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The Baltimore Sun has a very positive story about VoIP. While much of it is rehashing, it does reveal how the people selling VoIP are going about doing it and where some of the business can be found, and why.

The UK’s Continuity Central survey on VoIP continues to show that business leaders are uncertain of the risks associated with VoIP. If you have yet to share your opinion, now’s the time.

Of all the news out in the last day or so, and as I reported on during yesterday’s KenRadio’s World Technology RoundUp it seems explaining just what VoIP is, seems to be the first step in figuring out how to regulate and tax the next generation of telephony. If you want to hear the commentary … Read more

Covad, one of the original CLEC’s that has had its ups and downs throughout its history, due largely to the efforts of the telcos to make their life miserable, has announced plans to roll out VoIP services by the end of 2004. What this means is all customer currently on Covad’s DSL network will be … Read more

The BBC Magazine has an interesting discussion story about VoIP and how it is changing communications. By recognizing that the paradigm has changed from dial, talk, hang up, it is showing that how voice communciation is changing. Free services like Skype, SipPhone, Firefly all now mean that instead of typing and chatting via an IM … Read more

I always chuckle when the consumer press writes about what we in the early adopter world know is already fact as if it’s news. But, when an article gets it all correct it’s worth at least recognizing. Today’s piece in the San Francisco Chronicle gave a very accurate perspective on the state of VoIP and … Read more

You’re likely wondering why I’ve been so quiet. Largely it’s because the news around VoIP seems to be a rehashing of what has been posted here. The stories that have come out continue to revolve around issues we already know about. For example, the FCC is getting ready to rule of Jeff Pulver’s petition that … Read more

The FBI and a few others in the law enforcement sector are saying “slow down” to Michael Powell. As we said on January 22, 2004, there are some different views on how VoIP shold be regulated so the Feds can listen in. This all means that we can expect some regulation, but more on the … Read more

While this news came out earlier in the day, it’s still deserves recognition. Given Vonage’s growth one has to give credit to aggressive marketing, public relations and the refer a friend program. Vonage is not doing anything special in marketing terms. They’re just working smartly and being aggressive. Their staff is youthful, stays on the … Read more