VoIP

Reports out of the UK are that the Skype Beta for Mac is now out.

Gartner Group, one of the larger research groups in the IT and Telcom space says that despite all the hurdles VoIP shall be adopted by telco users saying 90% of all new corporate telephone systems will be IP-enabled. The hurdles which range from security to corporate in-fighting, will be overcome is the feeling of Gartner … Read more

Level3 which is positioned to be the carrier for resellers of VoIP who don’t want to build their own network has added Charter Communications. One by one the cable operators are all going VoIP.

Check out Om’s post about Entrepreneur Magazine’s article on VoIP, WiFi and PC’s. All in all a good read…

When you have only one direction you can go, and that direction is up it’s not hard for prdictions to abound. Yankee Group today announced just how rapidly they expect VoIP to grow in the United States. In reading between the lines they seem to be calling into question how much growth will go to … Read more

The story which appeared yesterday in the Washington Post is a very consumer, almost which companies are there, type of story. Noticably missing is D.C area based Lingo, Packet 8 and VoicePulse all whom deserved to be mentioned in the same way as Vonage and AT&T CallVantage when describing home and SOHO telephone line replacement. … Read more

I found this streaming media interview with the CEO of AT&T blogged by Jeff Pulver’s late yesterday and viewed it. Dorman comes off very well in the interview. He’s glib, knows the business and explains a lot about what AT&T is seeking to do with CallVantage. Dorman said “it’s very early” and estimates that cable … Read more

The Standard, a media outlet in China, reports that Asian telecom powerhouse PCCW wants to have its dominant status of landline provider revoked so it can enter the VoIP market. If I ever saw an endorsement by a major player in circuit switched voice this is it. In Hong Kong alone, PCCW is seeing business … Read more

I’m not sure how credible a post on about Lingo DSLReports should be taken in the grand scheme of things. but the idea that some of these issue gives me a chance to talk about the customer service experiences I’ve had with Vonage, Skype, iConnectHere, AT&T and Voice Pulse to date. Vonage–Mixed. The support is … Read more

The axiom in corporate America is no one gets fired for buying Cisco. Time to add a “well almost” to that line. In San Jose, CA it’s the kind of move that may not get the townsfolk to reelect you or in the case of being a city employee it may get you fired. In … Read more