In a VoIP Planet article today, I looked at PeerMe's VoIP offering, particularly its positioning in relation to mobile phones. By leveraging Verizon's or Sprint's EVDO data offerings, the solution allows you to place VoIP calls over your phone's high-speed data connection -- and make every call for free:

Tom Lasater started PeerMe in 2004 to promote peer-to-peer voice on the Internet, with an eye toward the mobile space. "All the while, I've been telling people about what's going to happen when you have high speed access on your mobile phone," he says. "Carriers lose control of what you do on your mobile phone when they offer you unlimited high speed Internet access."

That started happening earlier this year, Lasater says, when Verizon and Sprint launched unlimited EVDO access plans. "And so we released PeerMe for Windows Mobile 5.0 -- you can download PeerMe onto your mobile phone and use it to call anyone anywhere in the world," he says. "That all of a sudden makes the whole mobile experience much more interesting."

Thanks to the speeds offered by EVDO, that can provide an interesting challenge for mobile operators. "I think unlimited high speed wireless internet access is the biggest story in the mobile business," Lasater says. "What it means is, I can be anywhere in any metropolitan area in the U.S. on my cell phone with PeerMe on it, and talk to anybody else anywhere in the world for a flat fee."