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
Jeff’s very eloquent post about the FCC’s far reaching CALEA moves got me thinking. While I agree with most of what Jeff and others have said, a part of me, the realist, and a Public Safety Commissioner in my town, understands some of the rationale behind it. But all that as food to fuel debate … Read more
Last week Helene, my fiancée told me the Vonage Linksy PAP-2 telephone adapter had gone on the fritz. It just stopped working, so she brought it to our Del Mar house and I did the usual call to support, provided all the details including model number, serial number, etc. The call, which was a VoIP … Read more
