MaxRoam Audio Is Impressive

I’ve been alternating between my Telefonica and MaxRoam SIMs when making and taking phone calls while here in Spain. I have to admit, Pat and Sean have pulled together a very impressive IP network, with amazing audio quality that is hands down better than the local carrier network here in Madrid. The handset shows that … Read more

Vonage Puts Another Lawsuit to Bed

The settlement between AT&T and Vonage has been put to rest according to a news account. The suit, like the Verizon and Sprint lawsuits had to do with patent infringement by the VoIP company which didn’t go well in Vonage’s favor.

AT&T CallVantage Getting A Makeover?

As if the logo change wasn’t enough a rumor has it AT&T is preparing something to replace their best in class consumer VoIP product CallVantage. No one knows if its better or not, but I’m inclined to think it will be in the direction of ……… This comes on top of the rumor that AT&T … Read more

Purpose Built Devices Are Coming To The Forefront

At the recent Telco 2.0 Executive Brainstorm in London this past October, Intel’s representative gave a very well put together presentation that left me feeling that we’re heading not towards “convergence” but instead “divergence” and that as a result we’re going to be seeing more purpose built devices that do one thing great, with some … Read more

Am I Becoming Anti Social?

One of the best Personal networking types I know, James Body of client Truphone pinged me yesterday on Skype about a reading something on pal and client Alec Saunders’ personal blog about getting an email about Spock, a network I am deeming as Anti-Social and did so the first time I received an invite. Alec … Read more

Click 2 Call Isn’t Always Perfect

The idea of Click2Call is on face a good idea, but when they become the starting point for wrong numbers, or unwanted calls from total strangers, someone is paying that cost not so much in dollars, but in time, and its not usually the call originator. Markus’ post brings that point home, and is one … Read more

VoIP News Touts Top VoIP Innovations in 2007

VoIP New’s Robert Poe has picked some 25 or so very cool and innovative companies who have come up with innovation in the VoIP universe for 2007. The list is far flung and includes the likes of Fonality, Microsoft, Ooma (with a mention of PhoneGnome –again), Polycom, Digium, and others, including two agency clients, Junction … Read more