CNET has followed up on my post a few weeks back about Port Blocking. My gut says port blocking is a bigger issue than people know, and many chalk it up to their own lack of tech knowledge. Last year Cox Communications blocked Port 25 to combat spam. It really didn’t work, as Cox servers … Read more
ZDNet/CNET have a very detailed view on Covad’s future, much of which is being pegged to their VoIP rollout tied to their GoBeam acquisition. The all stock deal that happened last spring provided Covad with a voice play to take to their business customers. So why is Speakeasy.net, one of Covad’s largest resellers pushing the … Read more
Yesterday Cox Communications announced the creation of an ad sales interconnect in San Diego with Time Warner Cable. What they didn’t announce is that Time Warner Cable late last week reportedly informed their San Diego cable ad sales staff that they were no longer needed and was shutting down the entire ad sales operation in … Read more
If any company is seeking to establish their place in the PBX replacement market using VoIP it has to be Covad with their announcement today of number of markets sold. The product they are offering is a result of their acquisition of GoBeam. Given their business penetration with DSL this is looking more and more … Read more
Michael Desmond, a long time technology reporter and author spent over two hours with me by phone last month talking about VoIP. His story, in the September issue of PC World Magazine is now available for reading. Desmond did a very credible job in researching the story, and asked lots of very good questions, much … Read more
Yesterday the Internet was abuzz with accounts of Vonage having an outage. Well VoIP is Internet based, and from time to time, servers and routers do go down. And they get fixed. Vonage spokeswoman, Brooke Schulz said, “Yesterday at 10.45 AM EDT Global Crossing, one of Vonage’s IP providers, experienced a data routing issue which … Read more
BT is cutting prices on Broadband Telephony. In an email today, noted Eurotelcoblog author James Enck said: BT Group has, in our opinion, the most forward-looking management team and strategy in the sector, probably globally, but the problem the company faces is that visibility is very, very poor – both in terms of the competitive … Read more
Ecuity, a Washington state based company is rolling out a virtual PBX service based on the Intel backed venture, TelSym. This market sector is heating up very quickly. Already active or announced in the space is Packet8, Covad’s GoBeam and Voice Glo, with more sure to follow. But the Ecuity offering, when live, proposes to … Read more
Skype, which is in the news with their carrier deals, has quietly announced a new version which fixes some bugs and adds some new features like file transfer, file uploading and more. As I read this, one has to really question the genius management at AOL/Time Warner a few years back. They basically could have … Read more
Verizon, which for years has tried to be what AT&T already is, keeps playing the game of follow the leader. Much like Microsoft, the east coast telecom giant always seems to be content with being number two then work their way to be number one via marketing clout. This time, it’s with VoIP as they … Read more
