Jeff Pulver, who I have more respect for than anyone in the VoIP space around posted a note today about how Vonage subscribers can call users of Pulver’s Free World Dialup and vice versa. It got me thinking about the softphones I have. One for FWD, another for Vonage. While I have XTEN Pro I … Read more
A major market newspaper called me this week to talk about VoIP. I did the interview and now they want to send a photographer, so hopefully the story runs soon The questions centered largely around my customer experience with VoIP, many of which have been chronicled here and on the “World Technology Roundup” which I … Read more
Cisco’s John Chambers is very positive about VoIP. Given the accumulation of companies and technology which Cisco has been amassing, is that a surprise? In many ways Cisco has all the potential in the world to be a phone company too. With their core router and switching technology, MPLS protocol and owning Linksys, they have … Read more
Irish regulators would like to create a special prefix for VoIP. Sounds like it may make some sense….especially since a VoIP number is portable, while a landline is not.
MuniWireless, one of the best sites covering public deployments of WiFI has a story about a Michigan city deploying the first WiFi with VoIP network. This is the first of what the company, Ottawa Wireless plans to do in the state. I expect more of this to happen around the USA. The price of $20 … Read more
Lots of news and noise were created this week around the introduction of a bill designed to keep VoIP free of over regulation. Wired has a very good recap as does IT Vibe.
VoIP in the enterprise will grow at a 20 percent rate over the next five years, as TDM PBX systems decline at the same rate. While they likely did some surveys, as the business of selling VoIP systems becomes more mainstream expect the uptake to increase once the understanding of cost efficiencies increases and hardware … Read more
Okay I missed one yesterday. The branding issue between AT&T Wireless and AT&T got me, and I should know better. AT&T Wireless is the company which was sold to Cingular. That explains the high prices. Now, to add even more confusion, AT&T–the long distance, data and VoIP folks will launch an MVNO for wireless called … Read more
I continue to be a supporter of Jeff Pulver’s position when it comes to VoIP and regulation. His speech, which he posted in advance of his remarks to the U.S. Senate today is again on the mark. Not only is it factually correct, it is passionate without being self serving. It is also better written … Read more
I don’t quite think the new Bluetooth problem is a virus yet. Call it a cavity. To stop the spread, just turn off Bluetooth.
