Skype is getting more interesting with their ongoing series of announcements. The idea of crossing Skype with PSTN handsets that connect to broadband is very interesting. It is not that far different than what Popular Telephony is doing either.
One thing I missed with the Skype Kazaa announcement was the Weblog angle. Tied in with VoIP it’s a very powerful motivation. Add in the Skype conferencing capability and you have a very interesting threat to traditional conferencing because of the file sharing aspect. This is dead on threat to the space Microsoft is hoping … Read more
Om pointed me towards Mark Evans post about Vonage. The talk last night at the Pulver Palo Alto dinner was that there is no way Citron wants to sell Vonage and that he wants to ring the bell on Wall Street for personal reasons. There was also discussion that Vonage is running on its own … Read more
Jeff organized a nice dinner last night in Palo Alto with three Palo Alto professors. I found out that lots of people in the VoIP space love wine and now all want to visit the Andy wine cellar. In case you didn’t know I enjoy wine, collect wine, write about wine. The wines were good, … Read more
Leonardo asks some good questions in his post today about the number of VoIP providers. My view has always been that there will be a shakeout. I feel that Vonage will likely go public or flame out. If they flame out someone will buy the only assets they have, their customers. Many others of the … Read more
DeltaThree, one of the longer established VoIP players now has new plans that involve a telephone adapter under their iConnectHere brand. To me the plan looks like plans from Vonage and a few others price wise. As a reader has pointed out, it does look a lot like VoiceWing from Verizon. It should. DeltaThree is … Read more
I just saw the tv commercials Packet 8 is running. If that’s there understanding of great creative that tells the story they have a lot to learn about consumer marketing. Having been in the advertising and public relations business since 1974 I’ve learned what great, memorable and convincing creative is about. That’s not it.
Sadly my buddy Om is home with a cold..trying to blog. I’ll be at this event as an invited guest of Jeff Pulver. As far as anyone knows, this is the first top tier USA business school to present a case study on VoIP. Reports are it’s about Free World Dialup with AT&T and Vonage … Read more
Om Malik is busy pulling together a team of “A” list blogger for his newest site “The Broadband Daily.” Look for my first submission very soon…It’s about VoIP…gee, no kidding. I interviewed King of VoIP Jeff Pulver to get the party started… The list of Blogger’s Om has lined up is quite impressive..watch for the … Read more
A few months back I mentioned to a PC World reporter that when it comes to choosing a VoIP carrier be careful because what happens if you transfer you lifelong phone number to a carrier which goes out of business? How do you get your number back? Now it seems other have come along and … Read more
