The Jeff Pulver Blog: Municipal and State Governments to VoIP Industry: “Deploy VoIP … but Give Us All your Money” — Zen Koan or Catch 22? Jeff waxes on about the proposed efforts by governments at all levels to tax VoIP, comparing the tax rates to Sin Taxes, but only greater. My gut says that … Read more
Unbound Spiral has a whole series of how toos, what may be and possible implications around Skypecasting, Skype Voice Recording and the blending in with PodCasting. This series of posts by Stuart is one of the most comprehensive on the subject and worth going through his blog to make sense of what is really going on.
Microsoft attempting VoIP land grab? That seems to me to be the thrust of this blind line that got tossed into the ether this morning. Everyone should know by now that Microsoft has SIP embedded in Windows XP since day one. They have sent their “visiting professors” to VoIP shows as far back as the … Read more
E-Commerce News: Commentary: The Day the Old Telephony Died is a story that intrigues me and while this story talks about how they can manage VoIP by treating each call as an “event” the broad reaching claims they make sound rather loft. Still, I think there may be something here.
Europe’s Banks Putting Their Money on Voice over IP (VoIP) according to a report in Wi-Fi Technology News. Leading UK financial institution Lloyd’s banks on VoIP to save money and gain efficiency in keeping branches and office connected. This story is largely a Cisco hype job and while the reporter has done a fine job of … Read more
2005 VoIP Predictions by Tom Keating who makes some rather interesting prognostications for the upcoming year. My predictions will likely come in the New Year. I actually want to see what happens at CES in January to get a better feel of what’s happening within the space. Pulver’s leading the VoIP consumer summit there, Vonage and … Read more
Eutectics is making a line of USB phones that are worth checking out. I just received the USB desk phone that will work with Skype and a wide range of soft phone clients. This is an ambitious task but the range of products looks impressive. I hope to be testing their new phone in the … Read more
Oh I want to throw up…Vomit and sniff hack VoIP systems in Contractor UK is really upsetting to me. This is something that the VoIP world needs to take seriously. Since hack and crack artists like to go where the most damage could be done, Vonage and Skype likely would be the first two targets, and I … Read more
Technology News: Networks: Telephony’s Future Gets Much Simpler The Florida Times-Union has a rather comprehensive recap on the state of VoIP. Many of the key players are mentioned. The bottom line with all these recap stories is a nice rehashing of what happened this past year and a glimpse of what is ahead for next … Read more
VoIP for the Lay-Businessman over at Always On is a fun read, and while its whimsical style may turn some readers off, I like it and think Brennan did a fine job of capturing the essence of what we already know. Still for newbies he really hit the mark in a generic sort of way.
