How To Roam Cheaply

Jeremy Wagstaff pulled together a nice list of WiFi roaming options. I’ve been using my Boingo Unlimited Global account almost non-stop since hitting the UK, France and Spain and its been a sheer joy to use. On the off occasion where Boingo wasn’t available I used T-Mobile and know I’ll pay for it later. I … Read more

We Need More Power

LooseWire’s Jeremy Wagstaff reminded me of an ever present peeve that I have when I travel. Trying to find an open power outlet. This is really evident when I fly on SouthWest out of San Diego or Oakland where there isn’t an airline club to be seen. Its enough for me to sometimes even fly … Read more

We Need More Power

LooseWire’s Jeremy Wagstaff reminded me of an ever present peeve that I have when I travel. Trying to find an open power outlet. This is really evident when I fly on SouthWest out of San Diego or Oakland where there isn’t an airline club to be seen. Its enough for me to sometimes even fly … Read more

BlueBox Podcast on NAT Traversal

Dan York keeps cranking out podcasts and this one on SIP based NAT traversal sounds interesting, as it has one of the real true geniuses of SIP being the guest, Dr. Jonathan Rosenberg, who is now with Cisco after their Dynamicsoft purchase a few years back for cheap money.

Thoughts On Ribbit

Hat tip to Stuart Henshall for his link to pal and client Thomas Howe’s critical first look analysis on Ribbit. Both Stuart and Thomas are constantly pulling things together with voice and collaboration, so their viewpoints should matter. I for one like the idea of more development tools being put out there and welcome the … Read more

Skype’s New Codecs Showing How Better They Can Be

Skype dumped GIPS about a year ago, and as previously reported here on VoIPWatch, their audio seemed to be improving since the switch. Now that I’ve been working from Europe for three weeks, while I’ve been working out of hotels I’ve been making extensive use of all types of mobile and laptop software for communications … Read more

MaxRoam Audio Is Impressive

I’ve been alternating between my Telefonica and MaxRoam SIMs when making and taking phone calls while here in Spain. I have to admit, Pat and Sean have pulled together a very impressive IP network, with amazing audio quality that is hands down better than the local carrier network here in Madrid. The handset shows that … Read more

Vonage Puts Another Lawsuit to Bed

The settlement between AT&T and Vonage has been put to rest according to a news account. The suit, like the Verizon and Sprint lawsuits had to do with patent infringement by the VoIP company which didn’t go well in Vonage’s favor.