VoIP

QWEST wants to raise the stakes and will make another run at MCI, according to the Associated Press. I wonder if there is something they know about MCI that the rest of the industry doesn’t?

NextAlarm’s VoIP-capable Alarm System is commented on by Tom Keating. I’m so busy preping for Internet Telephony and the VON that I’m missing some of these stories, well, missing being FIRST…that said as long as the brothers of the blogosphere keep on the keeping on, we’ll all be fine…

Om Malik on Broadband » VTech’s Skype Phone ..It seems every day is another Skype deal. The question is, what are sales like?

Xandros and Skype Ink Bundling Agreement that means Low Priced Linux PC’s with Skype. Sounds alot like LinSpire with PhoneGaim/Sip Phone to me.

IP poised to storm the call centre – silicon.com is a nice overview of what call centers can expect…

Aswath Weblog: Skype Math Anxiety  Aswath offers good analysis as always. All Skype has done for me is cut into my International calling bills. They are almost gone except for some folks who don’t use Skype. Skype has moved some of my IM traffic. There is no net savings or cost for IM. If I … Read more

Skype callers: ‘Customer service, please?’ | CNET News.com It seems Skype is having growing pains. While users continue to applaud the Skype to Skype quality, the Skype Out service seems to be a bone of contention.

Om Malik on Broadband » Vonage is being blocked? Om has a report that starts with Paul Kapustka from Advanced IPPipeline about some carriers reportedly blocking Vonage VoIP traffic. I’ve always been concerned about Port Blocking, and in the case of SIP traffic via CallVantage, that would be port 69, while other carriers use different ports. … Read more

It looks like the Costa Rican government understands the game of monopoly very well.