When AT&T Wireless was spun off a few years back by AT&T, the big T did a licensing deal with them for the AT&T name. With the sale of AT&T Wireless to Cingular, the name, not the network still belonged to AT&T, sans wireless. Now AT&T, not more than a few months before the deal … Read more
No one ever gets fired for buying IBM or Cisco is an axiom that makes the rounds when smaller less established companies decide to use the either of the two giants. So decisions will now only be easier, and likely more expensive, as the two venerable companies join together to go after the corporate enterprise … Read more
Business Week has a story about some of the pitfalls facing VoIP users when it comes to 911 Emergency services. While the issue today is a big deal, I don’t see that it will remain over time as much of a problem. First, if the FCC wants to get into the regulation of VoIP it … Read more
Skype has competition. Peerio.com My guess is what their parent company will announce at Supercomm is more than they are letting on.
AT&T added a few more markets. Any wonder why Vonage lowered their pricing? What are companies like Packet8 going to do now? Given their wonderfully underwhelming creative advertising ( check out their ad in this months glossies like PC Mag) with AT&T in the space no one will ever look at companies like that. Vonage … Read more
Vonage has expanded their ability to distribute VoIP through a relationship announced last week with Radio Shack. But the bigger news is their lower pricing strategy, geared in part to compete with AT&T and others who are making their presence known. Vonage today announced they dropped from $34.99 per month to $29.99 per month. The … Read more
Now more of the USA can subscribe to AT&T’s Call Vantage. I can’t say anything more than how pleased I’ve been with the service, especially the conference calling. The voice quality is as good as POTS and the ease of use unduplicated.
Vonage keeps growing, month after month. Now they are up to 155,000 users according to this Reuters UK story. I applaud their success and feel they are the most active company at making users aware of the availability of VoIP service. I have no doubts they will hit 250,000 and wonder if they count phone … Read more
It seems that Cox Communications (NYSE: COX) has done a 180 and now come around to a position that recognizes that VoIP is better for them and their customers than circuit switched telephony. In a white paper, referenced by Light Reading they make every indication that they are going to begin deploying VoIP. On a … Read more
Being from San Diego, I always like to keep tabs on the local companies playing in the VoIP space. Viper Networks seems to be making the right moves, looking far ahead to where the market will be as indicated in the Wi-Fi Planet story. While the story refers to thier Wi-Fi phone service, darn if … Read more
