Mark Evans calls it interesting. I call it a sign that there’s more trust in 8 x 8 than with Vonage. In the deal with Bell South (which is a trial I hear) 8×8 has demonstrated that they can win a big deal. They also have their E-911 act down better it would seem. Chairman … Read more
I’m running to a meeting, but I guess my post and some news over at LightReading seemed to pry Packet8’s news out earlier than they all wanted it out. Here’s the main parts of the release that they are moving today, likly after market closing that came right from the Chairman himself. I consider this … Read more
NetZero is all about being cheap, so they use a cut rate media wire, which is why I almost missed this offer yesterday. It’s a very clever promotion, especially since it’s using eBay as the audience builder. I guess another company besides Yahoo is picking on Skype too.
Yahoo teed up their new Voice 2.0 play this week without a release. Russell Shaw alludes to the idea that Yahoo’s game is all about the Fourplay. I say, given what has been announced, but not yet in anyone’s hands that Yahoo’s Communications team has been engaging in journalistic foreplay with all of us and … Read more
Skype can’t buy a break. First the company out of Atlanta says they have proven they can block Skype traffic now the open source community, the same group that was so high on Skype when it first came to life, seems to be picking on the eBay owned company. Om, who seems to never sleep … Read more
A report in the wind from a Penalty Box resident tells me that Packet8 is doing something in Gainsville Florida with BellSouth for a new VoIP play. I hear it’s a trial, but if true that’s good news for Packet8. The left side of the web page makes one think it’s certainly true. Either that … Read more
Lost in all the hullabaloo about Yahoo this week, Redmond, WA based Microsoft announced the forthcoming Live Messenger. Hat tip to Tom Keating and a few others.
Tom Keating has a post where he ponders if Skype is a possible pipe for porn? I’ve been on the same wavelength and while Tom isn’t so sure, I think it will be now that they’ve added video. Why? Every other video pipe already has some of it and its a great vehicle for sampling. … Read more
Yesterday it was Michael Bazeley in the San Jose Mercury News who quoted me after an 11th hour on deadline chat he had with me. This morning Silicon Beat’s Matt Marshall showed a lot of class, taking some time to find my post, blend in Bazeley’s well written points and add his own spin to … Read more
Erik Lagerway, whose now burning the midnight oil at EyeBall after leaving XTen has posted a round up piece on the Yahoo news of this week. Funny, I don’t think that other than briefings, that Yahoo has announced anything yet. It seems their new platform which some insiders thought would be ready this week, is … Read more
