Mercurey News on The FCC Ruling

The San Jose Mercurey News offers up an editorial opinion on the recent FCC ruling to keep VoIP free of state regulation. I think the key here is they zoomed in on the desire of the FCC to keep VoIP free of being a monopoly and in encouraging the rapid development of the technology and … Read more

How Good Is Packet 8

Leonardo talks about Packet8 and local number portability. In his post he discusses how good P8 sounds. That’s due to Level3. He also plays up Broadvoice. I think VoicePulse, Broadvoice and a few others all are in the same space, fighting for the same customers. Either consolidation has to happen or some of these will … Read more

Blog Slow Down

It’s one of those days. I got back late Tuesday from San Francisco, have been drinking lots of wine since last Sunday with dinners I’ve organized. Call the wounds self inflicted. I’m also catching up on work, business and personal life beyond the blog. Mostly I’ve been getting my house in order. I hate clutter … Read more

RBOC’s Like Vonage Ruling

If I read Om as he writes, it sure sounds like the Vonage ruling will open the floodgates for the RBOC’s to finally play in the VoIP game on an even playing field. This is actually good for all of the consumers. Now they will have a choice and brand of carrier will mean more, … Read more

The Human Side Of Blogs

What I love about Blogs is both their news value and the human touch. Take New York’s Jonathan Greene. He gives great insight about digital stuff, but never fails to keep the human side in check, sharing with us his joys and downfalls. Today he let the world know how AT&T’s CallVantage saved him money. … Read more

Packet 8 Panned

Leonardo pans Packet8, and seems to say in one breathe how unhappy he is and then to the issue of the current state of VoIP and handoff to other carriers. It deals with Codecs and the concept of transcoding, the taking of one carriers voice packets and delivering them to the other end in the … Read more

WiFi Pundit Thinks VoIP over WiFi is Closer

I’ve been touting the potential of VoIP over WiFi for many moons as longtime readers of this blog will recall. Now it seems the future is getting cleared as Glenn Fleishman in his most excellent and must read blog on all things WiFi and Wireless has pointed out via a Wall Street Journal. What is … Read more

All Boarded Up

This is a bit off topic but I can see how a WiFi phone and this service could work in many scenarios. If retailers nearby Starbucks started to work with T-Mobile they could make all kinds of offers to the sippers who are surfing. If services that offered ordering by phone posted their offers this … Read more

Office Depot Gets The Vantage

Office Depot, a chain of retail office supply and home office electronics stores, has signed an agreement with AT&T’s CallVantage to sell the product in stores. I love Office Depot because their sales team on the floor are very smart, they have great attitudes and care that you are there. I’ve made them my office … Read more