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Court rejects Vonage patent case appeal: Court rejects Vonage patent case appealThey rolled the dice one too many times I guess.They should have forgot the appeal and settled for the $80 million figure.Good Idea, bad justice systemFigures, a company that has a technology that works and is easily usable and reliable and the court cans it....; Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp., patent case; Discussion threads 2007-11-15
Time Warner Digital Phone catching up to Vonage as #2 VoIP provider: VoIP service subscription rankings researched and reported this afternoon by ISP-Planet seem to indicate that one-time VoIP subscriber leader Vonage is about to fall from second place to third among VoIP providers in North America. It wasn't but six months ago that Vonage's...; Tags: Digital Phone, Time Warner Inc., Phone, Vonage Holdings Corp., VoIP Company, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-09-18
Packet8 CEO: in light of SunRocket's demise, we're hearing rumors of more VoIP market exits: Â As the CEO of the second-largest after Vonage "pure play" VoIP provider, Packet8's Bryan Martin is pretty much plugged in to the whole sector. At ITExpo I had an informal background conversation with Bryan. He feels that the SunRocket implosion cost all VoIP providers some credibility on...; Tags: VoIP, Phone, Packet8, SunRocket, VoIP Company, Price Elasticity, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-09-13
Deadline for ISPs to provide wiretap access for the feds: U.S. broadband and VOIP providers have to prove they have the ability to allow wiretaps on their systems - and the deadline is coming up quick, reports IDG News ServiceThe 2005 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CALEA states that broadband ISPs and VOIP carriers that connect to public telephone...; Tags: Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-15
The most inexpensive adapter-based VoIP provider is..: My VoIPProvider.coms updated their listings of more than 250 U.S. VoIP providers with a list of some adapter-based VoIP providers ranked in inverse order of yearly cost.SunRockets initial yearly cost of $199 ranks at the top of this compilation.You can also see the full list here.; Tags: Providers, General; Blog posts 2007-04-29

Push for full 911 access for VoIP providers: Emergency dispatchers and Vonage urged senators this week to pass a bill that would ensure that all VoIP customers can dial 911, InfoWorld reports. The IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act was introduced in January by Sen. Bill Nelson to fix those problems. The bill would...; Tags: State &, Local Govt, Government technology, Emergency, Congress; Blog posts 2007-04-11
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
This week is the official 'Sue VoIP providers week': This week is the official 'Sue VoIP providers week'throw out such patents[i]The patent calls for the exchange of IP addresses between processing units in order to establish a direct communications link between the devices via the Internet…[/i]such patents should be thrown out of the courts! give me a break! is...; Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, patent, VoIP company, VoIP; Discussion threads 2006-06-05
Tom Ridge: gotta love VoIP, but intercepts are necessary: Tom Ridge: gotta love VoIP, but intercepts are necessarySome leading VoIP providers work with law enforcement alreadyGreat article. Readers interested in how VoIP providers are already making strides in helping FBI/law enforcement should also check out RNKVoIP CEO Richard Koch's column 'Criminal Activity Through VoIP: Addressing the Misuse of your...; Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, VoIP company, Tom Ridge; Discussion threads 2006-01-27
More proof VoIP marketing is confusing consumers: All of this "VoIP marketing is confusing consumers. I have some just-released data to back this up. According to VoIPAction's print of the top search terms in September's traffic on Yahoo! Search Services, The Top 10 searched-for keywords in Yahoo!'s September search traffic were: VoIP 1,407,465 IP...; Tags: VoIP; Blog posts 2005-12-06
Net phone operators reach E911 deadline: Net phone operators reach E911 deadlineFCC a bunch of idiots, once againThis E911 red herring is pointless and stupid regulation. For instance, I moved from California to Canada a couple months ago. I kept my Vonage VOIP line so that I can have a US phone number. ...; Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telecom & Utilities, Internet phone, VoIP, E911, phone, VoIP company; Discussion threads 2005-11-29
This technology could arm Jihad against VoIP customer choice: Writing on PCWorld.com, senior editor Eric Dahl mentions a technology that frankly, should scare every one of you. Except those of you who have stocks like Comcast or SBC in your portfolio. Offered by Mountain View, Cal.-based IP platform developer Narus, it is a type of solution that...; Tags: VoIP; Blog posts 2005-11-29
Here's the *real* strategy behind big cable's alliance with SprintNextel: Today's Wall Street Journal (content behind firewall-sorry) updates previous reports that Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Cox Communications are about to sign a deal with SprintNextel to sell cellular service over their network.This might work via improved handsets that offer signal and sound quality comparable to landline phones. Presumably, then,...; Tags: VoIP company, cable, VoIP; Blog posts 2005-11-02
SBC chief: Vonage, other VoIP providers should pay to use our pipes: SBC chief: Vonage, other VoIP providers should pay to use our pipesDouble dippingSo SBC wants to charge its customers for a broadband connection, and then charge them again for using it? What century does this guy think his company is operating in?CEO Ed Whitacre is a scared little executive..Mr. Whitacre...; Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Broadband Internet, Vonage Holdings Corp., Level 3 Communications Inc., SBC, VoIP company, VoIP; Discussion threads 2005-10-31
Attention VoIP Suppliers and Enterprise ISPs: talk to your potential customers, not just to each other: I'm more convinced than ever that VoIP would have a faster uptake in the Small to Medium Business segment if more VoIP service providers and equipment vendors spoke directly to end users. The problem is that too many of them speak almost exclusively to alliance partners and system integrator channels,...; Tags: VoIP, small and medium business, VoIP company; Blog posts 2005-09-26
My wonk-English translation: What the telecommunications reform bill draft really says: I've been carefully reading the just-released Draft of a telecommunications reform bill just issued by the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee.Interesting reading for policy wonks, but necessary reading for all VoIP providers and users.I say this because if enacted in anything resembling its current form, this bill...; Tags: VoIP company, VoIP; Blog posts 2005-09-15
Here's what I think about Von Coalition's request for 90-day E911 acknowl. reprieve: The Von Coalition, a group of Internet phone service providers, has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to give VoIP companies an additional 90 days to seek acknowledgements from all subscribers that they acknowledge the current limitations of E911 over VoIP.Starting Tuesday of next week, VoIP providers are supposed to interrupt...; Tags: acknowledgement, VoIP, E911, VON Coalition; Blog posts 2005-08-26
The 5 *real* reasons why VoIP providers want E911 deadline extension: Colleague Declan McCullagh notes that yesterday, VoIP provider Nuvio asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to appeal an FCC rule that requires VoIP companies to provide E911 service to all their customers by November 28.Nuvio doesn't there's enough time for this capability to be...; Tags: E911; Blog posts 2005-08-16
Get ready for the E911 disconnects: The Federal Communications Commission has given most VoIP providers until August 29 to receive and document acknowledgement from all subscribers that they recognize the current limitations of E911 service.Those subscribers who fail to acknowledge they understand this current state of affairs may well be disconnected if they don't reply to...; Tags: VoIP company, VoIP, E911; Blog posts 2005-08-15
You haven't acknowledged VoIP E911 limitations? Get ready for pester-overdrive: If you are a VoIP subscriber, you better hope your VoIP provider keeps efficient enough records to separate those customers who have acknowledged the limitations of VoIP E911 from those who have not.Should your VoIP provider not have that data wall in place, get ready for a barrage of emails,voice...; Tags: VoIP company, VoIP; Blog posts 2005-07-27