Andy Abramson

Uncle Charlie Wants To Hear You

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Sam’s younger brother, Charlie, he’s the FCC half of the family, has asked for comment about VoIP wiretaps. At issue is the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), a federal law that mandates surveillance backdoors in US telephone networks, allowing the FBI to start listening in on a target’s phone line within minutes … Read more

VoIPWatch Goes On the Road

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I’m using a few cool tools to keep you connected. This is from AudioBlog.com, and it lets me blog by voice, right to you. Give a listen……

Om on VideoPhones, P8 and More

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This month in Business 2.0 pal Om Malik has a recap on the current state of VideoPhones. Hard to beleive it was 40 years ago when AT&T first tried it at the New York World’s Fair.

EVDO and VoIP—NOT

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SipThat.com’s author envisions VoIP using SIP and EV-DO. Well, I’ve tried it, and while it works, the sound is not what I would call great. If you recall, back in June of this year I coined the acronym VoEVDO.

The Triple Play

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A day or so ago I blogged that the day of the Triple Play is looming, with likely Verizon being the first to really make a stab in that direction from the world of the Telcos and RBOC’s here in the USA. This morning I noted that Yankee ex-pat blogger in London, James Enck commented … Read more

BridgePort Raises Money

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BridgePort Networks is expected to announce the closing of Series B financing on Monday of next week if all rings true as they have raised $25 million in new capital. New investors include TD Capital Ventures, which led the round, and BCE Capital (an affiliate of Bell Canada Enterprises), joined existing investors Polaris Venture Partners … Read more

Is VoIP + ADSL Zooming Along?

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When I read this announcement I looked at it as another product coming out. When I add in the recent double play from Verizon I see the merits of this in another light. What I really want to see is VoIP wireless unit, that is both base station and cordless phone in the house. 802.11g, … Read more

Mercator Capital On Vonage and VoIP

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Merctor Capital’s most recent newsletter has inght about Vonage and their current and future offerings. It’s a good read and worth looking through. While not “news” per se, the author presents a good summary of Vonages plans. The reference to UK and Switzerland is interesting because Vonage has not said much on the subject of … Read more

Motley Fool Looks At AT&T

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Motley Fool raises some questions about AT&T and why they’ve gone VoIP in a big way. Companies have to reengineer themselves. Look at IBM. For years they were in an evolutionary mode. In my view VoIP is the first, and easiest product to take wide and build awareness for AT&T. My gut says there is … Read more