Jeff Pulver always does the right thing. His Free World Dialup service is offering Free Holiday Calling on the FWD Network: Sponsored by LibreTel I’ve used FWD and find it works well enough for calling those who you would IM. Give it a try if you haven’t downloaded it yet.
Slashdot | Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter Reviewed over on Slashdot. I got one too and have tried it within the office environment. It’s very useful but not as portable as my key chain WiFi detector, but it’s much better as it gives information about the SSID and if the Hotspot is WEP’d or not ! Buy … Read more
Verizon Takes Next Big Step Toward VoIP with the conversion of a Central Office from Class Five Switch architecture to IP. That makes me wonder if a call terminates in say, Santa Monica, from Mount Vernon Washington, does Verizon have to pay the city the Utility Tax they would like to impose? To me it sure … Read more
Mesh Sandbox writes about skype. It’s an interesting story and I wonder how much of it was a work of fiction based on fact or if it was real.
A reader tipped me off to the availabiity in the UK of the Skype Dual Phone. I hope they become available in the USA soon.
Om Malik on Broadband: AOL/Time Warner buys into VoIP, Net2Phone. Both deals signal me that the big boys are about to get very serious when it comes to VoIP. The money will be in the infrastructure for the next few years, and that means Sonus, Lucent, Alcatel and Nortel, the favored sons of the big technology, … Read more
SIPthat.com: Wrapping up the year! has a note from Erik that a new version of Eyebeam is due out soon. I keep thinking this is a better solution than a box that you can’t really have with you on the go if the concept of a video phone is ever going to take off.
It sure sounds like Jeff and his team may have a first on their hands. A pre-release version of the next rendition of the Pulver Communicator is in private testing now, and likely will be released in time for CES. This is a huge step as it allows IM sessions between Skype users and PC … Read more
After a lot of effort I was finally able to get my new Verizon 6600 to work on WiFi. I tried a Skype call over WiFi and the quality sucked. It may have been the Starbucks I was at, or it may be something else. I plan on more testing, but the ordeal to make … Read more
Irwin Lazar’s “Real-Time Communications Blog has some predictions.I agree with Irwin that consolidation will occur, and that the idea of hosted PBX will grow. Give it a read.
