I’m going to be taking a hard look at switching from my two AT&T PSTN lines and dumping my longtime favorite AT&T CallVantage (due to the concern that it’s being mothballed at end of the year by many accounts, and not disputed by AT&T’s PR folks) over to the now established T-Mobile @ HOME service. … Read more
Yuk!!! I just received unsolicited SPAM from a MagicJack reseller. I’ve opted out of the list so let’s see what happens. P.S. I was talking to a person in a bar recently who shared with me how they are using Magic Jack. They use the service for what they call “a disposable dating number” to … Read more
Every time I visit my wife’s Sacramento property I get to share in the joy of FTTP-Fiber to the Premise or Fiber to the Home (FTTH) that is supplied by Sacramento based over-builder and telco, SureWest. In the 18 months or so since we dumped Comcast for the SureWest Triple Play, we’ve had to call … Read more
Verizon Wireless is making a move into the video on the mobile phone space, and doing it right. Today they announced a deal with my good friend (and former client) Peter Csathy’s new darling, Sorenson Media. The deal is all around Spark, the key element that makes video on Adobe Flash work. Coming on the … Read more
cNet is reporting that Skype for the iPhone and iPod Touch will be out on Tuesday, which is the day Skype is holding a media conference at CTIA in Las Vegas. The account leads one to believe that it’s a WiFi only play for now.
With the recent announcement by Skype to have an open SIP Gateway (well its in beta) the door is now wide open for a direct route of calls coming to your Google Voice number to be routed directly into the Skype SIP gateway and to ring your Skype ID. All Google Voice has to do … Read more
With the recent announcement by Skype to have an open SIP Gateway (well its in beta) the door is now wide open for a direct route of calls coming to your Google Voice number to be routed directly into the Skype SIP gateway and to ring your Skype ID. All Google Voice has to do … Read more
On face the idea of a Skype client on the Apple iPhone sounds like a great deal for users. And it will be. From a convenience perspective you’ll be able to call your Skype buddies from the iPhone. When you’re on WiFi those calls, like all Skype to Skype calls will be free. Now comes … Read more
A lot has been said the last few days about the Telegeography report about Skype being the biggest long distance provider in the world. I’m not at all surprised and would have been shocked if it had been any other way. Here’s why: 1) People who never talked before by phone have started to talk … Read more
Somewhere over the weekend or on Monday I got a note about Skype now being interoperable with SIP. One thought immediately crossed my mind. DEATH TO 800/Toll free numbers. Slow. Painful. Death. You see as more and more people adopt Skype and use it to call out the one missing piece has been how in … Read more
