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Ring Voltage, REN, VoIP and a Bolt of Blue

In 1999, I wrote a humorous article for CTI Magazine, the precursor to Internet Telephony Magazine, about my adventures with a power outage at TMC that took out our Dialogic MSI analog cards in our PC-PBX. The MSI cards are... Full Story

Posted on April 24, 2008 12:03 PM

Court declares VoIP is exempt from service fees

ars technica has a great article on how Vonage won its fight with the state of Nebraska over service fees. Nebraska wanted Vonage to "chip in" by paying into the state's Universal Service Fund (USF), a fund designed to offset... Full Story

Posted on March 27, 2008 11:47 AM

VoIP Pioneer Slams Sprint

One of the unsung pioneers in the VoIP industry is Rich Tehrani. Rich started Internet Telephony Magazine in 1997, the first magazine to exclusively cover VoIP. Before Internet Telephony, Rich also launched CTI Magazine in 1994, a magazine focused on... Full Story

Posted on January 25, 2008 11:09 AM

Number Portability Redux

Back in 2006, I griped about my number portability problems. In that post, I wrote: 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... Full Story

Posted on January 21, 2008 12:47 PM

Vonage Blocking Ex-customer's Phone Number

Add this to the list of number portability problems. I received a tip that Vonage is blocking access to a phone number formerly maintained by Vonage. A disgruntled ex-Vonage customer emailed me to explain his dilemma. The ex-Vonage customer's number... Full Story

Posted on January 14, 2008 3:52 PM

Cool Phones for FiOS, Uverse and other VoIP providers

Home phone systems haven't kept up with the latest innovations in mobile handsets, such as Internet access, streaming video, camera, etc. Considering many people are now choosing VoIP providers such as Vonage, Packet8, Skype, etc. which already sit on the... Full Story

Posted on January 9, 2008 10:42 AM

Vonage Outage

Pal Dan Conner & big Vonage aficionado, who runs the Vonage Forums tipped me off to a major Vonage outage. Boy, Skype outages recently and now this. Hope this is just a minor outage. VoIP doesn't need a black eye... Full Story

Posted on December 15, 2007 5:21 PM

Viseon, Vonage Video Phone Manufacturer, Bites the Dust

Viseon Media, a video phone manufacturer, has apparently bitten the dust. Vonage was supposed to offer Viseon's VisiFone (image right) to their subscribers to compete with Packet8 which was first to market with a VoIP videophone. Obviously, Vonage decided to... Full Story

Posted on November 14, 2007 3:28 PM

Propel PBM improves QoS for VoIP, Skype, Online Gaming and more

Propel Software Corporation today debuted Propel PBM, a "personal QoS software" at DEMOfall 07. The Propel PBM (Personal Bandwidth Manager) application provides personal bandwidth management on your PC by automatically optimizing and prioritizing network access for time-sensitive applications. By prioritizing... Full Story

Posted on October 24, 2007 1:54 PM

Minimizing network load when routing to Ported Mobile Phone Numbers

Tyntec launched their new Voice Network Query service that enables major carriers to route voice calls to mobile phones directly to destination operator, minimizing network load. Now that regulations force the carriers to allow customers to port their mobile phone... Full Story

Posted on October 17, 2007 10:12 AM

Vonage Wins Verizon Appeal

Hey, finally some good news for Vonage! According to Fierce VoIP, "A federal appeals court has vacated the $58 million in damages awarded to Verizon by a lower court that found Vonage guilty of patent infringement." In addition, the $58... Full Story

Posted on September 27, 2007 10:44 AM

Another VoIP Provider Bites the Dust

Rich Tehrani has word that Packet8 is going to be picking up 12,000 VoIP subscribers from some unknown VoIP provider that is folding up shop over the next 3 months. Let the guessing game begin, who is it? Well, we... Full Story

Posted on September 26, 2007 9:36 AM

Vonage vs. Sprint - Court Decision Reached

According to Reuters, a U.S. federal court has reached a decision on Sprint Nextel Corp's patent infringement lawsuit against Vonage. A Vonage spokeswoman could not provide further details on the decision and a Sprint representative was not immediately available. Trading... Full Story

Posted on September 25, 2007 3:06 PM

SunrRocket sues Vonage over dirty tricks

SunRocket, the defunct VoIP service provider, is suing Vonage for playing dirty tricks by illegally obtaining SunRocket's customer list. Vonage wouldn't play dirty tricks, would they? Surely, Vonage wouldn't do stuff like I don't know - charge you a monthly... Full Story

Posted on August 24, 2007 9:14 AM

Interesting Vonage Customer Complaint

Frank Trama told me his horror story about how he tried to cancel Vonage and how Vonage continued to bill him even though Vonage no longer was in control of Frank's phone number. When I first signed up with Vonage... Full Story

Posted on August 22, 2007 4:13 PM

Vonage Visual Voicemail

Vonage added a couple more features to their Vonage Visual Voicemail service. If you recall, Vonage Visual Voicemail transcribes voicemails into e-mails, which in theory makes it easier to manage voicemail Today Vonage added two new features: voicemail transcripts can... Full Story

Posted on August 6, 2007 3:12 PM

SunRocket Saviors

A college friend of mine, Robert Traphan, was caught up in the SunRocket going down fiasco, so he was asking my advice as to a good replacement for SunRocket. He just received an email from SunRocket which explains different options... Full Story

Posted on July 20, 2007 11:05 AM

Ooma Free Phone Calls

Ooma, a new VoIP provider, hopes to bring voice calling everywhere closer to "free". In fact, Ooma offers 100% free domestic U.S. calling using your standard analog/cordless phone to any domestic destination. (They charge for international) I'm sure Vonage, Packet8,... Full Story

Posted on July 19, 2007 10:53 AM

SunRocket ceases, Vonage fights for the scraps

To no one's surprise, SunRocket has ceased operations. Vonage certainly didn't waste any time in putting on their vulture cap to pick at the carcass of SunRocket. While I think it is smart marketing for Vonage to go after SunRocket's... Full Story

Posted on July 17, 2007 9:16 AM

Vonage Explains $3.99/month retention plan

It's only fair that I include Vonage's public relations response to my Vonage post on Friday where I discussed Vonage's $3.99/month for 1-year retention plan. : Hope all is well. I saw your post on Friday about Vonage and just... Full Story

Posted on June 25, 2007 1:11 PM

Vonage offers $3.99/month to retain customers

Word is that Vonage is offering defecting customers $3.99/month for a year in order to retain them a Vonage customer. How can Vonage sustain profitability at $4 bucks per month? Anyone want to start the "Vonage files for bankruptcy clock"... Full Story

Posted on June 22, 2007 4:49 PM

Covad T1 Speed and Latency Test Plus Overview

As part of the Covad Blogger's program, Andy setup several industry bloggers with a Covad T1. Greg, Phoneboy, and Ken Camp, have all covered their experiences with using a Covad Internet T1 connection. On a related note, Rich Tehrani had... Full Story

Posted on June 20, 2007 11:02 AM

Packet8 Outlook Toolbar

Packet8 launched some new features today, including Virtual Office Outlook Integration. Virtual Office Outlook Integration lets you call your Microsoft Outlook contacts. The way it works is that when placing a call through Microsoft Outlook, Outlook contacts the Virtual Office... Full Story

Posted on June 5, 2007 10:16 AM

VONaLink DialBridge Cell Phone to VoIP Gateway Released

Arcosoft Inc., developer of VoIP call recording software, today announced the release of VONaLink DialBridge. . Services exist to enable someone to call a local gateway number, enter the destination number, and then be connected at cheaper rates than dialing... Full Story

Posted on May 29, 2007 9:11 AM

P2P or ENUM Saves Vonage?

We've been down this road before with claims of a Vonage workaround to get past the Verizon patent issue, only to have our hopes dashed. But now word comes today late yesterday from Bloomberg that Vonage has a patent workaround... Full Story

Posted on May 11, 2007 10:55 AM