July 2004

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Have a Drink on Vonage

July 29, 2004

At the Democratic National Convention this week, Vonage in conjunction with the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S., threw a party at Anthem restaurant, luring politicians and others to learn about VoIP and why it shouldnt be regulated by the states but instead the federal government. (To find out more about this story see the July 27th WSJ story Vying for Attention). Vonage has been doing a great job fighting in the senate to keep our government from taxing VoIP like POTs lines. This is exactly what the industry as a whole needs to do and Vonage should be commended for their efforts. The government has taxed telecom to death via the Universal Service Fund and various other fees.

Vendors Invited to ICCM PARTY

July 26, 2004

If you are going to be in Chicago during ICCM Please come to our party and make sure to RSVP!!! See you there. Sincerely,
Rich

Vendors Invited to ICCM PARTY

July 26, 2004

If you are going to be in Chicago during ICCM Please come to our party and make sure to RSVP!!! See you there. Sincerely,
Rich

Latest News on VoIP and Speech Rec

July 26, 2004

There was a good article in the New York Times about IP Telephony this weekend that you might want to read: Web Phone Service May Have IT All, Except Many Users (registration required). Another article in todays Wall Street Journal (if you can link to their articles I dont know how) titled 1-800-USELESS that has an interesting statistic on speech recognition. Verizon recently replaced a touch-tone system that enable 6% of their callers to meet their needs with a speech-based system that allowed that figure to increase to 20% The mainstream acceptance of speech technology seems to coincide nicely with the launch of TMCs Speech-World Event to be held later this year. 2005 will likely be the year of speech. Come to the show to find out more.

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Gmail Improves

July 20, 2004

Gmail has only been around for a few months and already its improving. Recent features include the ability to import contacts from Outlook and Yahoo! as well as the ability to add an autosignature. Finally there is support for the Safari browser that runs on the Macs OS X. In a recent article about Gmail, I put my Gmail address on the internet to see how good Gmails spam filters are. That was on June 1st.

I received this excellent e-mail today regarding VoIP regulation.

July 17, 2004

It was too good not to post. Re: VoIP Regulation is NOT a Deal-Breaker for VoIP Adoption By Rich Tehrani, Group Editor-in-Chief, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. Dear Mr. Tehrani: I couldn't help but call my high school son and daughter to show them this shameless propaganda for your advertisers. Your assertion that we, the end users, should focus mostly on features and capabilities rather than cost does a huge disservice to even your primary audience (the telecom vendor community). Do you not realize that regulatory red tape and parasitic fees/ taxes limit the entire market? One glance at DSL in the US vs. elsewhere in the world should convince you.

Communications and Technology Blog - Tehrani.com

July 2004

Have a Drink on Vonage

Vendors Invited to ICCM PARTY

Vendors Invited to ICCM PARTY

Latest News on VoIP and Speech Rec

Gmail Improves

I received this excellent e-mail today regarding VoIP regulation.

I received this excellent e-mail today regarding VoIP regulation.

Very Foolish Move Intel

I just received this letter