Those of you with access to the Wall Street Journal will be interested in the paper’s Cranky Consumer who tested, or sought out to test, a range of VoIP services that are available in the Metro New York Area. I like the Cranky one because they reporter does a very good job of showcasing both … Read more
A story making the rounds today over the Associated Press newswire sites many woes being expressed by 911 call center directors. My view is that there are likely solutions that will work, but that county government is not ready to spend the money to modernise their E911 services.
Taiwan market: Skype to add video-conferencing service in 2005 The much talked about features are SMS, Conference Calling, Video Conference and VoiceMail.
Broadband soars in 2004 means that VoIP will grow in 2005. All one has to do is look at adoption history of technology. The path is leading to VoIP. How the broadband players manage to acquire customers will be key. If history here in the USA is any indication the cable companies won the battle vs. … Read more
Mark Evans :: VOIP: A Black Hole? presents a pointer to a skeptical POV (point of view) about VoIP.
Keith of VoIPNuke pointed me to this story about SBC and its plans. I think it provides a rather interesting perspective, even if nothing really is new. It is still worth a read. The continual movement toward video by the Baby Bells continues to be looming. I think the cables vs. Bells is not even … Read more
It has been tried with cellular, and now it’s being tried with VoIP. Getting free VoIP in exchange for listening to commercials while the call is being connected.
Qwest offers Internet phoning soon. The move shows how the RBOC’s are really playing in the space as another of them comes to the game.
Pacific Epoch – Tom-Skype Has 2 Million Users In China Everyone looks at Skype’s impact on telephony, but what about on IM? Of late I personally have been having more chats with people using Skype, than on the other services. While some of my “buddies” seem to still be tied to older IM clients, the … Read more
Companies cast wide web to offer Internet phoning – Knight Ridder I don’t know what Sales Associates the Vonage rep is talking about, but my conversations with Staples, Best Buy and other big box retail floor reps have been less than what I would call enlightening. Their knowledge is limited and most of what they … Read more
