Om Malik has a pretty good handle on Vonage as he’s talked with Jeff Citron and comes from the investment banking world, so when Om comes to a conclusion, I tend to look at it and then add on. In my mind Vonage is using the dot.com model of “get big fast.” They are doing … Read more

Internet Telephony Magazine gives high marks to AT&T and provides a very comprehensive summary about the company’s VoIP efforts beyond CallVantage. What I like about this article is that it brought together what AT&T is doing overall and paints an easy to grasp landscape of how AT&T as a company is moving in the VoIP … Read more

After raising more money recently, Vonage has announced they will hire 600 more people.

James Enck, who I consider one of the brighter analysts covering telecom from a stock brokerage perspective wrote a piece yesterday that has me blushing and reflecting on how my writing style developed. While I’ve heard the comments from most people who like to read Om and I, usually ranking us in their minds as … Read more

In reading through the comments on Mr. Blogs site it seems the problem may be more hardware than software related regarding the port 5060 issue in the UK though to being caused by BT. Jeff Pulver actually did a polll of sorts and is look to get to the bottom of it too. If the … Read more

I got quotted in a very interesting story on VoIP security.

As many of you know who have been long time readers, I have been very concerned about Port Blocking, first from the streaming media content distribution sector, but knowing how the implications could impact VoIP. If Mr. Blog is correct, and I have no reason to doubt him, it appears BT in their wisdom has … Read more

In a story that started within USA Today that was syndicated by parent Gannet News Service it seems the reviewers experience with Skype was less than desirable. What was interesting is they chose to compare AT&T’s CallVantage to it. saying: Alas, Skype is flawed compared with other VoIP options, even though they cost more. For … Read more

Jeff Pulver has some very interesting things to say about the VoIP revolution. It is one of the most sober, clear thinking and on the mark type of interviews I have read from anyone in the space. Given how Jeff clearly has been the VoIP cheerleader for 10 years or more, his classy remarks are … Read more

I love when the media get sucked or suckered into a news story. Take this story that recently broke about Skype. This is clearly what the PR trade calls a leak or teaser strategy, and what is less newsworthy about it is the concept behind it is very much like what ICQ and Yahoo Messenger … Read more