VoIPWatch

Windows CE .NET VoIP Phones

Windows CE .NET VoIP Phones by Tom Keating. There's also the XBox whose XBox Live Voice traffic runs over Level 3 using SIP.

Mac Skype Review

MacDevcenter.com has a review of Skype for the Mac.

Om Malik on Broadband: Peerio's Dmitry Trashes Skype, PBX

Om Malik on Broadband: Peerio's Dmitry Trashes Skype, PBX

Classic Om....on ever insightful Tom Keating, two of my favorite VoIP bloggers.

Light Reading - Blogs on About Sonus

If you want to know what Light Reading has to say about Sonus, one of the dot.bomb survivors, then check out their story. Sonus has put many of their misdeeds accounting wise behind them, and now is going after customers. Already they have AT&T, Global Crossing and Qwest as customers, and they are poised to go after business that used to only go to Nortel and Lucent.

I was originally a Sonus nay-sayer, but I'm becoming convinced based on reading some reports that they are about to become a player of import.

Globetechnology: Should your PC be your phone?

Globetechnology: Should your PC be your phone?

The Toronto Globe and Mail reruns a comprehensive VoIP roundup story from Thomas Fitzgerald of the New York Times News Service. It's one of the most complete summary of the major players.

VoIP Services Come Of Age For Small and Medium Enterprises

VoIP Services Come Of Age For Small and Medium Enterprises

While this article comes from a company in the SME VoIP space, I think it sends a clear signal that 2005 will be the year that VoIP and the SME get married.

 

Cranky Consumer in WSJ on VoIP

Those of you with access to the Wall Street Journal will be interested in the paper's Cranky Consumer who tested, or sought out to test, a range of VoIP services that are available in the Metro New York Area. I like the Cranky one because they reporter does a very good job of showcasing both the pluses and minuses of services reviewed in very specific terms.

While I'm not surprised about the comments made about Cablevision, Vonage or CallVantage, as the type of comments have been well documented here and elsewhere, I was also not surprised about the comments about Lingo from Primus or VoiceWing from Verizon. Both have gotten mixed reviews on the many user boards on the internet.

What I was surprised though was that the Crank didn't include Packet 8 in the test. Packet8 is publicly traded and they ride on Level3, another widely traded company. While I see value in having Cablevision and Time Warner included, the exclusion of Packet8, or their failure to be a party to the test is simply silly.

AP Story Sites Woes Of 911 Directors About VoIP

A story making the rounds today over the Associated Press newswire sites many woes being expressed by 911 call center directors.

My view is that there are likely solutions that will work, but that county government is not ready to spend the money to modernise their E911 services.

Taiwan market: Skype to add video-conferencing service in 2005

Taiwan market: Skype to add video-conferencing service in 2005

The much talked about features are SMS, Conference Calling, Video Conference and VoiceMail.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Broadband soars in 2004

Broadband soars in 2004 means that VoIP will grow in 2005. All one has to do is look at adoption history of technology. The path is leading to VoIP. How the broadband players manage to acquire customers will be key.

If history here in the USA is any indication the cable companies won the battle vs. the Bells when it came to broadband adoption. So far, based on the Cablevision growth to 250,000 users cable MSO's are getting a major jump on the RBOCs.

Om has more on the subject with links to different sources.