Andy Abramson

TW Telecom Growing

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TW Telecom has a great network, lots of customers and are making money. That’s what I learned last week when I met their team at Internet Telephony. They’re rolling out VoIP for business. Their executives remind me of old school types. You know, the suits. The ties.  They’re the kind of supplier Fortune 100 buyers would trust. What you won’t get is gee whiz bells and whistles rock star egos from these guys. They have a solid product, a good offer and would be a safe bet if your business is looking to get VoIP in a big way from a company that has a good pedigree. They were spun out of Time Warner in the 90’s yet TimeWarner still is their largest shareholder.  They compete with the Verizon’s, SBCs and such.

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Skype Is Cool Says Mark

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My favorite Canadian telecom blogger is Mark Evans because he calls them like he see’s them.  This post about Skype is like the great white north, just cool..mostly because he’s gotten to the same conclusion I feel is important. It’s about the features, or apps as I call them…that’s what will drive the business. Why … Read more

Vonage IPO This Year?

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Om say Vonage IPO. I don’t think they can wait. Reports are their growth is slowing, that costs are rising and that founder Jeffrey Citron has a bundle of his own cash in the venture.

Vonage Numbers..Where’s The Churn

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Om points to a US News and World Reports story about Vonage. I was thinking earlier today how they have not been as assertive lately. Looking at the post I wonder two things. Are the UK numbers included and where’s the churn being hidden…

Voice Glo Update

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I sat with Ed Cespedes of VoiceGlo last week. I found a few things out. 1. They are not yet making money. 2. They are working on a mobile extension to VoiceGlo 3. He and Michael Egan have a lot of their own money in the company. 4. About 100,000 people are using VoiceGlo at … Read more

AT&T CallVantage

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Last week at Internet Telephony in Miami, the always well spoke Katherine Martine, or Kathy to her colleagues at AT&T spoke about the future of VoIP and what going on with CallVantage. Two features she spoke of stood out to me. One is their new eCom software that will provide PC or PDA level management … Read more

The Two Stars of VoIP

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Over the past few months I have gotten to better know both Jeff Pulver of VON and FWD fame. I’ve also gotten to know Rich Tehrani of TMCNet, the publishers of Internet Telephony and producers of the Internet Telephony conferences.   Both enterprises are in their own way the most ongoing and significant contributors to … Read more

Martin on Skype Issue

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I commented on a Mr. Blog post previously when he made a very interesting point that others have already talked about before as earlier as last June to me. While I like Skype, I am tending to see more of the downsides and not to the users, to the investors. Martin’s commentary is as usual, … Read more