AOL Voip Noise Starting
A few stories are starting to leak out.. AOL leveraging partnerships to bring VoIP service to market Masses My Go To VoIP Due To AOL And one more
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Om Carrying The Ball
Alright I’m in France, drinking wine, eating food and blogging about that for a few weeks and having a blast. But Om Malik is more than making up for my absence… These three posts are smack down the pipe.. On Vonage Losing Their Media Luster Diego Adding VoIP to their Set Top Box And on … Read more
Consumer VOIP Could Be on Its Way to the Gallows
Consumer VOIP Could Be on Its Way to the Gallows is one reporter’s view. I don’t think so. VoIP will become transparent. All phone companies will switch to VoIP and just migrate their customers over. Why? It’s cheaper to maintain a IP network infrastructure than the legacy circuit switches. The only reason why they don’t do … Read more
VoIP Price War Looming In a Different Place
Russell Shaw thinks there’s a price war looming in VoIP, but unlike many he’s forecasting that it will hit the enterprise first.
Texas Attorney General Tries Vonage 911..OOPS
A Texas Attorney General tried to demo Vonage 911 as part of the state’s lawsuit against the New Jersey company. The effect is bone chilling. Just listen using iTunes. Is Vonage this brazen or just plain stupid. They have a sign-up mechanism for E911 and yet based on audio file it’s rather convincing that it doesn’t … Read more
Voice over WiMax A Threat
I have regularly expressed the opinion that VoIP and VoWiFi is a compliment to cellular companies. Now an analyst firm in the UK says VoWiMax is a threat to them. I tend to agree since the new companies in the WiMax game will not initially be the same companies. This is all about competition. Eventually the existing … Read more
Om Calls Blocking VoIP a Major Issue..So Do I
Check out Om’s post about more blocking of Vonage. I expect others to provide more coverage on this and only wish Vonage would name names not just hint about who. I actually asked Vonage PR stud Mitchell “Mad Dog” Slepian about this at VON and he was supposed to get back to me. If you … Read more
Skype Out of UK Numbers?
Steve Kennedy reports that SkypeIn over in the UK is Out. Out of numbers that is. My guess is that Skype wanted to run out to create the AOL type of hype and standing room only approach in other markets. Once they announce more availability the hype will soar again. AOL used to do this … Read more
Do The VoIP Math
Russell Shaw does the math and shows how VoIP is cheaper than a cell phone only. I agree. Which is why I think the wireless companies need to be in the VoIP business and fast.
Texas To Sue Vonage
The state of Texas is about to sue Vonage. That’s according to a report in the Dallas Morning News. One has to look at similar 911 incidents with cell phones and likely will find president. While I’m very sensitive to the situation in Houston which occurred, this matter is a broader matter than that one instance, … Read more