I mentioned VoIP at CES earlier, but I forget to mention why it will be such a big deal. In a nutshell, Pulver.com. Jeff and his team have been in the VoIP arena putting on conferences longer than anyone. Now that VoIP is going mainstream with more “consumer” products than ever before, his groups participation … Read more

Telephony and Music: More than just an “On-Hold” Relationship according to my favorite Telecom blogger, Jeff Pulver. The reason I say telecom, is while his focus is clearly VoIP and Pulver Communications related efforts, Jeff does have the best perspective on Telecom from years of doing what he has done. His points about the blending of … Read more

The Jeff Pulver Blog: Municipal and State Governments to VoIP Industry: “Deploy VoIP … but Give Us All your Money” — Zen Koan or Catch 22? Jeff waxes on about the proposed efforts by governments at all levels to tax VoIP, comparing the tax rates to Sin Taxes, but only greater. My gut says that … Read more

Unbound Spiral has a whole series of how toos, what may be and possible implications around Skypecasting, Skype Voice Recording and the blending in with PodCasting. This series of posts by Stuart is one of the most comprehensive on the subject and worth going through his blog to make sense of what is really going on.

Microsoft attempting VoIP land grab? That seems to me to be the thrust of this blind line that got tossed into the ether this morning. Everyone should know by now that Microsoft has SIP embedded in Windows XP since day one. They have sent their “visiting professors” to VoIP shows as far back as the … Read more

E-Commerce News: Commentary: The Day the Old Telephony Died is a story that intrigues me and while this story talks about how they can manage VoIP by treating each call as an “event” the broad reaching claims they make sound rather loft. Still, I think there may be something here.

Europe’s Banks Putting Their Money on Voice over IP (VoIP) according to a report in Wi-Fi Technology News. Leading UK financial institution Lloyd’s banks on VoIP to save money and gain efficiency in keeping branches and office connected. This story is largely a Cisco hype job and while the reporter has done a fine job of … Read more

2005 VoIP Predictions by Tom Keating who makes some rather interesting prognostications for the upcoming year. My predictions will likely come in the New Year. I actually want to see what happens at CES in January to get a better feel of what’s happening within the space. Pulver’s leading the VoIP consumer summit there, Vonage and … Read more

Eutectics is making a line of USB phones that are worth checking out. I just received the USB desk phone that will work with Skype and a wide range of soft phone clients. This is an ambitious task but the range of products looks impressive. I hope to be testing their new phone in the … Read more

Oh I want to throw up…Vomit and sniff hack VoIP systems in Contractor UK is really upsetting to me. This is something that the VoIP world needs to take seriously. Since hack and crack artists like to go where the most damage could be done, Vonage and Skype likely would be the first two targets, and I … Read more