Andy Abramson

Covad has a very cool web site, with a very horror movies feel. I actually think it’s a very creative approach to selling VoIP.

SkypeWireless over WiFi is only good if there is enough bandwidth in place. At 50k in both direction, and with others in the hotspot sucking down bandwidth the user experience won’t be perfect all the time. But that said, I expect this and WiMax to disrupt the market.

Every once and a while I get sent something of interest. This week a non-Bluetooth headset called the PhoneRanger arrived from Drew Robertson, a New York entrepreneur. It plugs into the USB port for power and the audio in and out jacks. I tried it with both Skype and the XTEN eyeBeam via Broadvoice and … Read more

This is what I call doing things the smart and right way. Cablevision is upgrading their customers and making them VoIP ready.

As I said last week Skype is clearly taking aim at the video conference space. For companies like XTEN and SightSpeed this could pose a real threat if they don’t make the right moves soon. SightSpeed has a new update to their client due out in a day or so. It will feature SIP based … Read more

Viseon which is making a next generation Video Phone plans on delivering more than video calls. Could this be the coming of the next generation of MiniTel, the widely successful directory service from the past in France?

Skype is looking to market on OPM, that’s Other People’s Money. It’s a smart approach but it makes one wonder where all their VC money is going.

Vonage seems to be singing a new tune and it’s not the same song they sang when they got their two hundred million. That money was supposed to go largely to marketing and growing their subscriber base here in the USA and around the globe. In an announcement today Vonage signed a multi-year agreement to … Read more

Forbes has a story about VoiceStick. I may have to give it another shot on a different PC. My first experience was so bad I stopped trying it out. That said, I am always open to second tries.

Euro VoN still has another day to go and James Enck has a great recap of what’s transpired so far that matters. Be sure and read all the way through as he’s got lots of tidbits that hopefully as VoN Blur subsides he can expand upon.