In what has to be good news for companies like CallTower, client Covad, Fonality and Digium, an Infonetics Research report shows that PBX solutions that are powered by VoIP are on the rise. This is very good news also for client and Seattle area startup Telephony2 whose CallButler solution offers so much for so little. … Read more
In his subscription only Daily T1R, Daniel Berringer postulates that SunRocket may have their lights turned out soon. It seems the reports I’ve been hearing around the Valley are that their CEO has been on the “money trail” around Silicon Valley, but not getting any takers. In my view companies like Vonage, SunRocket and Packet8 … Read more
Flavor of the Month? Hit of the Week? Pick of the Day? I recognize that like my brothers in the blogosphere that we tend to like things earlier and at the same time suffer burnout faster than the average user. We’re also all early barometers to what the user market’s overall reaction will be like … Read more
I have never been a fan of “free” as a long term business model. While the idea of no cost to talk via Skype and GizmoProject has helped bring cost of talking minutes to zero, and services like SightSpeed allow FREE video calling on a one on one basis, the real benefit to people comes … Read more
Esme Vos is Ms. MuniWireless and her experience at Logan Airport in Boston, MA mirrors my experience. They just don’t make it easy to get online.
Skype founder Niklas Zennstrom gives his perspective on change, disruption and the future of technology in a feature on the BBC’s website.
Calling it the “Telephony API of the Week,” uber VoIP applications developer, Thomas Howe has taken a hard look at API’s and has begun a weekly “pick of the week” concept highlighting things from a software applications developer’s perspective. What he also does towards the end of the post is lean towards his winning ways … Read more
I had a wonderful hotel experience, broadband and all, at the St. Julien Hotel in Boulder, CO. It was the kind of experience that made me wish I was there for more than one night. First the meat of the matter: Broadband-Wired In Room and Wireless Available Speeds: 800k in both directions at 11 PM … Read more
A little birdie told me that users of Verizon Wireless’ Broadband Connect product now are being capped at 4 Gigs a month. That pales to what I’m also hearing from other sources that the prospect of Verizon Wireless and Verizon merging is looming. It seems that Verizon Wireless folks are hearing talk of their work … Read more
To many, the E911 issue caused by VoIP is a growing problem and people should be concerned. Presently the E911 solution requires too much honesty on the part of the user, validation on the part of the operator, the intervention of a third party to relay the data to the right PSAP and a lot … Read more
