You have to read through the Rich Tehrani’s publishers outlook. If you haven’t read it, please do. Note how he writes about Gizmo Project going AJAX, with a web interface to Gizmo. I’ve had the chance to try it out and it’s slick. Sorry, but it’s not ready for prime time just yet, but close. … Read more
One has to know first that Martin Geddes is one of the brightest minds outside of a telco who would be dangerous if allowed inside. His concoctions could mean adoption of new ideas, and being that he used to work at Sprint, his recipes for success in VoIP are the kind of dishes that could … Read more
In case you missed it, Martin Geddes is on a perpetual course to fix telephony and voice mail. Here’s his latest post, in this never ending saga, with the comments too being worthy of reading.
Let me start of by saying reading this post by James Enck may cause your heart to skip a few beats if you work at Level3 or are a customer who relies on them, or has built budgets and pro-formas based on how Level3 charges you. But it goes much deeper and you MUST read … Read more
When I was reading PhoneBoy’s post from Wednesday about Gizmo’s free calling, an idea popped into my head about something else that Gizmo’s Golden Boy may be up to. He wants to recreate/create the online white pages. Think about it. To get the free service, even if you don’t use Gizmo to Gizmo, you need … Read more
Telecom Tsunami has a concise review of the Business Week expanded essay about the current state of telecom. Both are worth reading as my early morning skim of the BW article reveals some solid reporting, even if it does take a viewpoint that telcos are old school. I actually think, as a colleague suggested when … Read more
Ted Wallingford has a new home. DownloadSquad.com, as it seems the powers at be over at Weblogs decided to not continue to devote space to VoIP any longer. I’ve offered Ted the opportunity to post here at VoIPWatch if he ever wants to. Anyway, he makes a really good point about free. It’s something the … Read more
Jon Arnold thinks the delay by Toronto Hydro Telecom on their Muni WiFi plans could only happen in Canada. Obviously Jon Arnold has never had to deal with organizations like the California Coastal Comission or the City of Del Mar’s Design Review board. The would both make the challenges that are being aired seem mild. … Read more
Jon Arnold thinks the delay by Toronto Hydro Telecom on their Muni WiFi plans could only happen in Canada. Obviously Jon Arnold has never had to deal with organizations like the California Coastal Comission or the City of Del Mar’s Design Review board. The would both make the challenges that are being aired seem mild. … Read more
Never give scamers tools they can exploit, because they will. Since Asterisk is open source and easy to acquire, and because it is so powerful, some of the most inventive minds in technology, the ones that develop scams, have found a way to exploit Asterisk to go Vishing, a new term to describe phishing type … Read more
