James Enck, who I consider one of the brighter analysts covering telecom from a stock brokerage perspective wrote a piece yesterday that has me blushing and reflecting on how my writing style developed. While I’ve heard the comments from most people who like to read Om and I, usually ranking us in their minds as … Read more
In reading through the comments on Mr. Blogs site it seems the problem may be more hardware than software related regarding the port 5060 issue in the UK though to being caused by BT. Jeff Pulver actually did a polll of sorts and is look to get to the bottom of it too. If the … Read more
I got quotted in a very interesting story on VoIP security.
As many of you know who have been long time readers, I have been very concerned about Port Blocking, first from the streaming media content distribution sector, but knowing how the implications could impact VoIP. If Mr. Blog is correct, and I have no reason to doubt him, it appears BT in their wisdom has … Read more
In a story that started within USA Today that was syndicated by parent Gannet News Service it seems the reviewers experience with Skype was less than desirable. What was interesting is they chose to compare AT&T’s CallVantage to it. saying: Alas, Skype is flawed compared with other VoIP options, even though they cost more. For … Read more
Jeff Pulver has some very interesting things to say about the VoIP revolution. It is one of the most sober, clear thinking and on the mark type of interviews I have read from anyone in the space. Given how Jeff clearly has been the VoIP cheerleader for 10 years or more, his classy remarks are … Read more
I love when the media get sucked or suckered into a news story. Take this story that recently broke about Skype. This is clearly what the PR trade calls a leak or teaser strategy, and what is less newsworthy about it is the concept behind it is very much like what ICQ and Yahoo Messenger … Read more
Bear Sterns, one of the more liberal investment banks took a contrarian like view on the Level3 Landing Comcast story that appeared in today’s Wall Street Journal. The WSJ reported today that Comcast is close to announcing a VoIP wholesale deal with Level 3 and Sprint to offer VoIP services in 2006. For Level 3, … Read more
Isn’t the world of VoIP just grand. Now not only does Jeff Pulver’s LibreTel let you establish a VoIP based presence in the UK with a London number, but now Vonage does too. Basically, for under $30 dollars a month you can recive all the calls you want from London, and have unlimited USA calling. … Read more
Ted Shelton is one of my favorite bloggers. He brings things to light that other miss like this post about Qualcomm. I live in the shadow of Qualcomm and have many friends who are employed there in the marketing and technology groups. All of that is fine, and while I recognize that they have some … Read more
