Packet8 Drops Videophone Prices
Packet 8 has sent me another video phone to evaluate. Today they dropped the price on them.
Comcast Outage Plagues VoIP Carriers
On my daily broadcast for KenRadio I fill in co-host Peter York who is a data networking expert explained that the issue with Comcast was their having a faulty DNS server. That likely led to this whole issue. The problem wasn’t AT&T’s and this could have easily been Vonage or Packet 8 who got broad … Read more
Skype Conferencing Device Introduced
A Skype oriented conference room phone has been introduced.
Skype Research Group Started
A new research project about Skype has been started by one of the Blog experts in India. Check out Dina’s post on Stuart’s Skype Journal. I’m beginning to wonder if Skype is behind any of this !
Skype For Those Without Access
James Enck found this interesting tidbit about Skype being put inside a Kiosk. I wonder what NTT is saying about that!
Zennstrom Lays Out The Skype Business
I thought readers my be interested in this. While it is a few days old, it sure sheds some light on Skype and what they are at least thinking about.
VoicePulse Offers Cash To Gain Subscribers
I almost missed this one. VoicePulse, one of the carriers with great quality of service, but not a lot of marketing clout has taken a page out of the AT&T vs. MCI era playbook and is offering CASH to get you to switch. If this was VONAGE making the offer I’d say the industry might … Read more
CellPhone Users Want VoIP
In what has to be good news for the WiFi chipset manufacturers who supply the chips to the cellphone companies, a report shows that four out of ten users of cellphones want WiFi ability built into their handsets.
AP Says Vonage Needs To Watch Out
The Associated Press has a series of stories about VoIP. In this one, the writer points out how crowded the VoIP market is getting, and that Vonage should be scared in a manner of speaking. He points to the cable companies who already own the pipe to the home as well as to SBC. I … Read more
Skype Going Mainstream In A Big Way
An Associated Press story that moved in the Detroit News tells me that the Skype phenomena is gaining traction. It’s time for the carriers to start looking over their shoulder, take off those blinders, rose colored glasses and sober up. While all the initial concerns about Skype remain, you can’t stop a freight train to … Read more