VoIP

Om On Hosted VoIP

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I was going to blog this too, but Om got the gist down before me. As you know I’ve regulalry said Covad overpaid for GoBeam, an unproven player in the hosted PBX business whose VC’s didn’t even want to use the technology. There’s also CallTower out there with a working business, powered by Cisco hardware. … Read more

Eh! You’ve Got VoiceMail

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Rumours keep flying about AOL VoIP, this time from Canada. I wonder if voice mail ends up in the AOL mail box or notifies you by AIM when you have some? Could be good, eh !

The Emancipation Of VoIP

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A telecom consultant in South Carolina writes a nice story about the FCC and VoIP regulation. The thinking here is rather consistent with what all of us waving the VoIP flag have been saying. Keep the states and local governments away from VoIP for now.

Check Out Real Time

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I think this new blog called Real-Time will be worthy of keeping an eye out. The author writes for BCR (Business Communications Review) one of the best authorities in Enterprise IP Voice related topics and he’s also with The Burton Group. Those two factors gives him instant credibility in my book.

Welcome to VoIP Nuke.com!

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Welcome to VoIP Nuke.com! SkiBare keeps peddling Level3 and gives a possible pointer to their on net, neutral carrier strategy for the MSOs. If you think it through enough, Level3 and the cable companies are getting it on rather thick. I wonder what “options” some of the cable companies are extracting from Level3 for right … Read more

VoIP in U.K. Growing

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Earlier in the week Vonage announced a firm date for later this month to roll out their VoIP service in the UK. Now an established U.K. player, Voicenet make some noise showing that it plans to build the reseller channel. Smart. By getting in bed with DSL resellers like EasyNet they get in front of … Read more

Packet 8 To Ring Up Smiles For Kids In Hospitals via Santa

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Packet8 gets to the heart of the matter this holiday season. Kids. And they’re making sure that the kids who find themselves inside Childrens Hospital in cities around the United States don’t miss the chance to virtually see Santa Claus thanks to their videophone service. My view though remains that if companies which are thinking … Read more

IT Observer on Skype

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The IT Observer asks if Skype is the Google of VoIP. I say it’s the eBay of Voice with all that is springing up around Skype.

The Next Communications Company?

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Could an alliance between AT&T and Intel be world changing? When you think about it, Intel has chips inside just about everything that is Technology. Sure they have competition from TI, Broadcom and Qualcomm to name a few in the telecom space, but while none of those companies have an alliance with a state of … Read more