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VoIP Quality

Below is part one of a rather unscientific blogging experiment. I’ve recorded short messages using AudioBlog over various VoIP carriers using either my cordless phones (Uniden and Olympia) or the WiFi phones from Pulver Innovations/Zyxel. Later today I’ll do some more using the TA’s from Packet 8, BroadVoice, VoicePulse, etc.

Andy In The Wall Street Journal

During the fall VON I was asked by Jeremy Wagstaff, Far East Asia columnist for the Wall Street Journal, to give him some insight about VoIP. Since I’m a regular reader and sometimes comment poster on Jeremy’s blog, LooseWire I was elated to be able to be the authority in his story. Once the WSJ … Read more

Port-of-call: Libretel’s flat-rate incoming 1-800 service

Port-of-call: Libretel’s flat-rate incoming 1-800 service Leonardo has a note about Port Of Call, the service from one of Jeff Pulver’s companies. I’ve actually used PoC to retrieve voice mail when I’m in London from my CallVantage Voice Mail service. It works as advertised. Just remember when using a cell phone to have DTMF turned on. 

Testing BlogJet

I have installed an interesting application – BlogJet. It’s a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com What I like about it most of all is that BlogJet actually includes a Spell Checker. I admit, I’m not the best typist, and sometimes my proofreading … Read more

NGS

Everyone who has asked me about Vonage rolling out in the U.K. can now rest easy. Given they have linked with Tesco, a large supermarket retail operator, they have fired a shot for global telephony branding in the right direction.

Evans Says He “Wants His LNP”

Up in Canada, Mark Evans makes a stellar point. Where’s the LNP? Given how VoIP is going to grow like a forrest in Canada, the need for local number portability is needed. About the only thing I can think of is that I figure that no loyalist in 416 would want a 514 area code…. … Read more