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eWeek announced a move into VoIP today. They’ve hired a very sharp editor, Ellen Muraskin away from Computer Telephony to head things up, assuring good content and deep contacts.

Geek.com reports that the U.S. House of Representative is thining baout VoIP taxes, amongst other things.

Skype has struck a deal with Taiwan’s fourth (4th) largest telephone company for a new product called PC-Home Skype. If this is a shape of things to come, then Skype will be striking more of these types of relationships. What this means is carriers who are looking to gain market share will be looking to … Read more

The Heartland Institute’s Jeff Taylor has an interesting and thought provoking way get the FCC and VoIP players all on the same page. His observations are a fast read, yet, very much on the money.

Someone wants to be a VoIP retailer. Good idea, but they will likely sell more over the web. Having a retail presence if done right, will go a long way to educate. I wonder how the manufacturers, who have never had a retail experience will react. This is great for Cisco via Linksys, D-Link and … Read more

In what has to be a true communications issue, only 23 percent of Canadiens admit to knowing about VoIP according to a newly released survey. What this means is that while the technical issues surrounding Voice over IP have been for the most part solved, the issues surrounding how you inform, educate, advise and deploy … Read more

I’ve held off over glamorizing the SIP based PBX replacement Asterisk for some time, simply because you can find out more on sights that cater to the hard core people who like to tinker versus use. But VoIPForum has highlighted it, and I tend to agree based on comments I’ve gotten from some experienced network … Read more

Reports keep swirling around that Level3 is making a major push with the cable companies and that many network type executives from both Cox and Comcast have been seen huddling and checking out Level3’s new offerings. If you recall, Level3 was the big player in the dial up to get on the Internet for years … Read more

The interim chairman of the Australian Communications Authority (ACA) wants to regulate VoIP. But, not until Mid-2005. The main issues include many of the same concerns that USA based regulators are considering, quality of service, call location, and privacy as well as carrier guidelines such as what will happen in the event of a power … Read more

Skype’s founders announced yesterday in Toronto at the VON that they will have two flavors of SKYPE this August. Skype Plus will offer an area code chosen by the user and voice mail. SKYPE OUT will let you call to PSTN or other VoIP phones with a normal phone number. SKYPE is sounding more like … Read more