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Who Would Buy Vonage?

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CNNMoney.com postulates that Vonage may be a better takeover or buyout category than an IPO. Hmmm…who would want it is the big question? The author suggests Sprint, Qwest or Verizon, but I’m thinking more of someone like a T-Mobile who wants a ground game to compliment their air game. Rumors out of Seattle describe a … Read more

Vonage IPO Is Questioned By CNet

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Forget today is April Fools Day. Yesterday, and even before that, the sentiment around the Vonage IPO seemed to be swooning. I’m actually surprised and despite all of my prior skepticism around Vonage as company, all I’ve been hearing from people close to the brokerage business is that for months one of the most asked … Read more

Robertson Has His Head In The Cloud (again)

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When Gizmo Project creator Michael “Golden Boy” Robertson launched AjaxWrite and this week AjaxSketch many would have to admit that his head is in the cloud. That’s true, but this is not the first time for him to be here. This is exactly where he was in 1998 with his MP3 Locker concept for music. … Read more

What’s The Difference?

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I’m like to use the phrase “Me Too, Me Also, Me Different” when I talk to companies about innovation. Today it really applies to the VoIP market. As we have seen, what one market leader does, others tend to follow. That’s the “me too.” Others take another approach, develop something else but then include what … Read more

Jeff In Israel – A Real Honor

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This is an honor for Jeff and shows the respect the true leaders and visionaries in technology have for him. And I’m serious. This is not an April Fools Day post, but heartfelt and warrented. As someone who has been covering the technology world for almost a decade I have watched as Jeff and his … Read more

APRIL FOOLS DAY Edition

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Historically on April Fools Day Press Releases and News Accounts Fly Around the news world. It has become a time honored tradition. The following four stories are written in that nature. They are meant to be could you imagine that and are total works of fiction…..

I actually was going to also use a Vonage IPO related post but have deleted it. They have filed and the market will decide if it’s a good stock or not.  Perhaps one could be:

Vonage Buys Qwest. Experts Call It A Merger of Equals!

Another could be

Level 3 Buys A Winery in Napa Valley

Yet another could be

Andy Abramson to Stop Blogging

You see, all these are written in a style that makes you go hmmm…..and for that I say "GOTCHA!"

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Skype Mobile To Launch At CTIA

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April Fools Day Story # 3 I’ve heard that Skype will unveil a new mobile phone service. Using T-Mobile as the underlying carrier and Level3, the new SkypeMo service will feature seamless handoff between WiFi and mobile networks. In Europe the service will be provided by VodaFone. The new service, will become available in the … Read more

Whose Buying CallVantage?

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April Fool’s Story # 2 AOL, which last year introduced Total Talk, could do the move of the year taking CallVantage away from AT&T. What a great move that would be! AOL is progressive while the current leadership at AT&T is not as keen on Consumer VoIP as the old team. Then again other suitors … Read more