VoIP

In China VoIP is being looked at very favorably according to this China Post article. Will Skype and VoIP lead to a revolution in China? Well possibly a Telecom one, that’s for dog gone sure.

Eurotelcobloger James Enck aka “das Enckster” recaps what the Skype-Tom announcement means. For those too lazy to click through, or those blocked by the Chinese (fire)wall, basically given the growth of Skype via a similar partnership in Taiwan, Skype should end up with more users in China than any country in the world based solely … Read more

A very good write up was flagged by Jeff Pulver. It comes from another Andy over on O’Reilly Network site and has lots of the key points at VON.

The power of the blog. I got a call from the PR firm working with VoiceGlo. The rep, who seems far superior to their last rep was candid. The number VoiceGlo released was indeed people who signed up/downloaded the client. That does not mean they use if, for as SkiBare pointed out to me, there … Read more

In a move worthy of the biggest of kudos Skype has announced numbers of downloads and simultaneous users. So in what is a so obvious and typical Dot.Com era tactic of coattail hype building via a press release, the people from another Voice over IP company, appear to be making an Enrob/WorldCon/Andersin era style stock … Read more

James has a very interesting perspective on the role VoIP will play in Europe for AOL and seems to give them some good advice on how to market it to the various pockets of users.

Why go to VON? The people. Jeff Pulver has been able to breathe life back into the conference industry, which is no easy feat. So while the Red Sox winning the ALCS has taken the town over, the people who have come to VON have made this a great event for me. Bloggers. Clients. Former … Read more

Just read it This is better than I could have done given my time was all taken with meetings. I am so happy Martin captured the essensce of what is going on, being said and how VoN looks.

Hiawatha Bray, technology pundit for the Boston Globe is working on a story about Jeff Pulver and the growth of VoIP. I wish Hiawatha would have asked me for the skinny on Jeff. My sidekick on the World Technology RoundUp Ken Rutkowski used to host an online radio show with Jeff called Voices On the … Read more

Back in what was the Spring or Early Summer I posted that Speakeasy was going with the Level 3 solution over Covad’s Go Beam based platform. Seems I was early, but right on given today’s announcement.