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

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