About 100 beta trail users in Menlo Park, CA are experimenting with high speed Internet connection in Menlo Park, CA and AT&T is trailing VoBPL (Broadband over Power Lines). The speeds are supposed to be faster than the fastest DSL line, and if the service works, it pretty much means that broadband to the home, … Read more
A report out of the UK claims many of the tier two ISP’s staff have a hard time understanding VoIP and really can’t explain it. While BT will not have this problem, this is opportunity for the VoIP players to do a few things. First off they can use this data a reason to begin … Read more
The box arrived yesterday, with both the telephone adapter, easy to follow instructions and also the Videophone, which due to time constraints, and only knowing one person with a VideoPhone, will not get experimented with until over the weekend. I wish there was a way to generate a URL for the video feed that way, … Read more
Speakeasy.net is reportedly getting ready to roll out VoIP, and its not from their partner in DSL, Covad. Instead the reports out of their headquarters are that they plan to use a Level3 supplied solution.
The MIT Technology Review has a very cogent argument for VoIP users need for more upload speed. Currently, most broadband users have between 128k and 384k of uploadable bandwidth per second, and given the all the new technology that is now used in the broadband connected homes, it’s not enough. For example, I have VOIP, … Read more
PointOne, which competes with Level3 and others has announced a platform that should be attractive to smaller ISP’s and regional cable companies that will enable them to sell VoIP to their customers. Obviously they are going after the SOHO and Small Business market, and that makes them a competitor to Covad and Covad’s acquisition of … Read more
LightReading is reporting that Skype has made a deal with Level3 to be one of their carriers here in the USA. With that move Skype moves from being a hobby, geek and techie toy to being a serious player. Level3 has one of the best networks, a highly capable softswitch and dial out ports all … Read more
Michael Robertson of MP3.com and Lindows fame loves to get sued because of all the publicity he gets generated by the big names (Microsoft, all the music labels, ect.). So its no surprise that he has named his Linux oriented phone service PhoneGaim. The last three letters, as in AIM for AOL’s Instant Messenger is … Read more
Yahoo, which by their actions continues to prove me right, has moved forward on their previously announced plans to be in the phone business with BT. Yahoo and BT will offer an all in one communicator, with Video coming in 2005. A second story from Reuters is here.
Packet8’s videophone, which is making its way to me by FedEx is about to be on sale in the Big Apple. On the surface the idea of a Videophone is a clear “sets them apart” strategy for Packet8. If it performs as described the often waited for capabilities of videophone calls can be a big … Read more
