It’s all about getting permission, and right now the carriers really don’t want to give the permission to the WiFi market to switch, or maybe I should say, switch on to WiFI networks. How stupid is that ? Recently I was in a Las Vegas hotel and the cell reception on T-Mobile was so bad … Read more
Sylantro may have the best VoIP application server on the market, or it least the best known. They scored a win with Sun Rocket but really who else could Sun Rocket worked with to put the features in to a network. What you are seeing is the cobbling together of network and feature management from … Read more
I saw the Xcelis post on Leonardo’s site and opted to not blog it because I thought there was something fishy about the service. God bless Aswath, one of the smarter dudes out there when it comes to VoIP. What he’s basically saying is that calls from Xcellis won’t be passed over the USA’s largest … Read more
A company in Ireland claims a patent on Dial Up VoIP and then does some bait and switch PR by linking to a story about VoIP and Vonage in general that News.aired on CBS It’s all from 3WTel and I have my concerns.
The local paper that serves Level 3’s headquarters, the Rocky Mountain News has very lenghthy column about Level3 and points out what’s going on with the company. The one item that drew my interest was the comment about the SEC and the way Level3 reports usage and traffic, raising a spectre of doubt in some … Read more
TomTom at EuroVoIP has an interview that’s all about Asterisk.
Leonardo asks about how much bandwidth does one need for quality VoIP? Well, I’ve made a Skype call sitting on the airplane and talking to James Enck of EurtelcoBlog of rather good quality via the Sprint 1xRTT network. The speeds are about 100k down and roughly half of that up. They key though is what … Read more
Tom blogs while I drink wine. VoiceGlo seeks beta testers… Andy says–they better. Based on an email I received from a reader today I’d say my view of the company’s present intention is dead on the money…you can take stock in that ! SunRocket’s $199 a year all ya can talk. I was never big … Read more
Colleague James Enck has a great viewpoint on Skype over at TheBroadbandDaily.com which I also write for. James is letting his hair down a bit on this post and showing fire, passion and clear cut understanding of the landscape that Skype is, or should be playing in. My view is Skype is the ICQ of … Read more
Unbound Spiral has a short review/preview of the Skype Answering Machine. Clearly we are seeing the start of the Skype cottage industry being built and it a community without borders. If anyone has a handle on the Skype community it’s Stuart Henshall. He’s been keeping tabs on it closely, possibly the closest of any blogger … Read more
