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Jeff really is Mr. VON–that’s for Video on The Net. Check out the list he’s compiled for Video programming that is net only…WOW!!

KeySpan, a hardware company, has released a new cordless VoIP phone. Ted Wallingford who thankfully is back to VoIP blogging has a note. My bud in SF, MacMan Sam Levin of the Mac Show, has promised me a KeySpan phone to check out.

Back in my sports days I used to help the local high school sportswriter, Don McKee, at the Inquirer in Philadelphia with his weekly high school hockey top ten poll and it was always interesting to see how people would react when the ratings would come out, especially the kids and parents on the team … Read more

TeliaSonera in Denmark has become the first mobile operator in the world to enter the real world of Fixed Mobile Convergence with a live deployment.

BT has released a new SoftPhone that provides IM, Video and Voice called BT Broadband Talk softphone. In my view this goes head to head against Skype, but I’m wondering if this is based on BT’s partnership with Yahoo or if it’s a whole different deal. The move clearly shows that of the global telecom … Read more

BT has released a new SoftPhone that provides IM, Video and Voice called BT Broadband Talksoftphone. In my view this goes head to head against Skype, but I’m wondering if this is based on BT’s partnership with Yahoo or if it’s a whole different deal. The move clearly shows that of the global telecom players … Read more

It’s early here on the left coast, but already the blogosphere is alive with commentary about the Google/eBay click to call deal. Russell Shaw pins Google’s ears back on the lab experiment called GoogleTalk saying this means it’s not going to be a major factor, and he may be right. I’m hearing noises that Google … Read more

A company out of Paris is claiming that their learn and match technology can help companies shut down the use of Skype in their network. I find this quite interesting, not because that Skype is what is being blocked, but because the concept could apply to almost any software running over a network. If used … Read more

Packet8 is taking a page out of Sun Rocket’s Playbook by selling fully paid in advance rate of $199 a year and offering VoIP phones as part of the deal. This is much like a cellular phone company subsidizing the cost of the hardware to get a long term commitment out of customers. Why is … Read more

The RebTel folks have been playing phone tag with me since Jeff Pulver did an intro a few days ago. John Arnold has a post about it, as does Jeff. I’ll post once I know more.