Good News for Hosted VoIP

With Aretta Communications, one of Comunicano’s clients being picked up cBeyond this week, this survey points to one of the key reasons for the acquisition. Hosted VoIP is on the rise. It also was my agency’s 21st client exit in the last eight (8) years. Aretta has a deep understanding of UC and Asterisk, working … Read more

Men Are From VoIP, Women Are From Mobile

Well, the Harris Interactive Study about adoption of VoIP tells me one thing. They are masters of the obvious. But it also paints a picture that the future of telephony is more app and alternative device based, than simply the traditional mobile phone. This will ring especially true as more and more devices come along … Read more

Flat Rate in France = The Vonage Effect

Doug Mohney has posted about France Telecom’s move to make the entire country of France one giant calling area, and by doing so, has established flat rate calling all across the country. i’m calling this the result of the  Vonage effect, but in reality it’s a way to get calls back off of the mobile … Read more

Just The Fax

It seems some people still like to receive a fax now and then, so if you have an iPad, eFax has an app for that now. If anyone wants to ever reduce the expense of faxing, all Google needs to do is add fax receive capability to GoogleVoice. While eFax/Jfax may hold some patents, Google … Read more

VoIP/IP Based Calling-No Opting Out of E911

One of the better regulatory attorneys in D.C. passed on some news about how the FCC is addressing the fact that E911 HAS to be provided by interconnected VoIP providers and how they get a “warning” before enforcement. This is a topic I find intriguing, so I’ve asked the same Kelley Drye attorney if he … Read more

Skype On New Mac Book Air Can Work

If you want to have Skype 2.8 work on your new Mac Book Air you need to take one step back and then go forward. Basically, you have to uninstall 2.8, delete an xml file from your user library, install Skype 2.7, make sure it works, then install 2.8. Skype is promising a hotfix according … Read more

Mac Book Air 2010’s And Skype Are Not Friends

Well, the best laid plans have been short stopped. It seems that Skype 2.8 for the Mac and the newest, and smallest, Mac Book Airs are not getting along. Beyond the online Skype Developer report, I’ve experienced it first hand. Apple’s support was very receptive, and even while Skype is third party software, the apple … Read more