Om Malik is busy pulling together a team of “A” list blogger for his newest site “The Broadband Daily.” Look for my first submission very soon…It’s about VoIP…gee, no kidding. I interviewed King of VoIP Jeff Pulver to get the party started… The list of Blogger’s Om has lined up is quite impressive..watch for the … Read more
You gotta hand it to Jeff, he’s really got moxy. He just offered the Telcos help on setting up a softline/softphone service. That’s why he’s the God of VoIP. Sadly I don’t think the telcos are smart enough to take his offer seriously. They really should.
I’ve got the WiFi phone from Net2Phone at home along with one from BroadVoice and another from Zyxel that is connected to VoicePulse. The differences are in the firmware and very subtle. As first generation equipment goes they are all okay…but I don’t think ready for prime time. The sound and form factor is cellular … Read more
A Goldman Sachs report continues to show that the enterprise market plans to continue to move towards VoIP deployments. In my book VoIP in business is no longer an “IF”, but is now a “WHEN” which spells good news for the IP carriers like AT&T, Level3 and others.
I can’t beleive the time it took to develop a product like this. Back in the days of Metricom’s Ricochet the idea of DSL substitute was a regular feature. They even had the speeds up in the 256 range in tests and yes you could run voice over Ricochet. In the second coming of Ricochet … Read more
About the only thing that was missing would have been in Om’s post would be a reference to Pearl Harbor in describing SBC’s move yesterday. What I should say is Om’s outstanding post. This is a must read. The guy is pure genius. Read it. Blog it. Share it with your friends.
The VoIP tax and regulation issue far from settled on the state level. With the California local municipalities trying to charge the VoIP providers a tax the local issue may be an even hotter debate topic. After two days, I’ve yet to hear back from the “consultant” Don Maynard, a Silicon Valley attorney, who is … Read more
Four companies have been approved in South Korea to offer VoIP. Already blessed with some of the fastest broadband and wireless broadband in the world, and Hanaro, one of the more early deployers of SIP in Asia, look for rapid consumer and business uptake. What I find interesting in the story is that the regulators … Read more
If it isn’t obvious by now, the line of Linksys VoIP products are popping up everywhere from three main carriers, AT&T’s CallVantage, Verizon VoiceWing and Vonage. Here’s a list, supplied by Linksys, of which products are available out of the box for the carriers. Phone Adapter with 2 Phone Ports PAP2 … Read more
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