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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006Most readers know my thoughts on VoIP as a business technology, especially in the role for business. The poll asks whether you use Voice over IP and I would appreciate any comments on your experience with it.
How do you rate the quality and reliability. Are you realizing the full savings you were led to [...]
Earthlink to WiFi Philidelphia
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006Earthlink has been a busy beaver this week, with articles about several large projects they are starting. I previously posted about their new partnership with Covad and the VoIP product they are launching.
Now news of their contract with the City of Philadelphia to provide blanket coverage via WiFi, and it will be interesting to see [...]
EarthLink offers new VoIP service | CNET News.com
Monday, January 30th, 2006The plot thickens…
EarthLink offers new VoIP service | CNET News.com
The company has partnered with broadband access wholesaler Covad Communications to offer the voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, service in Dallas, Seattle and the San Francisco-San Jose area starting this week. EarthLink is bundling the new service with DSL (digital subscriber line) broadband access. More [...]
WiMax & VoIP: What Reality?
Monday, January 23rd, 2006WiMax and VoIP are the two hottest acronyms in the tech industry today. They are the ones getting all the press and most of the venture capital. WiMax and VoIP are hot hot hot, and if you read any technology magazines or websites, you will think it is all that is happening right now.
My question [...]
Verizon & MCI: Why Now?
Sunday, January 15th, 2006When most people think of MCI, they think of a company that sells long distance services. That is where they made their name in the 90s, going after the SBC and Verizon long distance customers with discounted rates. However, currently long distance revenues are dropping and according to many people, telephone service will be free [...]
Two who never met tie knot Internet-style
Sunday, January 15th, 2006I told you VoIP was gonna be bad…but no, you wouldn’t listen.
Chron.com | Two who never met tie knot Internet-style
They met through the Internet.
Sutrisno proposed that way and finally they exchanged wedding vows in a ceremony using Voice over Internet Protocol — VoIP — which was supervised by a Muslim religious official, the Jakarta Post [...]
Praise for Skype
Saturday, December 10th, 2005I have been talking to a friend in Denmark over the last two weeks using Skype. I have been amazed at the voice quality of this free VoIP solution. I have read other comments and was excited to give it a try. Finding and downloading is easy, just type “skype download” into goggle and it [...]
Time’s up for Internet phone providers to offer 911
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005I wonder what real effect this will have on the VoIP business model. It does not keep them from bringing on new customers, just new customer in certain areas. I am a vocal critic of the VoIP services as they are structured right now, but the deadline the FCC put on the companies was not [...]
VoIP: My Point Exactly
Saturday, November 19th, 2005My post Tuesday was to make this point about the viability of VoIP at this time. For businesses to look at this technology as an option as a replacement for their pots (plain old telephone service) lines is unrealistic. To use VoIP for additional lines for making long distance could be a better plan, but [...]
VoIP: Is It Ready For Business?
Sunday, November 13th, 2005In this brief post at Business Week (there is more than I highlighted here), Olga mentions some of the problems associated with VoIP service. Being in the technology business, I am frequently asked about VoIP by our business customers.
They think it might be a way to reduce costs, but I continue to think this [...]