VoiceGlo To Promote Via eDonkey

In a move that says “if it’s free it’s me, if I gotta pay, it’s no way” and that VoiceGlo want people who don’t want to pay for services, and some would say like to rip off content, Florida based VoiceGlo has linked up with eDonkey to spread their GloPhone software via download, according to … Read more

McLeod Rolls Out VoIP

McLeod, which has always gone into second tier markets first with services is chasing some fairly large markets with their VoIP services. Clearly the market for VoIP will be a shoppers market, as options and competition rule the day.

Will New iPaq Offer VoIP?

Engadget has news of the new iPaq’s. But will the h6135 be able to make and receive VoIP calls in a WiFi environment? While the capability with a softphone is there, the big question is are the carriers ready to let that happen. Reports are the carriers have been discussing this with both the handset … Read more

New Site Offering Deal On VoIP

A site launched by a well placed VoIP network watcher went up over the weekend. According to a note from the founder, Level3 is building out a VoIP plant for Ford Motor Company, and their “Do Not Dig” signs are going up all along the Longmont Diagonal, near the IBM facilities near Boulder Colorado. Does … Read more

AOL To Enter VoIP?

I can hear it now, when users log on to AOL, they won’t just hear, “You’ve Got Mail” they will also hear “You’ve Got Messages.” That’s because AOL is in need of someone to manage their VoIP efforts as it seems they are getting ready to move into the VoIP space in 2005. They certainly … Read more

Pulver On VoIP Parasites

Jeff calls Verizon, and others like, them Parasites in a post found on his blog today. The lack of originality in the VoIP market is really amazing to me. Originality is disruptive. Me too is boring. While I can see offerings from smaller ISP’s that ride on the Level3 network and not call them boring, … Read more

New York Times On VoIP

The New York Times has a story in their Sunday edition about VoIP. My guess is the number of 300,000 users in the USA is likely lower than reality. Vonage is over 200,000 already according to their announced figures, and with all the others being so aggressive, such as Packet8 and AT&T Call Vantage, I … Read more

XyZEL Prestige 2000

Well after some doing, I finally got the XyZEL Prestige 2000 WiFi SIP handset working. About the size of a candy bar style cell phone, I could not get it to work with either the Microsoft 802.11g or Netgear Travel router (bummer) as it could not pick up the DHCP, so I went out and … Read more

Why Didn’t AOL/TW go This Way

Skype, which is in the news with their carrier deals, has quietly announced a new version which fixes some bugs and adds some new features like file transfer, file uploading and more. As I read this, one has to really question the genius management at AOL/Time Warner a few years back. They basically could have … Read more