Vonage has done something that is so simple, yet so needed. For many years here in the USA to call your neighbor you dial seven digits (unless you have them on speed dial). Along came VoIP and every call became a 1 plus 10 digit call, across the USA or down the block. No more. … Read more
In what will likely cause a bevy of discussion at the next VoIP conference, hackers have revealed some vulnerabilities within VoIP networks that make spoofing phone numbers even easier, and provide an ability to see the numbers that are call blocked in this item posted in The Register. While they have lowered the cost of … Read more
For those of you who wonder what I look like, my photo ran in the Buffalo News today in relation to the AP wire service story on VoIP. At last count 28 newspapers have picked up Ellen Simon’s story.
CNEt’s Declan McCullagh has a rather lengthy piece about what will transpire when congress resumes this Wednesday. Normally, I look to Jeff Pulver for insight about legislative matters, but McCullagh has done a decent job at capturing what may happen from all this.
The never ending battle between the data and voice people inside a company never seems to end. Nor do the media covering it, this time in Computer Reseller.
It’s a slow day being a Monday holiday here in the USA. However, there is news. The Australian takes a viewpoint on VoIP finding a way to keep SKYPE front and center.
With many editors off for the weekend, a story by AP business reporter Ellen Simon ran late yesterday out of New York about VoIP. Simon did a great job. Her quote was accurate, and she got the facts right. Any guesses where they came from. (wink..wink) Seriously, having seen many reporters get the story wrong, … Read more
Voxilla has a very enthusiastic and detailed review of the soon to be released Sipura 3000 Telephone Adapter.
Covad, which a few months back acquired GoBeam to fill their VoIP pipe has announced that they will start selling VoIP in the Colorado Front Range, commencing first in the Denver marketplace. For Covad, this means they can start to get past the 250 or so installations GoBeam reportedly has, and the roughly 15,000 installed … Read more
Kevin Werbach, over at TechCentralStation, a blog which is part political advocacy, part news, part tech has posted a viewpoint on Skype. The key here is the fact that the creators of Skype have found cracks in the regulations of not only the FCC but many of the PTT’s around the globe. With Skype Out, … Read more
