The Portable Internet

The ITU will issue in September a report entitled “The Portable Internet” and the tease promises details on “disruptive technologies.” Certainly WiFi has been and will continue to be disruptive as it has leapfrogged GPRS and EVDO in many ways when the idea of Portable versus Mobile is applied. That said, in the portable arena … Read more

Port Blocking Goes Wireless

I’ve been a long time advocate for the prevention of Port Blocking both here and on KenRadio.com’s World Technology RoundUp but based on this TechDirt report it seems Port Blocking is now going wireless. Just like Port Blocking by broadband providers of Port 69 effects a small minority of those desiring VoIP services, it seems … Read more

Pulver’s LibreTel Goes to Beta

I’ve been keeping a watchful eye on LibreTel, Jeff Pulvers DID to SIP service. LibreTel just went into beta with their Port of Call service and is offering phone numbers in Israel, the UK and selected USA cities. Once you have a LibreTel number you can point it to a FWD sip phone, so if … Read more

NYT On Demise of Global Crossing

You have to read this if for no other reason for some of the quotes. My favorite is: “I am prepared to look at this case as, with all respect to the people involved, a bunch of crooks getting sued by a bunch of bankers who are too dumb to stop throwing money down the … Read more

Packet8 Goes Retail, Good News For Level3

I was tipped off by Colorado blogger and VoIP Sales Star Keith Bare that Packet8 had gone retail with CompUSA. The move follows Vonage’s move in the same direction a few months back. I’ve evaluated Packet8 and find nothing wrong with what they offer. Their service rides on Level3’s backbone and they offer a great … Read more

Filipino’s Looking At VoIP

The Philippines, one of the heaviest users of SMS my be one step closer to legally receiving VoIP. Certainly, the broadband online crowd would be looking forward to VoIP as right now only congressionally approved carriers can offer voice services there.

California May Terminate PSTN

A report making the rounds in California’s state capitol suggests that Governator Arnold switch to open source and VoIP. In an era where being a good corporate citizen is such an important thing, I don’t get why such outspoken leaders like John Chambers of Cisco, Scott McNealy of Sun, Dr. Irwin Jacobs of Qualcomm, Carly … Read more

Om On Outage

Om Malik’s GigaOm, my favorite blog to read for candid and witty insight that deeply views IT, Telecom and the impact on both society and finances looks at Vonage and says…. I published my thoughts on his comments board, but at the end of the day, Vonage needs to solve this problem.