A Polycom VSX 7000 camera used for videoconferencing (top) with 2 video conferencing screens for simultaneous broadcast from 2 separate locations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Image via CrunchBase Image via CrunchBase Image via CrunchBase Image via CrunchBase I went to bed last night in Paris after just reading Vidtel founder Scott Wharton's transparent post about the video conferencing industry. It's a must read, not only because Scott is a long time friend, and Vidtel is a client and a company which I'm an option-holder, but because it's just plain fact filled. Having been involved in video conferencing myself, since SightSpeed was... Read more »
Taking Aim and Telling the Truth
A Polycom VSX 7000 camera used for videoconferencing (top) with 2 video conferencing screens for simultaneous broadcast from 2 separate locations. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Image via CrunchBase Image via CrunchBase Image via CrunchBase Image via CrunchBase I went to bed last night in Paris after just reading Vidtel founder Scott Wharton's transparent post about the video conferencing industry. It's a must read, not only because Scott is a long time friend, and Vidtel is a client and a company which I'm an option-holder, but because it's just plain fact filled. Having been involved in video conferencing myself, since SightSpeed was... Read more »
Boingo Wants You To Connect Safer and More Often
AllThingsD is reporting that Boingo is adding two key elements to their software that lets users connect to WiFi hotspots that are part of their growing network and others which are not. VPN Crowdsourced hotspots Both elements are steps forward in the game to help people connect and get better access. The one fine line that Boingo has avoided though is certifying those crowdsourced hotspots. When I think about credit card skimmers at ATM machines, I think how easy it is to insert a watcher type progam inside a WiFi access point that's not part of a managed operation like... Read more »
Google Hangouts On Air Open Up
If you haven't been using Google Hangouts for free multiparty video conferences and presentations, your missing out. Long time friend Randy Resnick at VoIP User Conference has been bullish on them since the start and has begun blending the cutting edge free "on air" service into the communities weekly calls, as have many others. GigaOm, and others, are now reporting on the news. Related articles Finding Google Hangouts (philbradley.typepad.com) Bondi Rescue claims Google+ Hangouts 'world first' (mumbrella.com.au) Google+ hangout experiment - results (philbradley.typepad.com) Google+ for media : A quick video showing how TV news and media use Google+ hangouts to... Read more »
No Surprise-Comcast Topping Business VoIP Market-But Is All Business VoIP Created Equal
Comcast Center, the headquarters of Comcast - nearly completed, photographed 3/14/08 Español: Comcast Center, la sede del Comcast (Photo credit: Wikipedia) While many in the business of business telecom may be surprised to see Infonetics Research reporting that Comcast, along with Verizon, are topping the list of business VoIP deployments, I'm not at all. You see, back when Comcast purchased NGT, in what was really a mercy take over as Comcast already held a significant portion of the company, I felt that the Philadelphia based cable giant was positioning to be big in voice, including out of their own market,... Read more »
Ooma Reviewed
Pal Tom Keating over at TMC Net has written a review of the newer Ooma and gives it high marks. What I liked about the review was how Tom intelligently compared and contrasted the services to NetTalk and MagicJack, as well as Vonage. Related articles Get an Ooma Telo home phone system for $139.99 (news.cnet.com) Taking Google Voice to the extreme with Ooma (zdnet.com) Ooma's free VoIP calling system gets sexy new handset option, the HD2 (ces.cnet.com) Ooma Telo Phone Service $10/Month Deal + Long Term Review (mymoneyblog.com) Ooma Telo Sounds Like A Great Idea, But I Don't Know If... Read more »
Ooma Reviewed
Pal Tom Keating over at TMC Net has written a review of the newer Ooma and gives it high marks. What I liked about the review was how Tom intelligently compared and contrasted the services to NetTalk and MagicJack, as well as Vonage. Related articles Get an Ooma Telo home phone system for $139.99 (news.cnet.com) Taking Google Voice to the extreme with Ooma (zdnet.com) Ooma's free VoIP calling system gets sexy new handset option, the HD2 (ces.cnet.com) Ooma Telo Phone Service $10/Month Deal + Long Term Review (mymoneyblog.com) Ooma Telo Sounds Like A Great Idea, But I Don't Know If... Read more »
Breezing Through the Airport Lines
Image via CrunchBase Getting through airports lines has become a game with me. Each trip I think about how do I have to pack my bags to not fall into the "what's in your bag" secondary screening trap? I think consciously about which airports are okay with not removing both my Mac Book Air 11" and iPad from the same bag, and which aren't? Then there's the thinking that goes into what ticket to purchase based on time of day so it makes sense to fly in first class so you breeze through in the premiere traveler line (i.e. Business... Read more »
In France More and More Calls are Going FREE
I've long been a fan of the the FREE offering in France from Illiad, the disruptive telco. They were one of the first to offer blazing fast speeds, unlimited calling and all the TV channels you can watch with the deployment of the Freebox which is connected to DSL or Fiber networks across France. Recently they began to be the fourth mobile operator, but to carry calls and data, much of the traffic was roaming on the Orange network. Well not anymore, as Free is now using WiFi offload to connect their smartphone toating customers over to any Freebox in... Read more »
In France More and More Calls are Going FREE
I've long been a fan of the the FREE offering in France from Illiad, the disruptive telco. They were one of the first to offer blazing fast speeds, unlimited calling and all the TV channels you can watch with the deployment of the Freebox which is connected to DSL or Fiber networks across France. Recently they began to be the fourth mobile operator, but to carry calls and data, much of the traffic was roaming on the Orange network. Well not anymore, as Free is now using WiFi offload to connect their smartphone toating customers over to any Freebox in... Read more »
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