Those of you with access to the Wall Street Journal will be interested in the paper’s Cranky Consumer who tested, or sought out to test, a range of VoIP services that are available in the Metro New York Area. I like the Cranky one because they reporter does a very good job of showcasing both … Read more
Broadband soars in 2004 means that VoIP will grow in 2005. All one has to do is look at adoption history of technology. The path is leading to VoIP. How the broadband players manage to acquire customers will be key. If history here in the USA is any indication the cable companies won the battle vs. … Read more
Qwest offers Internet phoning soon. The move shows how the RBOC’s are really playing in the space as another of them comes to the game.
Verizon Takes Next Big Step Toward VoIP with the conversion of a Central Office from Class Five Switch architecture to IP. That makes me wonder if a call terminates in say, Santa Monica, from Mount Vernon Washington, does Verizon have to pay the city the Utility Tax they would like to impose? To me it sure … Read more
Irwin Lazar’s “Real-Time Communications Blog has some predictions.I agree with Irwin that consolidation will occur, and that the idea of hosted PBX will grow. Give it a read.
SIPthat.com: Xten SIP Softphone for Linux is a nice step. Now this will work on the Linspire PC’s, like the new $499 laptop.
IP Inferno: Vonage’s New Retail Deal writes about the potential Vonage has to sell VoIP at retail and some of the issues. I agree with Dan. A recent visit to some of the stores selling VoIP (Staples, Best Buy, CompUSA) from the various carriers shows a total lack of understanding about the service and each carriers … Read more
A UK communications carrier says what we know but makes some interesting predictions of what VoIP will do to the incumbents labeling VoIP telecom’s black hole.
Americans are more worried that service quality over government regulation will hold back the adoption of VoIP-based telephony, according to a Spirent Communications report. Well, I think the quality issues are being reduced and that more people are realizing that unlimited Long Distance and all the bundled features at one price sure beats the RBOCs … Read more
A telecom consultant in South Carolina writes a nice story about the FCC and VoIP regulation. The thinking here is rather consistent with what all of us waving the VoIP flag have been saying. Keep the states and local governments away from VoIP for now.
