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PhoneGnome Hits The Market

I’ve been playing around with PhoneGnome for a few days. Om has done a very extensive review. It’s a really clever device and it works without a lot of thinking on the buyers part. In many ways it reminds me of Mirra and is even simpler because you don’t need any software to make it … Read more

Now This Is Interesting About Vonage

Let’s play connect the dots. Last month a report out of Israel had Jeff Pulver investing in VocalTec. What I hear from sources close to the Pulver camp is that Jeff will come in when others come in, and he’s given that commitment. Then there is Vonage, which Pulver actually helped start, and with whom … Read more

The Reason To Switch To VoIP (Or At Least Adopt It)

As more and more articles appear about why people switch to VoIP I get excited. Here’s an industry publication in the trucking sector pointing out a company’s rationale for switching to VoIP. I suspect someone will make it real easy to make the jump and eliminate all the perceived and real hurdles, and those reasons … Read more

Boingo: Did The Check Bounce?

Seems Boingo has a problem in the UK. They can’t activate new users who live there. That’s got to be a problem in light of their Skype deal of earlier this week. James got the story out. My guess is it has to do with the carrier in the UK preferring to have the subscriber … Read more

Skype Should Share the Wealth

Martin has an interesting idea for skype. SHARE the wealth. Since I have always looked at Skype as an arbitrage play, both on minutes and on cash hoarding of unused minutes, I don’t see this happening too soon. Not until the First National Bank of Skype is set up, ala eBay and PayPal.