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Number Portability problems
I never thought that in 2006 I would have number portability problems. Hasn't number portability regulations evolved to the point where it is no longer an issue? Alas, I found out the hard way that number portability is still very...
Posted on September 5, 2006 2:02 PM
The VoIP Girl
I was checking out Technorati when I noticed a new VoIP blog called TheVoIPGirl.com linked to one of my posts. Curious about the domain name, considering there are plenty of gadget girl websites, I was intrigued to see what this...
Posted on September 5, 2006 10:02 AM
D-Link VWR Vonage device packs 4-in-1
Vonage and D-Link announced the availability of the VWR, a Wireless-B/G Broadband Router with 2 phone ports bundled with Vonage's service. The product leverages the Texas Instruments' TNETV1060 VoIP gateway chipset for QoS and good voice quality. The D-Link VWR...
Posted on August 23, 2006 7:27 AM
Pure VoIP vs. Telephone and Cable VoIP
VoIP.com wrote an interesting article put out as a press release on PRWeb.com. Titled "Pure VoIP Vs. Telecom VoIP: Guidance from VoIP.com", the article takes a position that pure VoIP players such as Vonage, Packet8, SunRocket, etc. are a better...
Posted on August 16, 2006 11:57 AM
Vonage to announce earnings
Vonage, who just recently became a publicly-traded corporation, will report its second quarter 2006 financial results in just 5 days -- on Tuesday, August 1. This will be the first IPO earnings call since the Vonage IPO performed poorly. My...
Posted on July 27, 2006 12:15 PM
Vonage spyware ads funds customer acquisition
Vonage customer acquisition relies heavily on spyware advertsing according to Ben Edelman. Considering Vonage's failed IPO and continued downward stock price, you'd think Vonage would be on the "up and up" - above all these sort of tactics. After all,...
Posted on July 18, 2006 1:25 PM
Skype cracked
VoIPWiki reports that Skype has been cracked. A Chinese company has successfully reverse engineered the Skype protocol. According to the blog post, the company's CEO stated their software will not support Skype’s supernode technology. What this essentially means is that...
Posted on July 14, 2006 11:22 AM
Vonage fights patent suit by buying patents
In a tit-for-tat battle, Vonage today announced that it has acquired ownership of three patents from Digital Packet Licensing Inc. that enable voice over internet protocol technology (VoIP). The three acquired patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 4,782,485, 5,018,136 and 5,444,707, are...
Posted on July 10, 2006 10:28 AM
Sandisk offers Skype on a USB stick
Just last week Vonage launched their "VoIP-on-a-stick" V-Phone (see review) and now it appears that Sandisk is going to all offer "VoIP-on-a-stick" by bundling the Skype application pre-loaded on the SanDisk Cruzer Micro and Cruzer Titanium lines of Skype-certified U3...
Posted on July 10, 2006 9:05 AM
Vonage V-Phone Review
Vonage sent me one of their Vonage V-Phone USB devices to review. As you probably recall, I wasn't very keen on the V-Phone, but I decided to go ahead and test the V-Phone anyway. The concept of the V-Phone...
Posted on July 5, 2006 11:43 AM
Vonage V-Phone ho-hum
Vonage announced their oft-rumored USB "VoIP-on-a-stick" product today. Nothing new here, Mplat has a similar product called Mplat FlashPhone F2K that I wrote about. Unlike the Vonage V-Phone which is limited to Vonage, the Mplat device not only comes standard...
Posted on June 28, 2006 12:18 PM
FCC approves new VoIP taxes
Well, we knew it was inevitable that the FCC would pass on USF (Universal Service Charges) taxes onto VoIP service providers and thereby unto VoIP subscribers. I griped about this pending tax just recently. Well, the FCC voted unanimously yesterday...
Posted on June 22, 2006 11:30 AM
Vonage begs customers to stay
Last week, Russell Shaw reported on how Vonage is essentially "begging" customers to stay by offering discounts (down to $19.99/month) to their monthly service. As a Vonage customer myself, still looking to dump Vonage in the next few weeks (See:...
Posted on June 19, 2006 11:39 AM
Verizon slaps Vonage with Lawsuit
Vonage said today that it has been served with a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Verizon. The lawsuit from Verizon Service Corp. and Verizon Laboratories Inc. alleges that Vonage infringed on seven patents related to VoIP technology. The timing of...
Posted on June 19, 2006 9:39 AM
Vonage IPO Lawsuit and my Lawsuit over my Cold Pizza
Sure, all the hubbub is over Vonage users suing Vonage over their failed IPO and refusing to pay for their Vonage shares, but I have my own pending lawsuit against Vonage - and it's over my cold pizza.Last night, I...
Posted on June 5, 2006 10:47 AM
Free Conferencing using Skype
Today, Skype and Vapps, a VoIP conference calling provider, will be announcing that they will be offering unlimited conference calls, with up to 500 participants, for free to Skype users. Launching on the Highspeedconferencing.com website, this announcement follows on the...
Posted on June 1, 2006 7:59 AM
Vonage IPO Results are In...
I won't call the Vonage IPO a miserable failure, but it certainly underwhelmed with a 12.65% drop from the target price of $17 and closing at just $14.85. Still, I'm sure Jeffrey Citron made millions. Good for him, bad for...
Posted on May 24, 2006 4:00 PM
Vonage IPO Failing - Trading $2 lower so far
The Vonage IPO is faltering, trading at $15.10 or $1.90 below the opening $17 price. This is a 11% price drop. I just did a Yahoo Quote lookup and pasted the chart to the right. Not looking good even though...
Posted on May 24, 2006 12:19 PM
Vonage IPO price set
Vonage has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 31,250,000 shares of common stock, which are being sold by Vonage at a price of $17.00 per share. Shares of Vonage common stock will trade on the e undeNew...
Posted on May 23, 2006 8:57 PM
Time to dump Vonage
I never thought I would say this, but "that's it, I've had it with Vonage!" Let me tell you about my woes with Vonage lately. First, let me say that my wife has periodically complained about Vonage having voice quality...
Posted on May 19, 2006 12:15 PM
Uniden UIP1869V Vonage phone review
Ratings Score Installation Documentation Features Usability Performance Overall Uniden UIP1869V Box shot Uniden Firewall Web interface Uniden came across my rant on my Vonage hang-up fast-busy problem and they noticed I was using a Uniden 5.8GHz TRU8885-2 phone system....
Posted on May 8, 2006 11:53 AM
Vonage adds France, Ireleand, Italy, Spain, and UK to unlimited plan
Vonage today announced that it has waived its international calling rates to land lines in France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom for subscribers signed up for the $24.99 per month Premium Unlimited Plan and the $49.99 per month...
Posted on May 2, 2006 12:26 PM
Men are from VoIP and Women are from PSTN
Men are from VoIP and Women are from PSTN - at least according to Preston Gralla over at Networking Pipeline who quotes a recent HarrisInteractive survey about VoIP awareness. (great metaphor Preston!)Preston writes that according to the survey, "Men are...
Posted on April 17, 2006 4:56 PM
Vonage Hangup problem and the Uniden 5.8GHz TRU8885-2 phone system
I splurged on a Uniden 5.8GHz TRU8885-2 phone system with digital answering machine, support up to 10 handsets, Caller ID, handset-to-handset calling, baby monitor feature, and more. "Splurged" probably isn't the appropriate word, since it was a $119 necessary purchase...
Posted on April 5, 2006 10:52 AM
Vonage reaches 70% E911 compliance
Vonage today announced that more than one million subscriber lines now have Enhanced 911 (E911) service, a feature that automatically associates a physical address with the calling party's telephone number. Recently, the FCC gave Vonage, and all Internet-based phone service...
Posted on March 30, 2006 10:45 AM
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