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OnSIP, the virtual PBX service that we use, has a web page that allows you to test your VoIP connection. It simulates a voice conservation to OnSIP’s remotes, measuring packet loss and jitter or variation in transit times. My performance … Continue reading →

Ars Technica, a favorite read of mine, answered a question yesterday from a reader seeking a VoIP solution for a remote office situation.  In the “Ask Ars” column, Jon Stokes provides a few cloud-based telephony providers that should be familiar … Continue reading →

Ubiquisys, a startup backed by Google, lays claim to “the words’ first attocell—a personal femtocell.” Femtocells are small cellular base stations that connect to the Internet on one side, and wirelessly link to a 3G cell phone on the other … Continue reading →

There is a provision in Apple’s agreement with AT&T that obligates Apple not to include functionality in any Apple phone that enables a customer to use AT&T’s cellular network service to originate or terminate a VoIP session without obtaining AT&T’s … Continue reading →

I was captivated by the CTIA’s comment  filed recently in response to the FCC Notice of Inquiry (or NOI) on Wireless Competition. In this factoid filled ex parte presentation, the wireless industry’s leading trade group was crowing about the robust … Continue reading →

Will Skype be assumed into Avayatel? Or will it stand on its own in the Silver Lake portfolio and transform into an IPO butterfly? Bloomberg.com writers Edward Robinson and Joseph Galente think the latter is more likely. They have a  … Continue reading →

Remember the iPhone? It’s like a smaller version of the iPad. Anyway, the tech press is all over the news that Apple unlocked VoIP calling within the iPhone SDK . The first app to take advantage is iCall (or maybe … Continue reading →

from David Pogue.  It sounds like he got it right:  it’s not an iPhone but more a “vessel”– I guess that means a portable platform– and really a “1.5 pound sack of potential.”