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If I Was Rupert Murdoch and Son James….

I’d make two deals very quickly..First is I would by SiPPhone because it simply works and already follows open standards…SIP. Then I would buy Vonage because it fits into the News Corp strategy of buying assets that already have market share and a team. When you add in the SipPhone technology team and scalable infrastructure … Read more

Vonage and Issues with SBC DSL

Network World’s Mike Gibbs article about Vonage is rather indicting. While some may want to put the burden on SBC, why do other companies not have the same issues. More important, why would a company as customer savvy as Yahoo be betting on SBC if problems like this exist. Sorry, the trouble is the Vonage … Read more

Wired on The CALEA VoIP Furor

While I remain in the camp that innovation has to be allowed and supportive of Jeff Pulver position, I’m more disappointed that two of the more aggressive companies who are leading the revolution right now in the area of what I’m calling Voice 2.0 Skype and SipPhone were unavailable for comment and didn’t present a … Read more

Need To Find A Hotspot

I’ve been using the ZyXEL AG-225H WiFi Finder the last few months when I need to see if a hot spot is nearby. Overall I’ve been more than pleased with and like it more so than the Canary Wireless unit. Why? It has 802.11 a, b and g, a much more descriptive display and it’s … Read more

BBC on Hotel BroadBand Issues

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 In the Gulf States

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