July 2004

SkypeOut and SIP? Yesterday Skype finally announced the carriers for the SkypeOut service.  iBasis, Teleglobe and two others.  No surprises there.  What was surprising was the quote: A Skype spokeswoman says Skype was approached by a number of network operators with a view to terminating its commercial traffic, “but only a few could meet our [...]

This Land via BitTorrent Randy sent along a link to This Land, a funny satirical schockwave movie from Atom Films.  He warned that it might take a long time to download, because it was so popular.  So, for your viewing pleasure, here is a BitTorrent link, for those with a BitTorrent client.  It took less than [...]

Check that address before hitting send A couple from Minneapolis decided to go to Florida for a long weekend to thaw out during one particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because they both had jobs they found it difficult co-ordinating their [...]

Vonage growth accelerates Vonage – does it again – 200,000 VOIP lines. This is quite interesting.  Last December, despite Vonage’s claims of 100,000 lines, I believed that they were at about 85,000.  I forecast that they would reach about 155,000 by end of June.  If they’re truly at 200,000 then growth is ramping very quickly, [...]