SAM – Skype® Answering Machine —Insecure ? I called a colleague using skype, not knowing he was in another skype session. His Skype Answering Machine picked up and I left a message. First the parties on the call with him heard me. Secondly, I heard them. Both calls were clear as a bell to the … Read more
With CES starting this week, there are a flurry of announcements coming out with Skype and Vonage leading the charge. VTech Partners With Skype to Launch First U.S. Cordless Phone for Free Global Telephony VTech Premieres First Fully Integrated VoIP Phone at 2005 CES Vonage previews wireless VoIP phone, service Vonage Announces Partnership With Viseon … Read more
Mark Evans :: 2005: Year of the Quadruple Play a few days ago I talked about the four way play, or what I call ForePlay. Here’s another viewpoint on what is going on in Canada.
Techdirt:Does A Mobile To VoIP Bridge Break Any Laws? Sometimes one needs to be older to remember things like calling cards and dial around numbers from MCI and Sprint. I don’t see any difference bridging to a VoIP line from a cell phone, to call international today, than it was to dial one of the … Read more
LocustWorld: Swarming over the traditional telcos – ZDNet UK Insight Will another way of doing WiFi when coupled with Asterisk change telephony? It will if two inventive types in the UK have their way. I’m bullish that WiFi or WiMax and VoIP will be a new way to “talk” so this story helps us all … Read more
While I read this story in today’s New York Times, I keep seeing lots of opportunities down the road between Sprint and AT&T. With Sprint finally having make it work, don’t just be best at offering pipe dreams, and AT&T which knows how to develop, deploy and deliver in a way very similar to IBM … Read more
In the Internet Telephony Feature Article: VoIP Regulation: What Lessons Can We Learn From Wireless? there are many salient points about an approach to regulating VoIP. It’s worth a read after you open your presents tomorrow. The idea that the wireless carriers will get into VoIP is not a new one on me. I really believe … Read more
After a lot of effort I was finally able to get my new Verizon 6600 to work on WiFi. I tried a Skype call over WiFi and the quality sucked. It may have been the Starbucks I was at, or it may be something else. I plan on more testing, but the ordeal to make … Read more
SIPthat.com: Xten SIP Softphone for Linux is a nice step. Now this will work on the Linspire PC’s, like the new $499 laptop.
Esme has a note about Jesse Drucker’s Wall Street Journal’s story about WiFi and how the cellular companies are concerned.
