Jeff Pulver’s VoN Recap

Jeff has class. He took the time to really express how he felt towards everyone, and summarize a great event. This is what separates Pulver from all the rest in conferences and trade shows. He just cares.

Skype, SkypeOut, Codecs and ATAs

Aswath Weblog: Skype, SkypeOut, Codecs and ATAs is more critical analysis from Aswath. He has this uncanny knack of being able to explain the technical to the business related notes that so many less technical bloggers like me know have implications. That’s why I always read Aswath..

Om Malik’s VoN Reflections

Om Malik on Broadband writes about the Vonage IPO and other VoN 2005 Reflections in his post today. Actually there are a lot of me too products. What’s cool about VON though is the still community feeling that exists and the nice people who make up the industry one gets to know. I remain convinced that … Read more

Parasites @ VON and Other Shows

I’ve held off on this post because I wanted a good night’s sleep to recharge and so I can think more clearly and away from the hoopla that made this year’s VON great. But to give you background everything I’m about to say comes from over 30 years of experience in marketing. All kinds of … Read more

Largest SIP Community Questioned By Tom

Is TelTel the Largest SIP Community? That’s the question which is keeping Tom Keating awake at night. The rather unheard of company, with users in China made the same claim to me and explained how they did it during a meeting I had with them earlier last month. The key…viral marketing. The founders, who have some … Read more

Google Doing VoIP? Old News

Once again the Google VoIP story is making the rounds. I’m not at all surprised, but I do question how a lunch turns into a business. It has been known by insiders that Google employees have been buying unlocked SIPURA boxes. It’s possible they were doing this to try out VoIP, explore Asterisk, or just … Read more

Is Vonage A Parasite, Whose Got XTEN Now

Light Reading has one VoIP executive calling Vonage “parasitic.” In the same story they draw attention to XTEN possibly working with CallVantage…..hmmmm. Speaking of XTEN, their Eyebeam client was used to beam back an IETF two way telecom video chat with folks who were in Minneapolis for the IETF meetings while VON was going on. … Read more