Andy Abramson

Level 3 keeps buying up additonal companies. Today they announced they acquired another all fiber based provider in Looking Glass Networks.

Add Global Crossing to the growing list of Peering Fabric type of companies. Ipeerex, Xconnect, Stealth Communications and others. One has to wonder if Level3, AT&T and Verizon will also all start offering this too. One things for sure, when calls stay on net, the costs drop, and when they peer over the same carrier, … Read more

Over the weekend I extolled the virtues of RadioHandi, a new angel backed startup that has some very cool features and a promising future. So today I found that Frost and Sullivan has issued a report on the VoIP conferencing sector that only furthers my belief that Brian McConnell and his team are onto something … Read more

Om does a very good job of breaking down the planned Acme Packets IPO for the session border controller company. One concern I have about the planned IPO is Cisco. They’re not visible in the space at all as far as I can tell. Yet.

…SkiBare thinks so…

Earlier last week Vonage’s mistakes were very tightly summarized by Information Week. The analysis in the second half of the story is about as crystal clear and exact a summation of what Vonage did wrong that I have seen on the web and worthy of note. How Vonage digs their way out of both a … Read more

Tomorrow I fly to one of the best dining meccas in the USA. Chicago. While many people rank New York, San Francisco, Seattle and New Orleans as the tops in dining, I really believe that Chitown can give all of them a run for the money. I’m planning a few fun, private dinners with friends … Read more

Dameon, aka PhoneBoy who I consider a friend, made a lifestyle based decision and has chosen to leave Voxilla. He was the guy there who kept their IT running well and also always had time to help someone out. His good nature and friendship will remain while he continues on his path with Nokia. Voxilla … Read more

WiFiNetNews has a good post about the expanding footprint of WiFi hotspots beyond hotels and coffee shops. I’ve often felt that WiFI is an amenity that should be offered anywhere people can sit down and relax. As a solo diner from time to time being able to have a PC at my table keeps me … Read more

Oliver Starr at MobileCrunch went through an experience I too have had at Verizon Wireless stores. I’m not sure if Marnie Wilson is still running the the California operation for Verizon Wireless but if the retail maven still is, things sure have gone from bad to worse and this is counter to her approach to … Read more