Verizon, EVDO and VoIP by WiFi

After a lot of effort I was finally able to get my new Verizon 6600 to work on WiFi. I tried a Skype call over WiFi and the quality sucked. It may have been the Starbucks I was at, or it may be something else. I plan on more testing, but the ordeal to make … Read more

IP Inferno: Vonage’s New Retail Deal

IP Inferno: Vonage’s New Retail Deal writes about the potential Vonage has to sell VoIP at retail and some of the issues. I agree with Dan. A recent visit to some of the stores selling VoIP (Staples, Best Buy, CompUSA) from the various carriers shows a total lack of understanding about the service and each carriers … Read more

VoIP at CES

I mentioned VoIP at CES earlier, but I forget to mention why it will be such a big deal. In a nutshell, Pulver.com. Jeff and his team have been in the VoIP arena putting on conferences longer than anyone. Now that VoIP is going mainstream with more “consumer” products than ever before, his groups participation … Read more

The Jeff Pulver Blog: Telephony and Music: More than just an “On-Hold” Relationship

Telephony and Music: More than just an “On-Hold” Relationship according to my favorite Telecom blogger, Jeff Pulver. The reason I say telecom, is while his focus is clearly VoIP and Pulver Communications related efforts, Jeff does have the best perspective on Telecom from years of doing what he has done. His points about the blending of … Read more

The Jeff Pulver Blog: Municipal and State Governments to VoIP Industry: “Deploy VoIP … but Give Us All your Money” — Zen Koan or Catch 22?

The Jeff Pulver Blog: Municipal and State Governments to VoIP Industry: “Deploy VoIP … but Give Us All your Money” — Zen Koan or Catch 22? Jeff waxes on about the proposed efforts by governments at all levels to tax VoIP, comparing the tax rates to Sin Taxes, but only greater. My gut says that … Read more

Unbound Spiral

Unbound Spiral has a whole series of how toos, what may be and possible implications around Skypecasting, Skype Voice Recording and the blending in with PodCasting. This series of posts by Stuart is one of the most comprehensive on the subject and worth going through his blog to make sense of what is really going on.

Microsoft attempting VoIP land grab?

Microsoft attempting VoIP land grab? That seems to me to be the thrust of this blind line that got tossed into the ether this morning. Everyone should know by now that Microsoft has SIP embedded in Windows XP since day one. They have sent their “visiting professors” to VoIP shows as far back as the … Read more