Vonage keeps growing, month after month. Now they are up to 155,000 users according to this Reuters UK story. I applaud their success and feel they are the most active company at making users aware of the availability of VoIP service. I have no doubts they will hit 250,000 and wonder if they count phone … Read more
It seems that Cox Communications (NYSE: COX) has done a 180 and now come around to a position that recognizes that VoIP is better for them and their customers than circuit switched telephony. In a white paper, referenced by Light Reading they make every indication that they are going to begin deploying VoIP. On a … Read more
The Toronto Globe and Mail, one of the more conservative newspapers on the planet, provided a rather positive story on VoIP earlier in the week. What is so refreshing is, they got it, nailing the price and simplicity aspects of how the new players in the game are making VoIP. Much of the credit goes … Read more
CNET has put together a very good VoIP news and views site designed to get you up to speed. While much of the information is old news to readers here or of some other blogs, CNET’s compendium approach is helpful.
Frost and Sullivan, a respected analysts group has published a report saying how much VoIP will grow and what companies will benefit. One needs to ask, which of the companies listed did they interview and who are paying customers when reading analyst reports. None are neutral. Some are just less biased. The time has come … Read more
Cablevision, one of the USA’s leading cable companies reports they are adding about 3200 new VoIP customers per week and now have over 70,000 customers on the network. While alot of the attention is towards upstarts like VONAGE, with over 100,000 customers, one has to realize that the cable operators continue to pose the biggest … Read more
According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, VoIP is not very secure nor is it ready for prime time use by the Federal Government here in the USA. Citing concerns of h.323 vs. SIP and I guess MGCP too, plus concerns about VPN’s and NAT, the NIST folks seem to throw up more … Read more
SKYPE keeps making noise that they will terminate and provide that for what sounds like it will be free, in exchange for selling value added services.
MCI has demonstrated they are going after the business market with their VoIP push that was announced today. So while AT&T is going after consumers aggressively this quarter and likely for the next 8 or more, MCI has decided to go where AT&T has already been, the business market. But this time, with a twist. … Read more
Click4Talk has released a web browser and banner ad friendly applet that enables VoIP on a Click and talk basis. While the concept has been around for a few years, Hilton Hotels has used it for a long time, the packaging up of an easy to use interface, the browser and the ability to reach … Read more
