For those less aware of the basics of VoIP and how it will effect the masses, Silicon.com has a nice and easy to read primer on VoIP. While early adopters and readers of this blog will know most, if not all of what is included, for the uninitiated, the recap is a great reference. It … Read more
San Diego’s Nuera is dumbing down the cable companies needs to overcome hurdles when it comes to installing their media gateways. The BTX-4K supports the protocol, codec and security functionality specified in the PacketCable standards. The BTX-4K is the first media gateway to provide high reliability through 1+1 common logic and voice processing redundancy. In … Read more
A Seattle area company has launched VTone Office following on the heals of GloPhone’s PBX offering. The SOHO and Smal Business market is huge. Previously, it was a market owned virtually by Cisco Certified resellers for VoIP and the local RBOC’s. Now, the entire product and service chain is being disrupted by hosted Centrex PBX … Read more
The New York Times, usually conservative when it comes to new technology has taken a very interesting perspective, saying that AT&T, the cable operators and new, not yet on the radar companies will be the long term winners when it comes to VoIP. It also paints a rather dim picture about Vonage, saying the companies … Read more
Give Dan Gillmor for bringing credit to Global IP Sound. Their codec powers SKYPE. But the big revelation in the story in today’s San Jose Mercury News is the prospect of an Apple Phone Network. When you think about it, Apple computers have amazing sound and video capabilities, maybe better than any PC on the … Read more
There is a lot of noise on the net about ENUM. Now a battle between proponents is brewing. My advice. Sit on the sidelines and wait for the dust to settle. Andy
Well, the legislators in the state of Washington have wasted no time in saying that VoIP is the same as telephony and subject to the same regulations.
You can check out someone’s review of VoicePulse. The service sounds very feature rich and loaded with options.
DUH! You’d have to be an idiot to not see the price war for VoIP looming. Minutes have been marginalized, now it’s all about services, baby.
This story is a day old, but didn’t seem to get picked up by the many USA centric blogger/journalists. BT (British Telecom) has opted to go all IP nationwide in the UK by 2006/07. These are ambitious plans, but the British Isles are not that big, there are fewer competitors. For PTT’s making the switch … Read more
