While not 100 percent perfect, this ranking system and database from MyVoIPProvider.com, is a huge eye opener when it comes to seeing what’s out there in the way of competition. While also not complete, they list 516 suppliers, the listings and ranking based only on cost, but it is a starting point. I’m not in … Read more
Russell has found a literal Skype Killer that will make only the most sadistic IT manager smile. I say sadistic because on one hand Skype is a runaway hit with everyone who uses it. It’s usage saves the company money, adds efficiencies and economies of scale so the accountants have to be happy on the … Read more
A great piece about the current state of Skype. Om mentions the Radio Shack deal which I caught on Friday but due to travel just missed blogging it.
Somehow I missed the Skype expansion efforts to include Germany for Skype In. That type of PR blunder never happened when Kelly wasn’t off on “leave” and Kat James had the ball in play out of London. Somehow since Skype farmed their PR out to a firm in Silicon Valley, they’ve missed on more than … Read more
I tried to play with GizmoProject and my Xten EyeBeam softphone using three different networks. None of them could make a call that would terminate. That leads me to believe that there is some type of port blocking or there is a serious NAT issue here. No one was awake that I could see who … Read more
So I’m at 38,000 feet somewhere over North America on a Lufthansa flight to Europe using the Boeing SkyNet. So what’s the first thing I did? I booted up, logged on and started VoIPing. I made a few Skype calls, talking with John Appler of Popular Telephony who is based in Silicon Valley. Then I … Read more
Verso, which has the technology that filters and manages content running over carrier’s networks is playing Skype like a fiddle. The closing line of this Light Reading account is classic. I say that because Zennstrom has no reason to return to the USA, now or ever short of the government freezing his eBay assets. Oh, … Read more
Today I begin a stint on the road (again) working from airports, hotels and a client’s office. In addition I get to try out (I hope) the Boeing in-flight WiFi service as I fly to Europe. As a result, postings will be reduced for a short time today. Anyone on Skype or Gizmo Project who … Read more
If any company knows how to productize and market new technology, it’s got to be SONY. Today they announced a new VoIP based Video service not to dissimilar to what I wrote about yesterday which YAK is deploying. Developed by GlowPoint, SonyIVE is featuring free, unlimited video and voice service for consumers worldwide. Call 2006 … Read more
Yankee Group released the results of their study on Consumer VoIP today calling the VoIP market “immature” and with low consumer awareness and laying blame at the cable industry for adding to the consumer confusion about viable VoIP offers. In a related move Yankee Group was sold to a private equity group and now has … Read more
