Russell Shaw had a chance to chat with a few employees at beleaguered VoIP provider Vonage while at CES. He walks away less skeptical than before after seeing some the new VPortal, Contact Book, and Call Blast features. Says Russell:
Rather than biting the bullet and trying to go the triple-play route as their broadband Internet service provider rivals are, Vonage is digging in, preferring to broaden their service set.
No doubt that triple play is a dead end. My prediction is that triple play will kill the LECs as well, as they distract themselves with television rather than expand their core services.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
