An effort by WiFiSalon to build out quasi municipal hotspot location is growing in New York City. What is more interesting is how they are also layering in VoIP services which clearly will put some heat on Verizon. The key element in my mind is the amount of bandwidth and the speeds they are able … Read more
In a poorly explained press release a Norway based company has announced a mobile phone cable bridge that makes Skype mobile phone accessible. I hope to get more clarity as this sounds interesting.
TelSym, which has is best described as dead company walking shut down their operation and was the second Intel Venture Fund company in the Seattle area to do just that (Cometa was the first), is out licensing their VoIP client technology.
A few weeks back the CEO of Verizon criticized SBC’s move to lower DSL prices. Now it seems that Verizon is following suit. My guess is that Verizon realized that if they don’t lower prices they never will find a way to get VoIP into more houses, and with the MCI network technology soon to … Read more
Paul Kapustka sums up the recent FCC E-911 order with a very liberal slant.
Om breaks the news about Skype hitting the retail market via distributor Brightpoint and feels that Vonage needs to look over their shoulder. Let’s face it, Skype to Skype quality is far better than Vonage to anything. I’ve now tried Vonage in two different houses, and on two different carriers (Cox and Comcast) and in … Read more
Hat Tip to Engadget for their link to this story. The idea of a stick phone means havoc to the cell companies in places where Internet kiosks are saturated. Now every PC terminal that’s connected to the Internet becomes a phone. That said, bandwidth at those places will have to be enhanced as you can … Read more
As a customer of Sprint’s slower 1xRTT service almost since it’s inception I’m patiently watching the current effort to advance services into the EvDO realm since Skype worked so well on 1xRTT when I was on the tarmac at Newark International about a year ago. That’s why I was intrigued with this post about their … Read more
Just click here. Okay, if you don’t want to click it’s about MSN vs. Skype. Now click here please. Maybe this explains why Yahoo may want Skype, but maybe they should sell to Microsoft instead.
Jeff is in Israel this week for an event he spearheaded to recognize the role Israel has played with VoIP. He also seemed to find time to come up with the Travelers Technology Rights list. I’m in full agreement with him. I recently had an experience in a hotel I had stayed in before where … Read more
