TelTel Profiled

Voxilla’s Carolyn Schuk took time to profile SIP provider TelTel yesterday as part of the new effort by Voxilla’s publisher to cover more consumer focused VoIP companies. I continue to be impressed by Carolyn’s writing and how she’s bringing a more end user touch to the world of VoIP.

Mylo and T-Mobile = Free Hotspot Access

I wish this was the best thing in the space, but I know better. There are other devices in the pipeline coming from new companies, but being under NDA and news embargoes means until the proper time comes, this is something good, but something better is just around the corner.

Aswath on NAT and More

Om and I both tend to consider Aswath Rao one of the smartest bloggers on the subject of VoIP related technology. His uncanny ability to spot what should be so obvious, but which is missed by us mere mortals, is at the very least, thought provoking. Today he posted a dead on the money analysis … Read more

Amazon Picks Open Source From Pingtel

I’ve been privy to this news for a few weeks, and kept it under wraps. Amazon selected the Pingtel open source solution to power their corporate phone system. Rich’s viewpoints are very much on target regarding the importance of this move as it represents an endorsement of both Open Source Telephony and Pingtel’s technology.

Mylo and Belkin VoIP Phones Reviewed

I’ve been having a blast using my UT Starcom F3000, despite some set up pains caused by the very non-consumer interface that requires a lot of knowledge. It is working great with SIP credentials supplied by Broadvoice, though I’d like to get it to work with both PhoneGnome and SIPPhone/Gizmo. Today’s St. Paul Pioneer Press … Read more

Phone Boy On IM Clients and the Mac

Dameon has raised a very good point about the lack of Mac in the IM world, which is one reason why iChat has done so well with Mac users. Besides being interoperable with AOL’s AIM and Jabber it just works. That said, SightSpeed has seen dramatic uptake under Peter Csathy, who embraced the idea of … Read more