Andy Abramson Deutsche Telekom has changed course and is now clearly going the VoIP way. I’m not at all surprised in light of the fact that since 1999 they have been working with softswitch vendors to build the final solution for telephony. James Enck has the scoop and a viewpoint worth noting. One by one we are … Read more
A loyal reader brought this story to my attention. It seems our neighbors to the South are looking at Vonage and the use of their service in Mexico. The issue is that it is less expensive to call Mexico from a Vonage line than to use a phone that is officially a Mexico landline or … Read more
I grew up in Philadelphia and thought the idea of City Wide WiFi was brilliant. The city used to have the water works and at one point the Gas Works that led to the city’s growth and generated many jobs for people. The idea of city wide WiFi would have helped close the digital divide … Read more
Skype is getting more interesting with their ongoing series of announcements. The idea of crossing Skype with PSTN handsets that connect to broadband is very interesting. It is not that far different than what Popular Telephony is doing either.
One thing I missed with the Skype Kazaa announcement was the Weblog angle. Tied in with VoIP it’s a very powerful motivation. Add in the Skype conferencing capability and you have a very interesting threat to traditional conferencing because of the file sharing aspect. This is dead on threat to the space Microsoft is hoping … Read more
Om pointed me towards Mark Evans post about Vonage. The talk last night at the Pulver Palo Alto dinner was that there is no way Citron wants to sell Vonage and that he wants to ring the bell on Wall Street for personal reasons. There was also discussion that Vonage is running on its own … Read more
Jeff organized a nice dinner last night in Palo Alto with three Palo Alto professors. I found out that lots of people in the VoIP space love wine and now all want to visit the Andy wine cellar. In case you didn’t know I enjoy wine, collect wine, write about wine. The wines were good, … Read more
Leonardo asks some good questions in his post today about the number of VoIP providers. My view has always been that there will be a shakeout. I feel that Vonage will likely go public or flame out. If they flame out someone will buy the only assets they have, their customers. Many others of the … Read more
DeltaThree, one of the longer established VoIP players now has new plans that involve a telephone adapter under their iConnectHere brand. To me the plan looks like plans from Vonage and a few others price wise. As a reader has pointed out, it does look a lot like VoiceWing from Verizon. It should. DeltaThree is … Read more
I just saw the tv commercials Packet 8 is running. If that’s there understanding of great creative that tells the story they have a lot to learn about consumer marketing. Having been in the advertising and public relations business since 1974 I’ve learned what great, memorable and convincing creative is about. That’s not it.
