In case you’re not getting enough VOIP information and insight here, Techcentralstation.com has launched VOIPCentral, a news and opinion aggregation site. While it’s got a nice format, I much prefer Om Malik’s VoIP Daily. Not only does he link back here from time to time but he gets the stories I miss. His candor and … Read more
8×8 NASDAQ: EGHT), the parent company of Packet8, has regularly been the subject of e-mails to me from some shareholders who feel that their marketing is rather anemic in light of all that Vonage and AT&T are doing. I tended to agree, for they have not really reached out to the media and embraced them … Read more
The battle over whether or not VoIP is a service or an application delivered over the Internet is gearing up in the United States’ Congress. eWeek’s article provides a nice backdrop and helps clarify a situation that will only get murkier. Here’s why. First the FCC is really not making decisions around VoIP, despite the … Read more
Reports in BoardWatch are that Skype is working with the current parent of Kazaa to integrate a file sharing on a P2P basis. Ouch. That could be the fastest way to get the regulators into the fray once copyrighted content starts being moved back and forth, in my opinion.
Yesterday the FCC issued a very narrow decision effecting AT&T (NYSE: T). Given all the hype about VoIP and AT&T’s new service, AT&T CallVantage(sm) Service which is consumer broadband phone service (VoIP), it would be easy to link the FCC’s decision and apply it to AT&T CallVantage. That would be totally, wrong! The decision is … Read more
A coalition of academics and librarians have taken a “friend of the court” approach to the FCC when it comes to the ever advancing desires of the FBI and other law enforcement organizations to be able to wiretap. It should come as no surprise, as the community is largely liberal in heart and mind, providing … Read more
Analysis Research says VOIP is hot and it will grow. So to tell us something we may not know they go out on a very fat and sturdy limb and make a projection: According to Analysys forecasts, by 2008, VoIP penetration is expected to reach 17% of broadband-enabled households (growing from under 1 million at … Read more
In my earlier post this week I wrote about the marketing behind the release of AT&T’s CallVantage VoIP service. Today, I took the plunge and signed up and plan to be doing some test calling next week after the ATA arrives via FedEx. The sign up process was painless, and within seconds the e-mail arrived … Read more
UPDATED After my post and inquiry to AT&T’s PR team on Monday, I received a very detailed and refreshing informative reply. I just learned that AT&T’s CallVantage is not using SIP, and are using MGCP, but that SIP is on the edge is on their roadmap, and all of their core elements use SIP in … Read more
Rafe takes a very contrarian view on Skype in his Always On column. I too question how they will make money long term. I mean, has ICQ paid back AOL? No. Only the original investors and founders cashed out. The claim about services by Skype’s folks sounds good, but I see more use for Skype … Read more
