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eurovoip: IP telephony picking up in Europe

eurovoip: IP telephony picking up in Europe which to me is an indicator we are getting closer to global telephony brands.

Om Carrying The Ball

Alright I'm in France, drinking wine, eating food and blogging about that for a few weeks and having a blast. But Om Malik is more than making up for my absence...

These three posts are smack down the pipe..

On Vonage Losing Their Media Luster

Diego Adding VoIP to their Set Top Box

And on Vonage going out for more money soon !

Whose Blocking What !!!

It looks like Clearwire is one of the carriers blocking Vonage according to this report. I'm waiting to hear more.

Skype Me. SkypeU in NYT

A great Skypestyle story in today's New York Times talks about the cultural, lifestyle and technical benefits of Skype. PR princess Kelly Larabee is widely quoted. The reporter also mentions the Pulver Order and that's not Jeff ordering Thai food for take-out :-)

Consumer VOIP Could Be on Its Way to the Gallows

Consumer VOIP Could Be on Its Way to the Gallows is one reporter's view. I don't think so. VoIP will become transparent. All phone companies will switch to VoIP and just migrate their customers over. Why? It's cheaper to maintain a IP network infrastructure than the legacy circuit switches. The only reason why they don't do it now is the telcos already own (i.e. have paid for, are depreciating) the hardware that's already in place.

VoIP Price War Looming In a Different Place

Russell Shaw thinks there's a price war looming in VoIP, but unlike many he's forecasting that it will hit the enterprise first.

Texas Attorney General Tries Vonage 911..OOPS

A Texas Attorney General tried to demo Vonage 911 as part of the state's lawsuit against the New Jersey company. The effect is bone chilling. Just listen using iTunes.

Is Vonage this brazen or just plain stupid. They have a sign-up mechanism for E911 and yet based on audio file it's rather convincing that it doesn't work right.

Disclaimer: I don't know if the account the AAG tried was properly configured.

Voice over WiMax A Threat

I have regularly expressed the opinion that VoIP and VoWiFi is a compliment to cellular companies. Now an analyst firm in the UK says VoWiMax is a threat to them.

I tend to agree since the new companies in the WiMax game will not initially be the same companies. This is all about competition. Eventually the existing global players will acquire the WiMax companies. In some cases they will be the same, but different divisions. This is how cellular began, especially in the USA.

I personally see new players using new and emerging technologies as good for competition, and of benefit to the enterprise and the end user, especially if it drives prices down to commodity pricing levels.

8x8 to sell Packet8 in Malls?

8x8 to sell Packet8 in Malls? Thats a major expense for branding.

Do the math. A person in a kiosk @ $10.00 per hours for 60 hours a week is $600 a week, plus FICA and benefits (i.e. stock options, health insurance, etc.) Now add in rent, which at Valley Fair isn't cheap, the cost of materials, a DSL line and all of a sudden this is a $5,000 a month or more expense. That means top break even they need to sell almost one account every 90 minutes.

No way that's gonna happen.

Texas Attorney General sues Vonage over 911 issue--Keating Has An Opinion

Texas Attorney General sues Vonage over 911 issue. Tom Keating adds his two cents..