In a story that started within USA Today that was syndicated by parent Gannet News Service it seems the reviewers experience with Skype was less than desirable. What was interesting is they chose to compare AT&T’s CallVantage to it. saying: Alas, Skype is flawed compared with other VoIP options, even though they cost more. For … Read more
Jeff Pulver has some very interesting things to say about the VoIP revolution. It is one of the most sober, clear thinking and on the mark type of interviews I have read from anyone in the space. Given how Jeff clearly has been the VoIP cheerleader for 10 years or more, his classy remarks are … Read more
I love when the media get sucked or suckered into a news story. Take this story that recently broke about Skype. This is clearly what the PR trade calls a leak or teaser strategy, and what is less newsworthy about it is the concept behind it is very much like what ICQ and Yahoo Messenger … Read more
Bear Sterns, one of the more liberal investment banks took a contrarian like view on the Level3 Landing Comcast story that appeared in today’s Wall Street Journal. The WSJ reported today that Comcast is close to announcing a VoIP wholesale deal with Level 3 and Sprint to offer VoIP services in 2006. For Level 3, … Read more
Isn’t the world of VoIP just grand. Now not only does Jeff Pulver’s LibreTel let you establish a VoIP based presence in the UK with a London number, but now Vonage does too. Basically, for under $30 dollars a month you can recive all the calls you want from London, and have unlimited USA calling. … Read more
Ted Shelton is one of my favorite bloggers. He brings things to light that other miss like this post about Qualcomm. I live in the shadow of Qualcomm and have many friends who are employed there in the marketing and technology groups. All of that is fine, and while I recognize that they have some … Read more
James Enck has an unfair advantage, he’s in London, so news about Skype dropping their prices hits him first. That’s why he’s clearly worth reading. The question on my mind is not how low can prices go with telco. Everyone knows the PTT’s and RBOC’s have been milking the market for years. The real question … Read more
Score one for Jonathan Greene for finding out the news about who won the review for Vonage’s 50-75 million dollar ad account. My gut says Vonage will continue to heavily use the Internet to attract customers but also start to do some very targeted traditional media. A lot of new technology is out there to … Read more
Om Malik, has an interesting post about becoming your own phone company if you are a large corporation based upon a Baseline magazine account about Heinz, the ketchup people. This is exactly the space that companies coming onto the scene are playing, especially Cisco, which a few years ago announced integration alliance with the traditional … Read more
In what is clearly their Rising Sun strategy, James Enck tipped us all off to a deal with LiveDoor in Japan for Skype. On the heels of their Chinese announcement earlier, this clearly means that either Korea, Vietnam, Thailand or India are next.
