Fios - $1,000 per household?

After it seems like an eternity of waiting, Verizon is finally starting the process to install Fios on my street.  They have most of my home town of Orchard Park, NY strung with fiberoptic cable from pole to pole, but... continue reading...

Broadband Internet for the masses

In reading this morning's paper, I saw an article about something that I have been preaching for the last few years: Broadband Internet Accessibility.  See: The Buffalo News: Buffalo News Editorials: Boost Internet access Those of us that live in... continue reading...

Land-ho!

Imagine if the US Government found an un-charted new island, just off the coast of Florida with plenty of ready-to-develop shovel-ready beach front property, and decided to parcel the island up and auction it off to the highest bidders.   Sound crazy?... continue reading...

What happened to Skype?

By now, everyone who cares has heard about the Skype outage (see: Skype Outage Article).  This is not another blog entry about reliability, peer-to-peer vs. centrally managed applications or about Skype's twisted use of other's PCs for their infrastructure.  Instead this... continue reading...

Interview on VoIP Blog - Tehrani.com

Last week, Rich Tehrani and I had an opportunity to compare notes on a few questions: You can see the full interview at: http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-tehrani/ip-communications/audiocodes-interview.html... continue reading...

Video Telephony or Video Services

This last week I've been doing some reading and discussing with others the role that video will play in our daily lives and communications needs.  Just as background, we have two Tivos at home and the Slingbox that Jeff gave... continue reading...