Andy Abramson

What we all suspected over the past year has now been validated. VoIP deployments by the carriers and RBOC’s are on the rise. Check out the posting over on TekRati. What this means in plain language is that the RBOC and ILECs are all gearing up to roll out more VoIP based services to consumers … Read more

The purpose of the EU was supposed to bring together greater commonality between members. So far, not so with VoIP. That’s why this meeting that James Enck comments on is going to be so interesting. It also is likely one of the reasons Level3 and others are be as aggressive in the European market at … Read more

I want to thank Jeff for the recognition for my making the list of who the Top VoIP Bloggers are. What makes all of us on the list worthy is the ability to share what we know between each other. I don’t look at others as competitors, but as peers. That’s what makes Blogging great … Read more

In what is a nice recap the first doyen of VoIP, Ellen Muraskin of eWeek, has a fast read recap of 2004 and its growth in 2004. She calls into question the enterprise market and asks where the future lies drawing out the need for the ability to cross connect multiple networks. This makes me … Read more

A ZD Net reporter goes fishing about VoIP security and after talking to experts comes back with only his rod, reel and a net. Right now the evidence would indicate that the major carriers are experienced enough to deal with threats to their networks from the core. The issue is how are they handling the … Read more

HOT has a hot offer in Israel. They launched its fixed-line residential telephony service breaking Bezeq’s long-standing monopoly by using VoIP technology. HOT is reportedly spending $100 million in the network over the next three years.

Friendster Fone powered by GloPhone is coming soon. Just like Kazaa’s deal with Skype, the idea of community oriented calling is rapidly drawing upon us. Each are offering the ability to call your friends, and with Skype Out you can call to PSTN numbers. But what I’m realizing is just how far off AOL was … Read more

I had to turn comments off, at least for a while. This morning I got hit with a rapid fire amount of comment spam, enough to make me want to turn it off and evaluate my options. Next week I intend on talking to other bloggers using TypePad about this and also the good folks … Read more

All they are missing is the guy who used to do the tv ads for a chain of electronics stores in New York and a few other markets called Crazy Eddies. You see, Sun Rocket, the VoIP player started by some ex WorldCon/MCI types wasn’t getting enough subscribers to their offer, so now they are … Read more

The New York Times comes to a conclusion that I’ve had about Packet 8’s video phone service, that the videophone works well, but the lack of interoperability is an issue. Here’s my view. If P8 would make a softvideo phone plug in that worked with Internet Explorer or Firefox that would let anyone face off … Read more