The Daily T1R Predicts Gloom and Doom for SunRocket

In his subscription only Daily T1R, Daniel Berringer postulates that SunRocket may have their lights turned out soon. It seems the reports I’ve been hearing around the Valley are that their CEO has been on the “money trail” around Silicon Valley, but not getting any takers. In my view companies like Vonage, SunRocket and Packet8 … Read more

Skype Continues To Lose Relevance

Flavor of the Month? Hit of the Week? Pick of the Day? I recognize that like my brothers in the blogosphere that we tend to like things earlier and at the same time suffer burnout faster than the average user. We’re also all early barometers to what the user market’s overall reaction will be like … Read more

Who Needs Free?

I have never been a fan of “free” as a long term business model. While the idea of no cost to talk via Skype and GizmoProject has helped bring cost of talking minutes to zero, and services like SightSpeed allow FREE video calling on a one on one basis, the real benefit to people comes … Read more

Thomas Howe On VoxBone API

Calling it the “Telephony API of the Week,” uber VoIP applications developer, Thomas Howe has taken a hard look at API’s and has begun a weekly “pick of the week” concept highlighting things from a software applications developer’s perspective. What he also does towards the end of the post is lean towards his winning ways … Read more

St. Julien Hotel-Boulder, CO (HBE)

I had a wonderful hotel experience, broadband and all, at the St. Julien Hotel in Boulder, CO. It was the kind of experience that made me wish I was there for more than one night. First the meat of the matter: Broadband-Wired In Room and Wireless Available Speeds: 800k in both directions at 11 PM … Read more

E911 and VoIP

To many, the E911 issue caused by VoIP is a growing problem and people should be concerned. Presently the E911 solution requires too much honesty on the part of the user, validation on the part of the operator, the intervention of a third party to relay the data to the right PSAP and a lot … Read more

Mac VoIP Guide Published

If you use a Macintosh and often wondered just what’s what with VoIP for your faithful friend, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Jimmy Atkinson has authored a book that helps Mac users get on an even keel with Windows OS users who want to take advantage of VoIP.