According to a well placed source in the EvDO community in San Diego, the Bay Area will finally see real EvDO beyond the test group. My spies tell me that the start date for Broadband Access by Verizon is likely August 29th or so, assuming the Verizon folks like all the results. It seems getting … Read more
You know you’re getting older when friends from the past are no longer with us. On August 8th I celebrated, joyfully, my 46th. Today, on my Fiancee’s birthday, I received news of the passing of an old friend on my birthday, Bob Koch of Koch’s Deli. It has probably been two or so years since … Read more
ZD Net reports large growth in VoIP in the last year.
Looks like a bunch of connected technocrats, visionaries, bloggers and podcasters are mixing it up. Om takes a stand, telling like it is/was. Others, seem to back-peddle out hoping to get an invite, or just try to be polite. At least Russell B is standing his ground. Read Om’s post (if you care).
As I said yesterday, and to all who have written and IM’d me. There is nothing New with Yahoo VoIP that wasn’t already announced, according to a Yahoo person very close to the scene. My view, someone took an old story, or an old quote and blended it into a new story. As my mentor … Read more
Must be his new SlingBox. I wonder if he’s watching over EvDO or via WiFi at a JetBlue terminal? 🙂 Update–Jeff sure is leading a wave. At this point those CNN TV sets could become a thing of the past.
Om has a note about changes at Yahoo and SiPPhone. Now I wonder even more why Michael Robertson has been calling and emailing 🙂 Something is clearly up at Yahoo. First DialPad, now a veteran SipSter with software and business expertise.
There is a lot to this and more than meets the eye with this move by Verisign. Any of the companies already aligned with them in the VoIP or WiFi handoff space are in for a very long ride. While some aspects may be bumpy at first, there is a lot of need for the … Read more
I’m getting concerned that this may be a circular rumor. Not sure why, but consider the facts. An analyst from a big firm makes a speculation. A Yahoo person I know tells me there’s nothing to it, or at least not yet. I’d love to talk to the analyst at Piper..maybe I’ll call him tomorrow. … Read more
Depending how you read this Red Herring report, Yahoo may have a full blown VoIP play coming.
