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Skype is looking to market on OPM, that’s Other People’s Money. It’s a smart approach but it makes one wonder where all their VC money is going.

Vonage seems to be singing a new tune and it’s not the same song they sang when they got their two hundred million. That money was supposed to go largely to marketing and growing their subscriber base here in the USA and around the globe. In an announcement today Vonage signed a multi-year agreement to … Read more

Forbes has a story about VoiceStick. I may have to give it another shot on a different PC. My first experience was so bad I stopped trying it out. That said, I am always open to second tries.

Euro VoN still has another day to go and James Enck has a great recap of what’s transpired so far that matters. Be sure and read all the way through as he’s got lots of tidbits that hopefully as VoN Blur subsides he can expand upon.

I was about to write almost the same type of commentary, but Mark beat me to the punch. While 8 x 8 is clearly trying, I don’t think they have come close to turning the corner. Their burn rate is increasing, and while subscribers are growing, one has to wonder about the costs that they … Read more

The FCC has released their regular stats on telephone penetration in the USA. They also issued a report on how much people are paying. So right now VoIP appears to be a “cheaper” way to go, but I don’t expect that to last. While I do forsee the day of $9.95 plans, I believe that … Read more

Being private has it’s advantage, one of which you can make statements like this without all the strings that limit public companies. But still, one has to wonder a lot. For example, how much in the way of stock are founders and employees getting and how does that impact the actual balance sheet. Also, with … Read more

So you get an affiliate deal with Skype and your friends and customer start yelling about bad connections on Skype Out and Skype In….who you gonna call? What one insider close to the P2P company told me was that Skype is having success selling numbers (largely for voicemail) but that many people try SkypeOut and … Read more

I love Skype, but from day one I have never said it’s a replacement for my phone. That said, I do consider CallVantage and Vonage phone line replacements, and thus they need to behave the same way as PSTN, not just deliver the best of PSTN and leave out the expensive parts. Seems OM and … Read more

Hop On has a neat sounding WiFi phone. I sure hope this phone is better than the ones to date. It sure reads like it is.