VoIP Test Site

I found a killer VoIP test web site from VisualWare. This is great when you’re in a hotel (like I am today) or a hotspot to see if VoIP will be well supported. In the hotel I’m at the speeds are great, but the QoS was too poor to support a really good call. This … Read more

VoIP Test Site

I found a killer VoIP test web site from VisualWare. This is great when you’re in a hotel (like I am today) or a hotspot to see if VoIP will be well supported. In the hotel I’m at the speeds are great, but the QoS was too poor to support a really good call. This … Read more

Nokia Moving Toward Fixed Mobile Convergence

This VoIP Lowdown story is really all about FMC, even if the story doesn’t directly say it. When you read through it you can see the direction that Nokia, a client, is moving and the process steps they are taking, starting with data apps first and seeding voice apps.

Alec on Telephia Survey

Check out Alec’s post about the Telephia VoIP survey. I fully agree with his closing comment about Vonage being the market maker. Unfortunately Vonage has done very little new since their launch five or six years back. They have not innovated, ideated or incubated any new services that give a person who was an early … Read more

Rich’s Publishers Outlook for August

You have to read through the Rich Tehrani’s publishers outlook. If you haven’t read it, please do. Note how he writes about Gizmo Project going AJAX, with a web interface to Gizmo. I’ve had the chance to try it out and it’s slick. Sorry, but it’s not ready for prime time just yet, but close. … Read more

Dishing Up Revenge

One has to know first that Martin Geddes is one of the brightest minds outside of a telco who would be dangerous if allowed inside. His concoctions could mean adoption of new ideas, and being that he used to work at Sprint, his recipes for success in VoIP are the kind of dishes that could … Read more

Telco Wars and Net Neutrality

Let me start of by saying reading this post by James Enck may cause your heart to skip a few beats if you work at Level3 or are a customer who relies on them, or has built budgets and pro-formas based on how Level3 charges you. But it goes much deeper and you MUST read … Read more

Does Gizmo Have Another Angle

When I was reading PhoneBoy’s post from Wednesday about Gizmo’s free calling, an idea popped into my head about something else that Gizmo’s Golden Boy may be up to. He wants to recreate/create the online white pages. Think about it. To get the free service, even if you don’t use Gizmo to Gizmo, you need … Read more

Are the Telcos Old School?

Telecom Tsunami has a concise review of the Business Week expanded essay about the current state of telecom. Both are worth reading as my early morning skim of the BW article reveals some solid reporting, even if it does take a viewpoint that telcos are old school. I actually think, as a colleague suggested when … Read more