CES Hasn’t Really Started But the Announcements Are Pouring In

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

Rocky Mountain News: Technology

Rocky Mountain News: Technology has a round up story about VoIP in the Front Range of Colorado and what Qwest may or may not do. The story also mentions Comcast, which is testing VoIP and being too cute about their plans. All one has to do is look at how successful CableVision, AT&T and even Vonage … Read more

Video Phones to Ring Up Sales

Video Phones to Ring Up Sales at least in the business market, at least that’s the prediction of Phillip Swann. I think that he’s partly right. Conference room calling will be enhanced by videophones, especially in winter months. Who wants to travel and get snowbound unless you’re at a ski resort. However, until you can have … Read more

Sonus Drives Global VoIP Traffic in 2004; Networks Based on Sonus Solutions Now Carry Estimated 10 Billion Minutes of Traffic Monthly

Sonus Drives Global VoIP Traffic in 2004; Networks Based on Sonus Solutions Now Carry Estimated 10 Billion Minutes of Traffic Monthly This is a boast, but for Sonus, one of the few surviving softswitch companies from the dot.bomb era, it is actually good to hear. Sonus is doing all they can to put their accounting … Read more

Vonage Darwin Awards and Motel 6

The Vonage series of commercials has a very “don’t be so stupid to pay more for phone service.” That and a Tom Bodette, Motel 6 feel. They’re cute, catchy, thematic. They are following the tv commercial feeling of AT&T’s spots (that are no longer running) by focusing on broadband (without offering to get it for … Read more

Techdirt:Cablevision’s Bundle Is Working

Techdirt:Cablevision’s Bundle Is Working as they seem to have brought the price to a point where it’s FREE according to TechDirt. So let me get this straight. They advertise for free. They reduce the cost of services. They hurt the phone companies. Next !