Vonage understand the media and the power of the blobs very well. The recent 911 incident in Texas, which really is only bad for Vonage if the user had set up the 911 service with them correctly, and the ClearWire incident involving the blocking of Vonage service on ClearWire, only goes to prove that they are now … Read more
A lot of media coverage has fallen on Vonage’s complaints about Port Blocking by a couple of companies. The real credit goes to Paul Kapustka, who has been like a proverbial bloodhound on breaking and covering the story from its very start. Kapustka, editor of Advanced IP Pipeline for CMP. He’s been on the story … Read more
The folks at XTEN and Broadvoice were kind enough to help me sort out configuring the awesome SIP softphone, Eyebeam with the BroadVoice service. Having been on the road for over ten days in broadband enabled WiFi hotels all over France all I can say is the combination is the VERY BEST softphone/VoIP experience I … Read more
Broadband Reports has a discussion on Local Number Portability issues with VoiceWing, Verizon’s version of VoIP.
A few stories are starting to leak out.. AOL leveraging partnerships to bring VoIP service to market Masses My Go To VoIP Due To AOL And one more
Om presents an interesting case about Clearwire. While they have admitted to blocking Vonage one has to remember that they are still in trial mode. My guess is they will come around and offer two tiers of service. One that is more of an AOL walled garden approach, while the second, and at a higher … Read more
eurovoip: IP telephony picking up in Europe which to me is an indicator we are getting closer to global telephony brands.
Alright I’m in France, drinking wine, eating food and blogging about that for a few weeks and having a blast. But Om Malik is more than making up for my absence… These three posts are smack down the pipe.. On Vonage Losing Their Media Luster Diego Adding VoIP to their Set Top Box And on … Read more
It looks like Clearwire is one of the carriers blocking Vonage according to this report. I’m waiting to hear more.
A great Skypestyle story in today’s New York Times talks about the cultural, lifestyle and technical benefits of Skype. PR princess Kelly Larabee is widely quoted. The reporter also mentions the Pulver Order and that’s not Jeff ordering Thai food for take-out 🙂
