Another Survey Says

Well this is my kind of story, one that blends lifestyle with technology, and it’s all based on wireless. When you add in VoIP’s ability to work from any full blown IP connection, the workforce doesn’t have to be in an office to stay connected.

Going The Other Direction

A company based in Detroit, Inflexion Communications has hired a former Ameritech CEO to take VoIP down market, and use the prepaid system as a way to insure success. Some thoughts are this company will actually be the opening steps of a massive VoIP carrier roll up play.

SIP IM

I’ve been talking about the need for two things to make VoIP a real competitor to PSTN. QoS and Applications. Well it seems the announcements about VoIP apps are now happening quickly. Infomedia SandCherry Both of these announcement lead one to beleive that the QoS issue is only more needed. Andy Abramson

VoIP PowerPoint on The Web

David Beckemeyer of Toys.org has put together a very nice PowerPoint about VoIP. While it deals mostly with SIP, it provides a very good introductory primer for the uninitiated. It’s worth taking a few minutes to see his handiwork. Stay connected, Andy Abramson

Intersting USB VoIP Device

Here’s something which I have never seen before and which makes a lot of sense. By combining VoIP and IM the device helps to define the concept of presence. Hopefully, I’ll be able to check one out soon and provide the details. Imagine getting a call on your cellphone that originates over MSN or Yahoo … Read more

Will VoIP Reduce Churn

An FBR buy side analyst questions just how major VoIP will be for the cable industry, in this column on TheStreet.com The key to all this is churn. Cable operators have forever been fighting the battle with the satellite companies (Dish Network and Direct TV) here in the USA to retain customers. With Cable Telephony … Read more

US News On VOIP

Vonage recieved real nice exposure in US News and World Reports this week and writer Mary Kathleen Flynn really got the story right. What’s good about this story is that Flynn got it. She went past the fact that it is about price, and explained the features, and provided breezy, easy to understand analysis of … Read more

No or Know Not?

As a journalist, (I even have my degree in Journalism from Temple University), I hate seeing stories like the one today in the Akron Beacon-Journal. It reminds me of the line my first mentor, the Wily Old Veteran, Sy Roseman, sarcastically told me when I was 16 and learning the craft of media relations from … Read more

Utah Looks At VoIP

It looks like Utah is looking closely at VoIP. While on the surface a harmless exploration, given Michael Powell’s feelings that VoIP should be unregulated, to see states get involved only will make it harder for the new telcos to emerge easily. What we could end up with, if the states each enact their own … Read more