Pal and client with iotum, Alec Saunders is picking up on the same FMC vibe that others of us in the VoIP world are feeling too. Ken Camp’s insightful disection of what is causing the excitement is right on the money and as Alec is pointing out, the cable world is a big part of … Read more
Last week I was with client SightSpeed at the Always On Hollywood conference. Give my longtime pal and now SightSpeed CEO Peter Csathy some credit for haveing the cajones to try a live demo, and succeeding at a conference. The bandwidth at the Roosevelt Hotel was sketchy at best, and even with a dedicated feed … Read more
I am looking into Mino, a way around high priced international cell phone calls if you have a data plan like Cingular’s Media Net, but Oliver Starr’s comments about RockeTalk on MobileCrunch have me beaming. I’m now on the RockeTalk advisory board and have to admit that in all my years of new product evaluation … Read more
Microsoft Live Messenger, the next generation of MSN Messenger is using Verizon to power their LiveCall service and Logitech’s syncronized audio and video service. This appears to me to be more of a me too product, trying to keep up with the Skypes and Yahoos when it comes to VoIP while the new AIM Phoneline … Read more
Dan Berninger has an excellent post on the subject of Net Neutrality over on GigaOm.
The Korea Times reports that Skype may be breaking the law in selling an unregistered phone service in South Korea.
Vonage is offering shares the day trading starts to their customers of record as of February, 2006. It’s not the first time I have heard of this concept, but it is clearly a way to make their stock somewhat more in demand.
As some of my longtime friends inside AT&T will attest to I’ve been a long time proponent of SoftPhones for VoIP and hammered hard on them to add a soft client to CallVantage from day one. Over time I’ve played with the CounterPath Eyebeam product and while it was the best of the lot and … Read more
Back in January at CES Netgear and Skype revealed a new WiFi phone that has Skype embedded. Now SMC has come up with the same thing. But, that’s not the story. The real story is that according to inside Skype sources I have been in contact with, is that the new WiFi phones are not … Read more
Mark Evans has a very concise recap of the action in Canada yesterday tossing out the decision last year to create a two tier “caste” system for telephony providers. In a nutshell the federal cabinet told the CRTC to “get stuffed” on their thinking. Maybe Jeff Pulver needs to head back to the CRTC and … Read more
