According to ZDNet: Forrester surveyed 1,132 online US households to gauge their awareness and interest in services based on VOIP technology. 43% of our respondents had heard of VoIP before taking the survey, with word of mouth as the biggest driver of awareness at 23%. But awareness did not translate into sales because a mere … Read more
FileForum has a new Skype for Windows. This version supports Skype In. Did you get your number yet? Skype In is a rather interesting value. For 42 dollars roughly a year, you get a PSTN reachable phone number and Skype Voice mail. Thats a huge value. The only rub is you pre-pay. You can also … Read more
In IP Inferno: VON Panel, the Sequel, ex Wired reporter Dan Brekke provides an excellent summary of the panel I had the pleasure of moderating. I’ll add more later as I’m off to another day of VON.
LCS…..yawn… I went to the Microsoft booth yesterday, and like so many first releases from Microsoft, the Live Communications Server was a lot of fancy perfume, sexy lipstick and a nice dress, but it was still underage and not ready to play with the boys, even though it really wants to. Nothing was groundbreaking. Nothing … Read more
Cox announces VoIP plans to deliver IP based voice.
I drove up to my hotel here in San Jose and out in front of the hotel was Broadvoice with a van. I loved the red circle with a line through the center logo…It was the Bell. Basically Broadvoice is saying you don’t need a Bell System phone any more….nice ambush marketing….
It’s great to see Ted Shelton back writing on IP Inferno: as he has today about Vonage and the Customer Experience. As a long time customer of Vonage, and CallVantage, and one who has many of the carriers in the house I know exactly what Ted is talking about. My customer experience is better than most with … Read more
Stuart of Unbound Spiral: has announced that Skype Journal has Launched. I wish him all the luck and success in the world. This is a perfect example of niche marketing. Find a community and aggregate content for them. Skype is a community with an audience that is very mixed. The early adopters will be all … Read more
I think in a few years WiMax will be more in the news, which is why I’m launching WiMaxWatch now. To be ahead of the curve. While other sites are out there, I want to bring the same approach towards covering WiMax that I have done with VoIP.
Virgin’s PR Tactics Enrage Nurses I just hope they called him Sir !
