Keith of VoIPNuke, who has resold Packet8 longer than anyone I know, pointed me to the new P8 referral program. This is taking a page out of both Vonage and AT&T’s playbook. There is nothing more than one happy customer telling others about the service. Word of Mouth is the most valuable..next to word of … Read more
This is very similar to what the cable industry did for cable tv wih commercials over broadcast TV from the same people who did that. Right now none of the cable carriers are signed up. The focus is to get the number out to the carriers and cable operators under a licencing arrangement. What the … Read more
James points out how Skype is keeping the numbers out in front of the public, taking a page from McDonalds.
First it was Skype, now it’s San Diego’s Viper Networks. Take a gander. Viper has a good story, the question is, who is using the service and how good is it? I like the idea that they want to be the player in the WiFi VoIP market. Their strategy is though rather unclear, other than … Read more
Yak has introduced a VoIP service platform to compete with the likes of Vonage. What I’m most interested is how the price of $19.99 a month seems to be where most of the carriers are landing. I think that’s about right and fully expect to see add-ons down the road being added to the price … Read more
I may be a day late on this but I have to agree on this point. Without standards confusion will rule and that will lead to government regulation. Remember, the government that governs best, governs least. Self regulation is the key and that means standards.
VoIPNuke.com tipped me off to this story about the US DSIA going to a VoIP mindset. In some ways this could be good for MCI, one of the biggest government suppliers for IP network services. It also may be good for Level3 as they have been making in-roads in that direction of late and my … Read more
Over on Broadband Reports the discussion about AOL entering the VoIP world is nothing short of good comedy. Maybe there’s a reason God made AOL and has kept it alive. AOL and VoIP makes total sense. Why? Audience. If 10 percent of the AOL customer base comes on board in the first year that are … Read more
In what is a very good report from Dawn Kawamoto and Ben Charney, AT&T CEO Dave Dorman reveals the missteps of his predecessors, shows a great affinity for the cable guys, and takes a swipe at the RBOC’s who sell DSL and don’t get VoIP. The story, which is one of the best to come … Read more
Om Malik found this one. Somehow I missed it. Packet 8 is starting to build momentum. Their service rides on Level 3 and from my trials so far, I’m happy with what the deliver. Andy
