My old and now long retired argumentation professor at Temple University, Dr. Towne, often referred to the class as Confusion 101, and that his title, as the sign on his office door made him “Chief of Confusion.” One of Towne’s rules of argumentation, to which there were many, was when you can’t win, obfuscate the … Read more
For a long time I’ve been a fan of the hosted model of voice services, versus the need for a lot of on premise equipment. A recent summary story in IT Business Edge seems to support that kind of thinking, which can only be seen as good news for companies like Covad, CallTower, XO. This … Read more
I’ve become a fan of VoIPNews’ Daily Around The Blogosphere. It’s a great wrap up of what everyone in the space is writing, and the style of writing, breezy and topical makes it a fast and easy read. Technorati Tags: VoIP
Tim Greene at Network World has a summary of a survey done with IT Managers about VoIP. The results show interest is growing, concerns remain and that the key driver for future growth will be two things revolving around the concept of Quality. 1. Voice Quality 2. Network Quality (QoS) Technorati Tags: VoIP
One of the more respected analyst firms, Gartner, invited client iotum to their recent Gartner Symposium. At the event, Gartner Group ran their first ever Cool Vendor Shorts program and included iotum, led by Alec Saunders. He has a recap. Now, here’s the cool part. They were chosen. Selected. Invited. They didn’t pay to be … Read more
Over the past few days the blogosphere has been buzzing with news about client GrandCentral and their new GrandCentral Mobile. TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington first broke the news following an impromptu lunch with GrandCentral CEO Craig Walker, followed by GigaOm and WebWare. Other bloggers have weighed in too with comments and accolades including Pat from Roam4Free, … Read more
Om has a post and poll up since Wednesday on the subject of Mobile VoIP that focuses on which Mobile Skype client will win the battle. So far Fring is in the lead, but the race is close. Beyond MobileSkype though you also have some competition in other places from two pure SIP players, Truphone … Read more
No one should be surprised by the comments from Qualcomm’s Len Lauer about WiMax. This is a repeat of the company’s perspective on WiFi back in the late 90’s and early 2000s’.
You can check out CrunchGears review of Fring, a service that conceptually I like, but have issues with the audio quality for business grade communications. I remember the early days of Vonage having similar issues, and a client on a call telling me to call back on a “real” phone. That’s something we don’t ever … Read more
The first quarter numbers are out from France Telecom and one of the most revealing statistics is the number of VoIP users that have added service. The number of “Voice over IP” services customers totalled 2.624 million at 31 March 2007, compared with 1.207 million a year ago. The growth was particularly strong in the … Read more
