VoIP Watch

CallVantage To Offer Enhanced 911 Soon

A report out in the wild has AT&T CallVantage offering E-911 soon.

Skype Dual Phone Announced

The folks at Engadget found this first, but I think it's interesting enough to go to the source.

A phone that works on both Skype and PSTN...and is wireless..Very cool.

Canada Telecom Market to Change

VoIP is part of the reason the Canadian telecom market will see major shifts according to a new report. This comes on the heals of a story making the rounds in Canada of Bell Canada becoming a factor in VoIP.

Timing? Or, coincidence?

Another WiFi Phone Heard From...Sorta

I've got the WiFi phone from Net2Phone at home along with one from BroadVoice and another from Zyxel that is connected to VoicePulse. The differences are in the firmware and very subtle.

As first generation equipment goes they are all okay...but I don't think ready for prime time. The sound and form factor is cellular circa 1990.

Yawning Away On Apps

I've said it before, with VoIP it's all about the applications. Om pointed me to the VoIP Yawn which seems to have come to the same conclusion.

Pulver Blows Whistle on Bell South

It appears that the RBOC's are ganging up on VoIP via a well coordinated effort that could have the same impacts as a DOS attack on a server. Read on.

For years I have suspected that the RBOC's seem to operate with some form of disconnected syncopation. This most recent filing and the SBC initiative keeps having me thinking that.

Skype Primer

A Skype primer has been posted on Addict3D.

Bloggers Get Slashdotted on SBC Issue

Om gets the credit, Pulver gets the glory in Slashdot. ..

The issue which I lit a fuse on the other day, and saw everyone else jump in on is getting hotter by the day.

3G/WiFi VoIP Phones Rise In Japan

It looks like the idea of a phone that offers both 3G and VoIP over WiFi is for real in Japan.

More On SBC Effort

America's Network has a story about SBC's efforts around TipTop. Worth a read, but not much new.

Probe Research also issued a report on the same subject.