I saw the Xcelis post on Leonardo’s site and opted to not blog it because I thought there was something fishy about the service. God bless Aswath, one of the smarter dudes out there when it comes to VoIP. What he’s basically saying is that calls from Xcellis won’t be passed over the USA’s largest … Read more
A company in Ireland claims a patent on Dial Up VoIP and then does some bait and switch PR by linking to a story about VoIP and Vonage in general that News.aired on CBS It’s all from 3WTel and I have my concerns.
The local paper that serves Level 3’s headquarters, the Rocky Mountain News has very lenghthy column about Level3 and points out what’s going on with the company. The one item that drew my interest was the comment about the SEC and the way Level3 reports usage and traffic, raising a spectre of doubt in some … Read more
TomTom at EuroVoIP has an interview that’s all about Asterisk.
Leonardo asks about how much bandwidth does one need for quality VoIP? Well, I’ve made a Skype call sitting on the airplane and talking to James Enck of EurtelcoBlog of rather good quality via the Sprint 1xRTT network. The speeds are about 100k down and roughly half of that up. They key though is what … Read more
Tom blogs while I drink wine. VoiceGlo seeks beta testers… Andy says–they better. Based on an email I received from a reader today I’d say my view of the company’s present intention is dead on the money…you can take stock in that ! SunRocket’s $199 a year all ya can talk. I was never big … Read more
Colleague James Enck has a great viewpoint on Skype over at TheBroadbandDaily.com which I also write for. James is letting his hair down a bit on this post and showing fire, passion and clear cut understanding of the landscape that Skype is, or should be playing in. My view is Skype is the ICQ of … Read more
Unbound Spiral has a short review/preview of the Skype Answering Machine. Clearly we are seeing the start of the Skype cottage industry being built and it a community without borders. If anyone has a handle on the Skype community it’s Stuart Henshall. He’s been keeping tabs on it closely, possibly the closest of any blogger … Read more
A German company has come up with an interesting way to connect DECT phones to Skype or Messenger type software clients on a personal computer. This means equipment that could have been obsolete has a new life. That also mean potentially faster adoption of Skype and other no-charge VoIP services.
I started VoIPWatch in 2003 because I saw the future growth VoIP would be seeing and to help others understand what is going on in the space. Now it seems that Red Herring is saying that VoIP will be a big deal in 2005…well that’s a big DUH! The real vision about the market is … Read more
