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- VoIP
- Voice Over IP A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet and private backbones for call transport. Support for the public switched telephone network PSTN is also...
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- Packet8 shows profitability is achievable in pure-play VoIP
- Arguably, the three highest profile, full-fledged VoIP services to flash across our radar screen in the last year or two have been SunRocket, Vonage, and 8x8' s Packet8 service.SunRocket, of course, is gone. Vonage, which traded yesterday at an all-time-low of $1.86 a share, is a money loser with a...
- Tags: Vonage, Packet 8
- Blog posts 2007-08-03
- "You touch the telephone network, you die," analyst says of VoIP woes
- FORTUNE Magazine's Stephanie Mehta was wondering what exactly it is that places independent VoIP providers like Rest In Pieces SunRocket, Vonage, and others at such risk.No big secret. They don't own and control their networks, and are thus prone to routing issues as well as the health- or lack...
- Tags: Vonage
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- EXCLUSIVE: Interview with SunRocket preferred provider TeleBlend distribution partner's CEO
- TeleBlend is one of two "preferred" VoIP service providers suggested by Sherwood Partners, which is handling SunRocket's dissolutionWith more than a week since the shutoff, and former SunRocket customers still transitioning to new homes, I thought it might be interesting to check in with someone on the TeleBlend side for...
- Tags: News, Packet 8, Vonage
- Blog posts 2007-07-25
- Analysts: pure play VoIP companies have "no future"
- If you thought that the prospects for Vonage and other "pure play," non-bundled VoIP services were bleak, just wait until you read analysts comments contained in a newly published piece by Kelly Teal on xchange magazine's xchange online site.First, Kelly makes the point that margins for voice services have been...
- Tags: Predictions and Observations, Vonage
- Blog posts 2007-05-31
- When developers give carrier partners low priority, obscurity is the result
- Om writes about X-PDA, a mobile VoIP client is that it can work with independent VoIP services such as Vonage and Broadvoice.Developed by VoIP softphone solutions developer and provider Counterpath, this client is optimized for HP iPAQ rx1950 series (Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC) and HP iPAQ hx2004...
- Tags: Software, Vonage, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Vonage: Verizon patent suit could bankrupt us
- Vonage said the Verizon patent suit could force the VOIP provider into bankruptcy. Vonage made that statement in its annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the Verizon patent suit was expected to be a risk factor for Vonage bankruptcy goes...
- Tags: Vonage, General, VOIP, Verizon
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Vonage a victim of "the long tail?"
- You may have heard of the notion of the "long tail." Thats the principle which describes how a collection of products or services with comparably little demand can collectively account for a proportionately larger market share than the big players. Yet from reading remarks by Forrester Research analyst...
- Tags: Vonage, News, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Vonage replaces CEO, still rudderless
- Perhaps Michael Snyder stepped down as CEO of Vonage because he realized he wasnt the best executive for the job. But naming company founder Jeffrey Citron as interim CEO--even for a short time--may not be the best fix either. Why?...
- Tags: General, Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Vonage, VOIP, Telecommunications, IP Telephony
- Blog posts 2007-04-12
- Vonage customers: Finding a new VOIP provider may be tricky
- A federal judge basically kicked Vonage in the wind pipe today leaving 2.2 million lines hanging. The news: Vonage cant accept any new customers while it is still infringing on Verizons patents. This ruling doesnt hit me directly since Im a customer, but I also realize that Vonages business model--which...
- Tags: Vonage, VOIP, Telecommunications, IP Telephony, General
- Blog posts 2007-04-06
- Vonage: Is there a future?
- VOIP giant Vonage reported its fourth quarter results and analysts are teeing off on the company. Vonage is still churning a good chunk of customers, spending too much on marketing and serving up a disappointing outlook. The good news: Vonage...
- Tags: General, Telecommunications, VOIP, Vonage
- Blog posts 2007-02-15
- Alexa mashup site alexaholic lets you compare VoIP provider site traffic over time
- Ive been having a little fun with alexaholic, a type of Alexa mash-up that lets you compare estimated page view totals and traffic patterns for several websites over specific lengths of time.Lets compare relative page view rankings for Skype, Vonage, Packet 8, Gizmo Project and SunRocket site views over a...
- Tags: Web site development, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, Alexa Internet Inc., mashup
- Blog posts 2006-11-17
- Uh-Oh Canada: You're about to deregulate VoIP
- Yesterday, the Canadian federal government announced it would overrule that nations CRTC (Canadian Radio-Television and Communications Commission) and de-regulate VoIP.Last year, the CRTC regulated VoIP by enacting pricing restrictions on traditional telephone companies and the rates they were able to chare without regulatory approval. The fear was that in...
- Tags: General, Regulatory, Vonage, VoIP, Canadian Radio-Television
- Blog posts 2006-11-16
Additional Resources
- A Net Neutrality Solution: Opinions Wanted
- First thoughts"the incumbents fought it tooth and nail"Same thing happened in the last 4 industrial revolutions!I'm broadly in favour of your improvements ... with a few caveats ... and will look at the 2 papers you plugged, sorry referenced ;-)"Users should be concerned that the Internet services they pay for...
- Tags: Fiber optics, Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality Solution
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Net neutrality: a faster Internet for all
- If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.I do [b]not[/b] want my internet to slow down just because some person on the [b]other[/b] end didn't pay for priority traffic.Net Neutrality had to happen in the...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, faster Internet, Toll-Free, population density, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- Your weekend modder project: getting your rotary phone to work with Vonage
- Mine worksI have one of the early Vonage Motorola VOIP adapters and it handles my rotary phone just fine. It handles FAX well also.
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Vonage Holdings Corp., phone
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Countdown to Google Voice on iPhone
- It's going to be a while...I don't think Apple is ever going to approve Google Voice, unless pressured to. They know that when users install Google Voice, they are going to want to replace the phone icon with Google Voice. They will want to replace the Messages Icon with something...
- Tags: Smart phones, Google Inc., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- News to know: FTC, Psystar, Vonage, Apple-Palm, Oracle
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: FTC targets bloggers for disclosure about perks, freebies Richard Koman: FTC publishes final rules on blogger...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Psystar, FTC, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Desktops, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Vonage Mobile iPhone, BlackBerry apps arrive; free VoIP calls
- www.hayda.netThank you, you answered the question I have been searching for which was whether or not to place keywords when blog commenting. mirc .RE: Vonage Mobile iPhone, BlackBerry apps arrive; free VoIP calls> The apss are pay-as-you-go What are "apss"?Why are so many articles all over zdNet loaded with typos...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, 3G, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Vonage Mobile iPhone, Vonage Mobile, Vonage Holdings Corp., Blackberry App, VoIP-calls, RIM BlackBerry
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Vonage Mobile iPhone, BlackBerry apps arrive; free VoIP calls
- VoIP company Vonage is finally bringing its service to Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry devices. The free app for the iPhone and iPod touch has been approved for making international calls using AT&T's cellular network in addition to Wi-Fi. ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, VoIP, Vonage Holdings Corp., RIM BlackBerry, Apss, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Smart Phones, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- The Google Voice app scandal: is Apple losing control over the iPhone?
- I was out of the loop last week when Apple, AT&T and Google all answered Washington's questions surrounding the apparent rejection of the Google Voice app for the iPhone. Over the weekend, I had a chance to do some reading on what had gone down and, more importantly, the official...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., VoIP, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., App, Google Voice, Smart Phones, Telephony, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
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