It appears that the RBOC’s are ganging up on VoIP via a well coordinated effort that could have the same impacts as a DOS attack on a server. Read on. For years I have suspected that the RBOC’s seem to operate with some form of disconnected syncopation. This most recent filing and the SBC initiative … Read more
A Skype primer has been posted on Addict3D.
Om gets the credit, Pulver gets the glory in Slashdot. .. The issue which I lit a fuse on the other day, and saw everyone else jump in on is getting hotter by the day.
It looks like the idea of a phone that offers both 3G and VoIP over WiFi is for real in Japan.
America’s Network has a story about SBC’s efforts around TipTop. Worth a read, but not much new. Probe Research also issued a report on the same subject.
PC World, which is opening a VoIP Center, has a good story that should help people decide to take the VoIP plunge or not.
Jeff has written a very interesting analysis on SBC’s recent actions in his blog in one of his longest posts in some time. My view remains that Om’s very witty posting that Jeff refers to is closer in truth and while he wrote it rather tongue in cheek, it’s likely dead on. Given how SBC … Read more
Skype has struck their first promotional deal. They will be working with Logitech on a promotional marketing program where people who buy the Logitech USB headsets get vouchers good for Skype Out Minutes. This is a bundling deal and is something that will only further propel Skype.
If your business is planning to go VoIP the survey referenced here may give you some pointers. The study says that ShoreTel and Nortel offered the least-expensive start-up costs, while Avaya and Cisco prices were the highest.
In what is clearly meant to be both a hedge against losing money to VoIP competitors by slowing them down by charging them more, SBC has also at the same time made a move that could potentially make their VoIP service less costly. In a tarriff filing today, SBC wants to charge ISP’s more if … Read more
