Is Skype the new Palladium?
Is Skype the new Palladium? is a very interesting dissection of the Skype Privacy Policy and their user agreement. It brings up some very disconcerting facts.
Mark Evans :: Level 3’s Q4 results: good news, bad news
Mark Evans :: Level 3’s Q4 results: good news, bad news I’ve done enough to point out what level3 is doing. With what I’m hearing I think they have some light at the end of the tunnel, but it won’t be the next few months. Basically Level3 is shedding telco type of business, but ratcheting up their … Read more
Mark Evans :: Vonage’s Marketing Chutzpah
Mark Evans :: Vonage’s Marketing Chutzpah and I thought all the moaning at Vonage was caused by the merger of AT&T and SBC. Now I realize that they had to settle for Angelina Jollie and not Jenna Jamison.
Om Malik on Broadband » Harsh Truths about MCI-Qwest Merger
Om Malik on Broadband » Harsh Truths about MCI-Qwest Merger My view is bit more cruel. Watch MCI not get sold as a whole, but instead for some of its parts. It’s called a breakup. Their UUNet operation has not been getting the updating it needs, but the contracts it has make it worthwhile to some … Read more
The Jeff Pulver Blog: Pennsylvania has defined VoIP as a “telecommunications service” for tax purposes
The Jeff Pulver Blog: Pennsylvania has defined VoIP as a “telecommunications service” for tax purposes Big trouble brewing….Big, Big trouble.
Skype Phone Review: Siemens M34 Wireless DECT Handset – Digital-Lifestyles.info
Skype Phone Review: Siemens M34 Wireless DECT Handset – Digital-Lifestyles.info is rather glowing. I only hope that Siemens has gotten the Gigasets to live longer than six months. I went through two sets of GigaSets a few years back. Seems the QC was very lacking. All in all this looks good for Skypers to use.
AT&T Begins Marketing VoIP to the SOHO Community
AT&T Begins Marketing VoIP to the SOHO Community The SOHO market represents a very large, and really untapped marketplace for VoIP. While I half expected Vonage to come out with an offering, it seems that AT&T beat them to the punch. The big deal here is the fact that SOHO offices using Centrex based services … Read more
HGC and Skype Partner to Deliver Internet Telephony
HGC and Skype Partner to Deliver Internet Telephony means fixed line carriers are seeing the value of disruptive technology. For Skype this is a big win. As they roll out more applications it means a greater ability to be a POTS substitute. For the generation that grows up online and connected, cell phone and online VoIP … Read more
Aswath Weblog: Bellster fwdOUT Revisited
Aswath Weblog: Bellster fwdOUT Revisited as usual Aswath weighs in on the Bellster, um, FWD:out issue with some keen insight…I’m glad Aswath will be on the Bloggers Panel in San Jose at VON. I wonder if I’ll have to hire some of Jerry Springer’s security folks to keep the sides from turning a friendly chat into … Read more
Om Malik Does Math VoWifi Phones Are the Shizzle
Om Malik on Broadband » VoWifi Phones Are the Shizzle has Om throwing the smack down on VoWiFi. What he’s missing is it’s not an additional phone, but an extension of the number you already have that may end up working where cell service isn’t. Recently I was in the Santa Ynez Valley where you can’t … Read more