Incumbent VoIP providers expand service areas, subscriber countsToday brings further confirmation of what many of us correctly assume as fact- that established cable and telephony providers are ceding no ground to those bodacious VoIP upstarts.The news comes from Cablevision and Qwest, both strong incumbent providers in their respective spaces.December 7, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
Exclusive: I visit the patent office and dig out the newest VoIP patent applicationsLong before the pitches to potential partners, long before the press releases and marketing campaigns, innovators in the IP telephony space are likely to apply for a patent. The interval between patent application and approval can exceed two years.December 7, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
May you - and RNKVoIP - "live long and prosper"In an earlier post, I ruminated about RNKVoIPs new Phone For Life offer for a lifetime of phone service at a one-time charge of$999.OK, let us get up close and personal with what we mean by a lifetime.December 7, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Mobility
Web searchers curious about Harry, Pokemon, and VoIPVoIP Action has just sent me a press release that parsed queries submitted to the Yahoo! owned Overture search engine in Octoberfor ten key search terms.December 6, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
SIP of peer (to peer): professor explains how to do itThis morning, the VoIP and ENUM Blog has an entry with links to two free peer-to-peer white papers only true IP Telephony geeks could love.But since you are here, the odds are not inconceivable that you're an IP telephony geek.December 6, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
Political conundrum alert: will anti-tax sentiments clash with constituent needs?Available to registered users, The New York Times has an interesting story today detailing that the eight-year old Telecommunictions Act of 1996 may be outdated already.The real thought-provoking stuffis at the end of the article.December 6, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Government : US
$999 VoIP for life? Let's take a look at the ROIThe general-interest media, computer press, and other IP telephony bloggers are all abuzz about Dedham, Mass.-based RNKVoIP's new Phone For Life offer for a lifetime of phone service for a flat $999.December 6, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
Report: telcos, cable companies to market VoIP aggressively in '05A new research report released today sees an aggressive push for VoIP business by telcos and cable companies.I already knew this, but my take on this situation was reinfoced when Iread the just-releasedFitch Ratings research report entitled 2005 U.December 6, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
New platform keeps VoIP service on when the power goes outYou know that when power goes out in your home or office, your phone usually stays on.IP telephony needs the same degree of certainty.December 6, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
UK ISP gives away VoIP for New Year'sWould you sign up for VoIP if you got free installation and three months worth of service rental?UK ISPPipex is offering those terms as a special to the first 25 new subscribers that sign up for its VOIP for Business service before the year turns.December 6, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
No risk aversion here: famed insurance company bets on VoIPMention Lloyd's of London, and the storied insurance company comes to mind. You should understand this about insurance companies, as well as the conglomerates that own them.December 6, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
Another Glen Campbell sings a telephony songIn his 1969 hit song "Wichita Lineman," pop singer Glen Campbell addressed the technological andrelated personalof a PSTNline repairman.Now,35 years later, another Glen Campbell is singing a different type of telephony tune.December 5, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
From dinosaur bones to IP backbonesDead, decades-old trees are processed in a sawmill, and then shipped to the newspaper printing plant. And your newspaper is delivered to you in a vehicle that runs on dinosaur grist from 70 million years ago.December 4, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
How to explain VoIP to grandmaIt's a fair bet that those of you who come here on a regular basis are more knowledgeable about- or at least curious about - Internet telephony than the populace as a whole.I guess that this holiday season, you may feel the urge to explain IP telephony to people you know who could use IP services.December 4, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking
Rep. Barton to VoIP providers: you shouldn't have to pay into Universal Service fundThe FCC's $5 billion Universal Service Fund funnels money from traditional phoneservice subscribers, throughstandard phonecompanies, and then to a kitty that subsidizesphone service torural areas and poor households.The program makes social and business sense.December 4, 2004 by Russell Shaw in Networking