IP Inferno: Vonage’s New Retail Deal writes about the potential Vonage has to sell VoIP at retail and some of the issues. I agree with Dan. A recent visit to some of the stores selling VoIP (Staples, Best Buy, CompUSA) from the various carriers shows a total lack of understanding about the service and each carriers … Read more
TelecomWeb reports that WalMart has dipped their toe in the VoIPWaters. I fully expect to see other carriers and products in the mix really soon.
Vonage has struck a deal with Galaxy Broadband in Canada. What’s unique about this deal is the places the broadband reaches and how it reaches there. By satellite broadband. I think this is a first for the VoIP industry, where a VoIP company has actually attempted to make this type of thing work. I call … Read more
In-Stat is hyping their report about VoIP. The numbers don’t lie. What I find interesting is the way they trends are going. If you look closely you will see that 2004 was the year VoIP made it from the networking pages to the regular mainstream press as news. Vonage and CallVantage largely get the credit, … Read more
VideoTron in Canada looks like they will be the first MSO to officially launch VoIP. In doing so they get out the door first ahead of Shaw and Rogers.
If you’re on a Windows XP machine and have enough experience using Skype and want to be part of “what’s next” then download the beta. Skype chat, which is multiparty IM has been added and you get to see what Stuart was referring to with Voice Mail too.
Stuart has an excellent analysis of what the next generation of Skype, version 1.1, that is now in beta will be all about. His disection of their approach to Voice Mail is quite interesting reading. I honestly like the direction Skype is going because what they seem to be doing is solving problem. That’s a … Read more
As if in France a reason to go on strike is ever needed, it seems the folks there with Wanadoo went on strike over a less than great VoIP service..or so they claim!
I took the Broadvoice powered WiFi phone with me to Sacramento where my girlfriend lives. She just had Comcast install broadband for us so I can work when I’m up here. After a few days of periodic usage of the Broadvoice WiFi phone, I’m missing both Vonage and CallVantage. Next trip up I’ll try VoicePulse … Read more
Roughly two years ago or so I spoke with Starbucks VP, Anne Saunders, their Biz Dev wonderkind who put the hotspot deal together with T-Mobile after Mobilestar went under. During the interview I asked her about power outlets, saying “as you know WiFi draws down a battery faster than a normal PC.” Saunders replied saying … Read more
