In my earlier post this week I wrote about the marketing behind the release of AT&T’s CallVantage VoIP service. Today, I took the plunge and signed up and plan to be doing some test calling next week after the ATA arrives via FedEx. The sign up process was painless, and within seconds the e-mail arrived … Read more
UPDATED After my post and inquiry to AT&T’s PR team on Monday, I received a very detailed and refreshing informative reply. I just learned that AT&T’s CallVantage is not using SIP, and are using MGCP, but that SIP is on the edge is on their roadmap, and all of their core elements use SIP in … Read more
Rafe takes a very contrarian view on Skype in his Always On column. I too question how they will make money long term. I mean, has ICQ paid back AOL? No. Only the original investors and founders cashed out. The claim about services by Skype’s folks sounds good, but I see more use for Skype … Read more
A wireless company in Australia is set to trial VoIP. Not many details, but needless to say the revolution is upon the world, and VoIP is hardly a USA centric business. If anything, the far East and down under regions are likely to see higher levels of adoption as fiber is more readily deployed and … Read more
Well the carriers won’t be able to say they can’t monitor QoS easily, after this announcement. Without question, QoS is the single most important factor in winning the conversion from PSTN to IP based telephony services, especially for business grade calls. If people have a hard time dealing with lousy cell service, that is not … Read more
AT&T (NYSE: T) is following the old adage. “Go West Young Man” and has launched VoIP in the Bay Area. This follows their entry into the New York market. The rest of California is expected to0 follow later this year.
AT&T today launches CallVantage in New York state. The onslaught will likely be backed by their TV campaign and a very aggressive marketing blitz including lots of press coverage which can be anticipated by looking over their press kit page on their web site. If you’re wondering how series they are taking this, check out … Read more
Morpheus, the P2P service from Streamcast, has entered the fray providing VoIP, repackaging a solution. Going after the pre-pay market seems to be the first audience as they claim they can terminate calls anywhere in the world. The second of course are the file swappers. If you call another person on the Morpheus Voice network, … Read more
Forbes used Voice over Wi-Fi as a way to tell a different story about VoIP. Smart. What it also told in the story is that the carriers are really grasping the idea that VoIP is for real and that most of the national carriers in the USA (i.e. Qwest, AT&T and MCI) now are embracing … Read more
This week’s Newsweek has a very good story on VoIP. It is balanced, mostly accurate and has some interactive features. Interestingly, the author missed on SipPhone, excluding them from the story.
