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AT&T CallVantage One Step Closer to Oblivion

As I predicted on July 3rd, AT&T would soon be dropping its CallVantage broadband VoIP service since they dropped their affiliate marketing channel.Well, today I learned that AT&T is no longer accepting ANY new orders from ANY source - affiliate... Full Story

Posted on August 15, 2008 3:34 PM

AT&T Dropping CallVantage?

Just got this email stating that as of July 7th, AT&T will no longer offer CallVantage through their affiliate channel. To me, this is "codeword" for "we're no longer promoting CallVantage and expect AT&T to end CallVantage entirely in the... Full Story

Posted on July 3, 2008 2:51 PM

AT&T CallVantage Major Outage...

I have received an unconfirmed report of a major outage for AT&T CallVantage, which is AT&T's VoIP broadband service. I was emailed the following: "At 2:00 pm the voice system is now stating that they have a major outage." Gee,... Full Story

Posted on March 20, 2008 4:10 PM

AT&T Finally Bundles VoIP & Wireless Cell Phone Service

According to USA Today, AT&T is promoting their CallVantage VoIP service by bundling their cellphone service along with AT&T CallVantage, a broadband VoIP landline replacement service. AT&T Wireless users can add CallVantage for $19.99 monthly, a $5 discount.   I've... Full Story

Posted on May 1, 2007 3:23 PM

Packet8 new features

Today Packet8 announced their rollout of some new features, as well as the Packet8 BPG510, a new terminal adapter with an integrated router. The new Packet8 features include::• Voicemail to Email Notification – Packet8 subscribers can now receive an email... Full Story

Posted on February 2, 2006 1:02 PM

FCC screws the VoIP industry AGAIN!

After the recent Senate action forcing the FCC to back down from cutting off access to VoIP subscribers, it appears the FCC has found a new hoop for the VoIP service providers to jump through, which I will explain in... Full Story

Posted on November 8, 2005 12:02 PM

ENUM ain't gonna happen

Mr. Blog had some interesting thoughts a couple of days ago.As we near the end of 2005, what is the status of ENUM? The original RFCs were published in 2000 I believe. Is there a single commercial VoIP provider... Full Story

Posted on September 30, 2005 9:51 AM

VoIP Rankings

Interesting VoIP report from Keynote Systems I thought I'd share. It states Vonage ranks first in reliability while AT&T CallVantage ranks #1 for best audio quality. Some other interesting insights as well - check it out...Today Keynote issued the results... Full Story

Posted on July 12, 2005 1:19 PM

AT&T CallVantage Adds more Advanced Features

AT&T today announced another round of new feature enhancements for AT&T CallVantage Service including the availability of "Simple Reach Number," a new capability that enables subscribers to have up to nine additional telephone numbers for their service in any available... Full Story

Posted on September 15, 2004 2:12 PM

AT&T David Dorman interview on VoIP and AT&T's plans

Andy Abramson's blog brought to my attention an interesting interview of AT&T's David Dorman where he discusses AT&T's future direction, including how VoIP will play in AT&T's plans. Overall, Dorman does a good job at deflecting some of the "rumors"... Full Story

Posted on August 30, 2004 4:40 PM

Death Knell for Vonage, Net2Phone, Packet8, Broadvoice, Lingo?

I was just reading this article: Net2Phone Out2Dry and it brings up some interesting points regarding the positioning of phone companies/Tier 1 carriers, cable companies, and the likes of Net2Phone, Vonage, Lingo, etc. It discusses how Sprint picked up a... Full Story

Posted on August 27, 2004 3:00 PM

AT&T Surrenders Residential Market? I don't think so!

This VoIP article titled "Competition: Gone Today, Here Tomorrow" just confirms what I blogged several days ago - that AT&T is not "surrendering" the residential market. In fact, it bears repeating a quote from my blog entry, AT&T The Sleeping... Full Story

Posted on August 26, 2004 12:50 PM

AT&T CallVantage partners with Amazon

Sheesh! I just blogged 10 minutes ago about how it seems everyone in the VoIP industry is making announcements about partnering and selling their products in retail stores and partnering with broadband router manufacturers. Well, before I could finish my... Full Story

Posted on August 25, 2004 10:44 AM

AT&T makes deal with the devil (cable companies)

I was reading on Cnet and several other news outlets that AT&T struck some deals with Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Cox Communications, and Charter Communications. But have they struck a deal with the devil? Will the cable companies turn on... Full Story

Posted on August 19, 2004 5:27 PM

AT&T CallVantage VoIP calls blocked

Some VoIP calls being blocked | CNET News.com Cnet.com has reported that some users are having issue receiving inbound calls. This has once again raised the issue of whether or not cable broadband companies are blocking VoIP calls. I discussed... Full Story

Posted on August 12, 2004 3:02 PM

AT&T the Sleeping Giant Awakens to blitzkrieg the VoIP market

So every industry pundit is claiming that AT&T has surrendered to the Baby Bells, but I know better. Here are some headlines: AT&T surrenders fight for home telephone services AT&T Gives Up on Consumer Market AT&T rings in a new... Full Story

Posted on August 10, 2004 11:46 AM