EuroTelcoblog’s James Enck discovers a flaw in the Skype multi user chat system and waxes on about it. One of the aspects of Skype I see is some type of social networking feature being overlayed with it. The Pulver Communicator already has this type of feature built in but until the type of trust system … Read more
I saw a very big and ugly red display of Packet 8 at my local CompUSA today. With their ugly packaging I don’t who would grab for it. A few meters down the aisles was the more attractive Linksys/ATT CallVantage display. Why was I not surprised that the sales floor staff didn’t know the difference … Read more
Om has a post today about the end of the ATA. At our blogger panel I posed this questions, based on Aswath raising my consciousness by challenging the conventional think of the carriers.
EuroTelcoblog‘s James Enck, aka, das Enkstermeister, has broken the news (and possibly the embargo I was asked to keep by the High Priestess of Skype in the USA Kelly Larabee). SkypeOut now has a million paid users, getting a less than great experience with sound despite GIPS being in place. According to well placed Skype … Read more
I have to admit, at first I was skeptical about Belkin’s entry into the VoIP business, but after my meeting yesterday with their product manager I’m thinking they may have the right stuff to succeed with CallEverywhere. While they’re pushing both a wholesale and retail model, it’s their X-TEN adaptation of the softphone that was … Read more
Skype’s Help section can be a plethora of information. A loyal reader in the UK sent along a note about SkypeIN. While I have yet to verify that In is Out, certainly the details are emerging. Do a little noodling around Skype’s help and see what I mean. Here’s what he passed on to me: … Read more
Rich had a few minutes to sit in on part of the Blogging Panel at VON. I appreciate the kudos and his recognition of the creative approach I took. I’ll have to come up with a gimmick for the next one, if Pulver’s folks invite me back.
Vonage has joined up with Verisign to make it easier for law enforcement agencies to listen in on your calls. Oh, can you hear David Bowie singing "1984" and George Orwell saying, "see, I was right." Maybe they need to bring back the Apple Super Bowl commercial.
Level3 didn’t really do much at VON. Sure they offered briefings, but the most striking impression they left me with was the two clowns they had outside the main exhibition hall, one of whom was doing a very bad impression of Max Headroom. And I can judge that, you see, the original Max was played … Read more
Om Malik kicked my *** last Saturday over breakfast, right in front of my fiance, saying how I’ve been slacking off. And you know what, he was right. I guess the amount of time I’ve been taking in my personal life, professional life and social life has all amounted to my being less the blogger/journalist … Read more
