This is about setting the record straight. Seems I missed the news release on the wires back a week or so or more. The announcement was out on the wires and just not advanced to any of us. For that reason, and a reliance on being advanced news releases by the PR team it got … Read more
Why in anyone’s mind would a deal between SalesForce.com and eBay/Skype be kept mostly under wraps? No it wasn’t under wraps. I missed it. (see above) and so did a lot of the other VoIP bloggers. The implications of a Skype & SalesForce.com alliance are huge. What’s bigger than Skype getting into the business of … Read more
Taking a page out of Yahoo’s playbook, AOL has announced a series of relationships with DSL providers to help migrate their users from dial up to broadband for as little as two dollars over their dial up package price of $24.95. Expect to see a bundle deal with the MSO’s coming down the pike would … Read more
Level3 keeps growing their market reach and network. Today they announced the acquisition of Progress Telecom. In the past I said the WilTel acquisition which is now in integration mode, and from what I hear almost done –read head count reductions coming soon–would yield even more.
In what has to be a move to counter Skype and expand footprint, Vonage has added virtual telephone numbers across Europe. Good move.
I found this new blog site. Forget the photo, the content is what’s turning my head (remember I’m an engaged and very happy guy, who found his perfect WinePal/Geek Girl). Great coverage of VoIPSter and PhoneGnome by Christine, who works in the Valley and has some very impressive credentials.
So Om got to go to the Yahoo soriee down in Half Moon Bay, that I was also invited to, but was on the wrong coast to join up with future Yahoo Sr. VP Brad Garlinghouse and a bunch of Yahoo folks. One of the things Om confirmed is that Geoff Ralston left Yahoo, which … Read more
SkiBare tipped me off to the new Vonage approach to in home installation.Can you say “cable guy” as in Jim Carey!!! I wonder who they expect to be their Vonage professionals..Will they be GE? ITT? ex XEROX or ex Telco guys. Gee is wire line maintanence next?
A loyal field goal club member forwarded me their latest experience at VoIP Stalag 13, Packet 8 after reading my previous post about them. I called tech support today. Asked when the new features are coming out. They said, “some time within the next month. we are having server problems.” EVERY single time they try … Read more
Client VoIPSter is causing a bit of a stir with their open source approach to VoIP. They announced OpenZoep and their Firefox Browser plug in that turns the popular browser into a softphone. Bruce Stewart has the details.
