On one hand Chinese mobile operators can be very forward thinking, like China Unicom was with their trial using Bridgeport Networks platform to move cellular calls to IP to end up on a university network. On the other hand they can be regressive by working to limit the way communications can be accomplished. The Wall … Read more
Russell Shaw has a thought provoking post about the idea of bundling voice, data and video–and soon wireless. There are two sides to this argument and he presents one of them–the risks. Shaw also challenges the independents (CallVantage, Packet8, Vonage et al) to markt counter to the bundles. Actually, I’m surprised that the counter bundles … Read more
With speeds like this offering I really wish Cablevision would become my cable provider. Oh give me 50 megs in both directions, please.
CounterPath (previously XTEN) have licensed part of their core technology to YAK for a free P2P video and Voice service. This type of service offering goes to market before Yahoo, which has the same ability once it gets its Dialpad act together. While the product is marketed to all audiences my gut tells me there … Read more
Almost 10 months since I first saw the VoiceStick that worked on the Windows XP platform i2Telecom have released a Mac version. My experiences on the PC vary from awful to fair. I’ve yet to try the Mac version but since my experience with SoftGnome, GizmoProject and Skype on the Mac all are superior to … Read more
RBOC QWEST will start to feel the pressure of VoIP on multiple fronts as Comcast begins to ramp up VoIP efforts nationwide. When Comcast acquired the old AT&T Cable Network (formerly TCI) it was one of the oldest and least modernized cable plants around. Over the past two years or so Comcast has attempted to … Read more
The Register has an analysis of Skype’s recent security and code bugs that basically says to me that they made some mistakes, got the information they needed and are fixing the problem. Seems like the Microsoft’s method to me.
Level3, which always has strived to be the carriers’ carrier, added another cable company, Cable One, to its growing list of MSO’s who are relying on the Colorado based company for VoIP infrastructure. Cable operators are likely the key long term customer for Level3 in this space. While Earthlink, AOL and Packet8 all are also … Read more
Richard draws attention to the lack of understanding by marketing execs in the mobile/wireless space about IMS and I agree. Right now IMS is largely a technocratic, R&D and engineering level matter, but the marketing people have to start to get their arms around it. Saying things like next year, 18 months, etc. means now … Read more
Here I am in high tech Seattle in the very swanky W celebrating my one year anniversary with Helene in my life and it appears I’m having my Internet traffic monitored. It seems the hotel’s service provider LodgeNet has a firewall that looks for certain type of traffic and then slows you down to 56K … Read more
