Skype: Forward

I was playing with the Windows PC laptop over the weekend and downloaded the Skype Beta 1.40 which includes Skype Forward capabilities. I programmed it to call my CallVantage number which has locate me programmed to call both my home office and cell phones. The long and the short of it is now when I’m … Read more

Vonage @ 1 Million

Holy Cow-Batman–Today Vonage said they have one million lines in service. Given how many Time Warner Cable now has, I’d say the Jersey boys are feeling the heat from the Gotham sleeping giant..

Level3 and 8×8 Expand Relationship

Level3 has been conducting consumer and business research to work with their partners (i.e. 8×8, AOL and others) in growing their customer bases. This announcement today is the first step in seeing that research turn into some sort of business strategy. Basically Level3 will start to help identify and open vertical sales channels so their … Read more

Skype Bundle Down Under

For less than $12 dollars Australian you can buy Skype software, Skype out minutes and a headset. Each Skype pack contains: * Voucher for 30 minutes of SkypeOut calling at current Global SkypeOut rate. * Earbud with speaker and microphone to connect to the speaker/microphone sockets on a PC or laptop * Mini-CD with Skype … Read more

Why’s Yahoo Using Net2Phone and Other Rumors

I recently updated some of my PC’s to the final version of Yahoo Messenger and saw that Net2Phone is the partner for IP to PSTN termination. Given the acquisition of DialPad I’m a tad misfused about why Yahoo is using someone else’s solution when they now have the technology. My best guess is that NTOP … Read more

Virtual Numbers During A Crisis

Stuart Henshall has an idea to use virtual numbers during a crisis like the one brought on by Katrina. Tom Evslin has some thoughts on why this is a good idea and wonders what’s taking so long. I tend to agree with both. Actually, if I were Sprint or Verizon I’d be loading up the … Read more