I’m always flattered when the press turns to me for a viewpoint, but I’m honored to be included in a story with Om. While Level3 has customers, the big question is how will they handle their enormous debt load. Even if VoIP revenues start to fly from the cable companies, which is now in question, … Read more
Comcast VoIP service to stress features but it will cost the customers more. I’m not sure that live operator 411 is worth the difference or a battery backup.
VoIP will hit Euro telcos hardest – vnunet.com but what I find as interesting is that the research company thinks flat rate pricing from the RBOC’s will help them buffer the onslaught of the VoIP train. I actually think the RBOC’s flat rate customers are prime to switch. Here’s why. They are early adopters, not laggards. … Read more
Level 3 Announces Work Force Reduction This doesn’t bode well for the company, no matter how they try to spin it. They are likely setting the company up to be sold or merged into another company. MCI, Sprint and AT&T, along with the RBOC’s are all likely suitors.
According to a sell side analyst covering DeltaThree it seems in their SEC filings today they have announced a relationship with SBC to do what they are doing for Verizon and more. The relationship spans just about everything but the network, something SBC already has in place. Who said the RBOC’s are standing still. This is … Read more
The Boston Globe, one of the better newspapers in the USA has a story about Comcast’s new offering, but unlike so many others it actually points out the shortcomings. No voicemail to email (but you can get it via a web browser)..who wants to use an answering machine or always have to call in to … Read more
Om Malik on Broadband » Comcast VoIP too expensive? Om thinks so. I do too. This is a clear example of how Comcast works. They’re a lot like Microsoft. Watch someone else introduce something, then do it themselves. At Comcast someone wrote a marketing and business plan for VoIP back when VoIP was going for $39.95 … Read more
Uniden Unveils Whole House VoIP Phone System; Uniden’s UIP1868 5.8GHz Corded/Cordless Phone with Built-in VoIP Technology Offers Expandability up to 10 Handsets I’m a huge fan of Uniden phones and use them in the home office. I just want the two line unit they have to come with some additional handsets.
VoIP Report has cable companies adding subscribers according to Tom Keating of Internet Telephony magazine.
The New York Times > Technology > Free Speech, or Secrets From Apple? This is why I’m a card carrying member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the Online Media Association. But, given I co-host two radio broadcasts now, and write a weekly wine column it’s a little harder to say “he’s not a … Read more
