It seems my audio post about hotel broadband is becoming a shot hear ’round the world. Now the venerable Beeb, the BBC’s blog watcher Alan Connor saw fit to include it in his discussion on the subject. You can jump right to the Slawsome audio here.
Net2Phone has added another cable network to its roster of companies using its VoIP platform. What I’m seeing is a steady stream of technology going into areas that have been ravaged by Katrina. WiMax from Intel, VoIP from a range of carriers is there now. I expect to see some logical thinking though with what … Read more
If Sen. Jake Corman (R-34) has his way, a bill introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate asks for legislation that will require VoIP companies to forward those dollars collected for E911 fees to be passed on to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. I guess someone has to pay for the state wide infrastructure of Public Service Access … Read more
BandWidth.com has rolled out their Broadband VoIP quality tester to help end users determine if they’ve got the network in place to handle a quality voice over Internet service. I an it and was not surprised to see my latency running at .214 milliseconds (fifty os considered excellent) which is deemed poor. I’ve been forever … Read more
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend” is a trend I’m seeing more and more around Internet based business efforts. Last week it was Yahoo and MSN joining together to defend against the moves of Google and eBay/Skype. Now I see Nokia making moves in the WiMax space, the next sector for the wireless … Read more
MarketWatch’s Bambi Francisco, who has the brains and the experience to elicit anything from most geeks in the Bay Area has done some homework on the Skype/eBay deal. Overall I agree with her, especially on the potential surrounding the Linksys-Skype product which I hope to try one of these days.
VoIP Magazine’s Robert Poe has a perspective on AT&T’s decision to use the heartbeat method to insure 911 service is in place to protect it’s customers.
A report on ZD Net tells all about a trojan horse that is using Skype to infect Windows PC’s.
First it was Softbank which created Yahoo BB. Then SBC started a branded SBC-Yahoo DSL. Then BT, followed by Verizon. Now Bell South has signed on to be the next DSL on ramp for Yahoo’s content and web based services.
A read through this thread over on Broadband Reports reveals some unhappy customers with Broadvoice’s Unlimited plan. It seems someone talking 4000 minutes or so a month internationally is getting the boot, being told to pay up. I fully expect to see the end of unlimited calling that involves PSTN or Circuit switched termination and … Read more
