Australian View of VoIP & Skype

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It’s a slow day being a Monday holiday here in the USA. However, there is news. The Australian takes a viewpoint on VoIP finding a way to keep SKYPE front and center.

Naked DSL + VoIP. Who Needs an RBOC

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Speakeasy, one of the more highly regarded and established DSL players has rolled out a new package that eliminates the need for a residential phone line from the regional Bell companies here in the USA. While they may not be the first to do this, they are continuing to be a company to watch. Consistently … Read more

Andy In AP Wire Story On VoIP

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With many editors off for the weekend, a story by AP business reporter Ellen Simon ran late yesterday out of New York about VoIP. Simon did a great job. Her quote was accurate, and she got the facts right. Any guesses where they came from. (wink..wink) Seriously, having seen many reporters get the story wrong, … Read more

Covad To Go With VoIP in Denver

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Covad, which a few months back acquired GoBeam to fill their VoIP pipe has announced that they will start selling VoIP in the Colorado Front Range, commencing first in the Denver marketplace. For Covad, this means they can start to get past the 250 or so installations GoBeam reportedly has, and the roughly 15,000 installed … Read more

Skype Goes To Taiwan

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Skype has struck a deal with Taiwan’s fourth (4th) largest telephone company for a new product called PC-Home Skype. If this is a shape of things to come, then Skype will be striking more of these types of relationships. What this means is carriers who are looking to gain market share will be looking to … Read more

TCS on Skype

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Kevin Werbach, over at TechCentralStation, a blog which is part political advocacy, part news, part tech has posted a viewpoint on Skype. The key here is the fact that the creators of Skype have found cracks in the regulations of not only the FCC but many of the PTT’s around the globe. With Skype Out, … Read more

Level Three Boo Boo

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Self praise, especially when one is the only real player in the field, stinks. Obviously no one at Level3 ever had Sy Roseman, or former Temple University Professor and VP, Jim Shea as mentors on Public Relations. One only touts themselves when its something to shout about. Come on guys, couldn’t you at least let … Read more

Hot Tender Goes To Lucent

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A report out of Tel Aviv, Israel has HOT the cable company in Israel announcing today that Lucent has won HOT’s tender for setting up its IP telephony services network. The deal is valued at $100M over 5 years, in Israeli terms is considered a blockbuster mega-deal, according to our source. Insiders say this was … Read more