But will they take messages? – Engadget – www.engadget.com I’m sorry, this is off topic, but a ban on using mobile phones in a court room is one thing, but to not permit them at all is something someone needs to explain to me. In this era of electronics, being able to text a colleague … Read more
Keith has a top ten questions list on his blog. Take a read and come back in one year and see what the answers are.
Jeff Pulver always does the right thing. His Free World Dialup service is offering Free Holiday Calling on the FWD Network: Sponsored by LibreTel I’ve used FWD and find it works well enough for calling those who you would IM. Give it a try if you haven’t downloaded it yet.
Verizon Takes Next Big Step Toward VoIP with the conversion of a Central Office from Class Five Switch architecture to IP. That makes me wonder if a call terminates in say, Santa Monica, from Mount Vernon Washington, does Verizon have to pay the city the Utility Tax they would like to impose? To me it sure … Read more
Mesh Sandbox writes about skype. It’s an interesting story and I wonder how much of it was a work of fiction based on fact or if it was real.
A reader tipped me off to the availabiity in the UK of the Skype Dual Phone. I hope they become available in the USA soon.
Om Malik on Broadband: AOL/Time Warner buys into VoIP, Net2Phone. Both deals signal me that the big boys are about to get very serious when it comes to VoIP. The money will be in the infrastructure for the next few years, and that means Sonus, Lucent, Alcatel and Nortel, the favored sons of the big technology, … 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
Irwin Lazar’s “Real-Time Communications Blog has some predictions.I agree with Irwin that consolidation will occur, and that the idea of hosted PBX will grow. Give it a read.
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.
