The folks at Kelley Drye were kind enough to help interpret the regulatory requirements between traditional telco, Interconnected VoIP and Non-Interconnected VoIP (i.e. Skype). Here’s a link to where the chart can be found.
Doug Mohney has posted about France Telecom’s move to make the entire country of France one giant calling area, and by doing so, has established flat rate calling all across the country. i’m calling this the result of the Vonage effect, but in reality it’s a way to get calls back off of the mobile … Read more
It seems some people still like to receive a fax now and then, so if you have an iPad, eFax has an app for that now. If anyone wants to ever reduce the expense of faxing, all Google needs to do is add fax receive capability to GoogleVoice. While eFax/Jfax may hold some patents, Google … Read more
A few weeks ago on a flight to Nashville I had the opportunity to experience Southwest Airlines implementation of in flight Wi-Fi that’s powered by Row44, a rival to Aircell’s GoGo service. Boarding’s Areas Flying WIth Fish has his take on their new pricing and walled garden approach, which is much more customer friendly than … Read more
It has been a week now that I’ve had the good fortune to use the new 11″ Mac Book Air. Sure there has been a stumble with Skype, which they corrected, but the new Air is a cloud lovers dream. To make the most out of the Air here are some essentials: 1. Use SkyDrive … Read more
One of the better regulatory attorneys in D.C. passed on some news about how the FCC is addressing the fact that E911 HAS to be provided by interconnected VoIP providers and how they get a “warning” before enforcement. This is a topic I find intriguing, so I’ve asked the same Kelley Drye attorney if he … Read more
Just six days after reporting the log-in bug with Skype 2.8 that impacted me, and others who have recently purchased new Mac Books, the team at Skype has released a hotfix.
If you want to have Skype 2.8 work on your new Mac Book Air you need to take one step back and then go forward. Basically, you have to uninstall 2.8, delete an xml file from your user library, install Skype 2.7, make sure it works, then install 2.8. Skype is promising a hotfix according … Read more
First we had click to call, and now we have “click to message.” At least that’s what a developer is hoping with Atalkie, a Silverlight plug in for browsers developed by San Diego based Remwave.
The news world is abuzz with the story abut Nimbuzz having to drop Skype. Rumors of this type of activity have been swirling since the Fring/Skype battle back in the summer, and it’s no surprise. Skype is doing all the can to not be an interconnected carrier in order to stay clear of regulatory matters … Read more
