Blog Burn

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Like Om, every once in a while I get into some deadlines or into a mode where something has to give. While I try to post every day, I’m hitting a reading wall, more than a writing wall this week. With SuperComm coming next week, I need to bone up on what’s going on, pick … Read more

WiFi In the Sky Has Happy Customers

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I’ve yet to try out WiFi while flying but hope to later in the year. What I’m hearing from many people who have used it is echoed here in this announcement from Lufthansa, one of the first airlines to deploy the Boeing Connexion service. From this PDF file it would appear Verizon, which has the … Read more

AOL Widens Footprint for VoIP In Canada

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AOL has been rather quiet lately about their VoIP offering so I was surprised to see this announcement that they are widening their package availability in Canada. This means that AOL is offering all of Canada that has broadband VoIP, putting them directly in competition with Vonage, which has made similar moves of late. While … Read more

Pay as You Go VoIP

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While the value proposition of pay as you go VoIP from Zoom may have been around for some months I really think this is a good idea, especially for Nomadic types who need to make calls. Zoom has a package called Global Village that is pay as you go for VoIP. It eliminates the contract … Read more

Telcos Lose Gunfight In Texas

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I thought with SBC based in Texas that this would have been a lay-up for the incumbents, but I guess the cable lobby did a better job. Basically this means for IPTV service to be delivered to a community, the Baby Bells will have to go through the franchise process, just like the cable companies … Read more

Italy Defining VoIP

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TelcoTrash has a report about VoIP regulation in Italy. What I think is interesting is that they have separated Skype (and I guess all P2P telephony) from PSTN replacement by VoIP.

Where’s Jeff?

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I don’t know how their can be a telco summit without Jeff Pulver there. I mean, for over ten years Jeff has been pushing the advancement of telecommunications not only in the USA, but around the globe. Like other things dropped in to the Canadian Post Office mail boxes, Jeff’s invite must have gotten lost.