Washington State Says VoIP = Telephone
Well, the legislators in the state of Washington have wasted no time in saying that VoIP is the same as telephony and subject to the same regulations.
67% of Canadiens Don’t Know About VoIP
In what has to be a true communications issue, only 23 percent of Canadiens admit to knowing about VoIP according to a newly released survey. What this means is that while the technical issues surrounding Voice over IP have been for the most part solved, the issues surrounding how you inform, educate, advise and deploy … Read more
Review of VoicePulse
You can check out someone’s review of VoicePulse. The service sounds very feature rich and loaded with options.
USA Today Says Price War Looming for VoIP
DUH! You’d have to be an idiot to not see the price war for VoIP looming. Minutes have been marginalized, now it’s all about services, baby.
Asterisk Gets High Marks
I’ve held off over glamorizing the SIP based PBX replacement Asterisk for some time, simply because you can find out more on sights that cater to the hard core people who like to tinker versus use. But VoIPForum has highlighted it, and I tend to agree based on comments I’ve gotten from some experienced network … Read more
BT All IP
This story is a day old, but didn’t seem to get picked up by the many USA centric blogger/journalists. BT (British Telecom) has opted to go all IP nationwide in the UK by 2006/07. These are ambitious plans, but the British Isles are not that big, there are fewer competitors. For PTT’s making the switch … Read more
Private Label VoIP: Can you Say VVNO
A clone of what Level3 is offering has been created by Nuvio and 1TouchTone. The concept seems to make sense. Once company provides the technology package, the other provides the billing and more important customer facing and marketing. These are much like the providers who Virgin and AT&T have opted to buy from to launch … Read more
Consumer VoIP
Converge Network Digest has another excellent primer on VoIP, this time aimed toward educating us all about Consumer VoIP. It’s a bit remedial in some ways, but in its own way a breezy, yet informative read.
ZD Trashes VoIP @ VON
Anyone worth their salt knows that connectivity at trade shows is horrible, especially with Wi-Fi. The story by a ZD reporter shows how easily anyone can trash progress. Considering how much good news came out of VON (see pulver.com) someone had to be a party pooper.
Another VoIP Option; Prices Falling
Primus has launched Lingo in the USA with a $19.99 service plan that includes calls to Canada and Western Europe. What about Mexico? One would think with the amount of families in the boarder states (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) that there is a market. Don’t forget, they are huge calling card/prepaid users. In places … Read more