More than 10.6 million US households now have at least one active VoIP user, according to In-Stat.
Cable companies are driving a lot of this growth, at the expense of most client-based VoIP firms with the notable exception of Skype.
Most VoIP displaces traditional switched-network service. More than 61% of active residential VoIP users said that they […]

In what is either a brilliant move or an idiotic one, the Best Buy consumer electronics chain store organization has purchased Speakeasy, a VoIP provider, for US$97M. [via Mashable] Speakeasy is a large independent who has partnered with various companies in the past to increase VoIP sales.
This could be an interesting new development that other […]

Before rolling out voice over IP in a business, it pays to tap into the lessons others have learned. Anybody working on a VoIP project should stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before to avoid their mistakes and glean tips that can make their own deployments go more smoothly.
In the interest of […]

Microsoft last week unveiled a VoIP-enabled phone system software platform based on Windows XP Embedded. “Response Point,” currently in beta, supports both IP- and traditional analog-based telephony, targets small businesses, and is expected ship this year in production devices from three vendors.
Phone systems based on Response Point technology will include a base unit (such as […]

Joe Nordgaard, managing director of telecom consultancy Spectral Advantage, points to a recent rollout of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev A in the Czech Republic and other deployments of Rev A as evidence that wireless technology is close to being able to adequately handle Voice over Internet Protocol technology, which needs broadband connections to operate efficiently.
Citing […]

Two years ago, Barry Goldstein found himself at the foot of a path he could not refuse to take. It was time for Goldstein, the president and CEO of CT Networks, a Hauppauge, N.Y., solution provider, to move into the VoIP market.
The 23-year-old company had its roots in traditional telephony, but Goldstein began to see […]

Despite the difficulties faced by Vonage, the future for VoIP — Voice over Internet Protocol — remains attractive to growth-oriented advisors. Jim Oberweis Jr. notes, “VoIP is finally gaining traction — and people are now getting rid of their phone lines in droves, as the quality of VoIP has dramatically improved.”
Indeed, the money manager and […]