Verizon Playing For Keeps

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

I grew up in Philadelphia and thought the idea of City Wide WiFi was brilliant. The city used to have the water works and at one point the Gas Works that led to the city’s growth and generated many jobs for people. The idea of city wide WiFi would have helped close the digital divide and brought broadband closer to many.

Verizon had much to lose. It’s a very interesting story that has not played out fully. Esme has great analysis on this one. I’m too emotionally tied to it as a former Philly boy who went west to seek fame, fortune and a different life than I had there for the first 30 years of my life. My mom’s still there and when I visit I spend time online with my Sprint card or going to Starbucks. I would have loved to have been able to access the net without Mom needing a cable modem or DSL, neither of which would she ever need or want…

Published on November 23rd, 2004 under

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Verizon Enhances UC&C

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comVerizon Business  has enhanced its unified communications and collaboration technology to provide enterprise customers with management of the Cisco Unified Communications System Releas…

Published on December 18th, 2008 under , ,

Verizon Enhances VoIP for Enterprise Customers

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Verizon is making some changes and enhancements to their global VoIP portfolio to appeal to more enterprise customers.
“Verizon Business continues to enhanc…

Published on December 6th, 2008 under , , , , ,

Friday Links: Verizon & VoIP

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comThe VoIP Weblog has the details on Verison’s enhancements to their VoIP portfolio.
Andy Abramson weighs in on Verizon’s VoIP moves too.
3CX has updated its application for Windows…

Published on December 6th, 2008 under , ,

Verizon Moving More Into VoIP

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

When you look at it on the surface, it may not look like much, but Verizon is making very serious plays in VoIP and doing it not only in market, but also out of market.
This to me is part of…

Published on December 4th, 2008 under , , ,

Nortel Using Verizon VoIP to Streamline

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Nortel is streamlining to keep costs down and productivity up.
The company is using Verizon IP Trunking service with Burstable Enterprise Shared Trunks to…

Published on December 3rd, 2008 under , , , , , ,

No More Pay As You Go Data for Verizon

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In a move that is counter to how the rest of the mobile world is moving with data plans, Verizon Wireless is going to be eliminating their Pay As You Go Data plans effective November 14, according…

Published on November 3rd, 2008 under , ,

Verizon Adds Static IP to Wireless Private Network

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comVerizon Wireless has added Static IP addressing to the Verizon Wireless Private Network. The enterprise solution allows for more secure communication. There is a one-time setup f…

Published on October 23rd, 2008 under , , , ,

Verizon Business Offers New Managed UC Solution

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comVerizon Business has released a new managed unified communications and collaboration solution via Cisco Unified Communications Manager 6.1. The managed platform allows workers to integrat…

Published on October 10th, 2008 under , , , , ,

Cox Didn’t Violate Verizon Patents

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comA Federal jury ruled today that Cox didn’t infringe on Verizon’s patents. Verizon had sued the competing company earlier this year, after winning a similar lawsuit against Vonag…

Published on October 7th, 2008 under , ,

Verizon Loses VoIP Patent Case, Did Vonage Screw Up?

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TechDirt’s Mike Masnick has a very to the point post about Verizon being beaten in court by Cox Communications. This reminds me of other cases where companies believe its better to sett…

Published on October 7th, 2008 under , , , , , , , ,

Verizon Adds IP Termination Service

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comVerizon Business now has an Internet protocol termination service. It’s available now on a limited basis.
According to Verizon:
The move to offer an IP-based toll-free termination…

Published on October 6th, 2008 under , , , ,

BYOD Please, Says Verizon Wireless

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I expect that the move by Verizon Wireless to allow people to go month to month without a contract and bring their own devices to their network will cause a similar reaction with other mob…

Published on September 22nd, 2008 under ,

Verizon Business Wins VoIP Award

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Score one for Verizon Business.
The division of Verizon has been awarded the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Line Strategy. It won for its role in developing and delivering…

Published on July 31st, 2008 under , , , ,

Verizon Wins Award for IP Trunking

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The Verizon Burstable Enterprise Shared Trunks, an on-demand networking service from Verizon, has won an award from Technology Marketing Corporation’s Internet Telephony publication. The 2008…

Published on July 1st, 2008 under , , ,

Verizon Business IP Trunking Named 2007 Product of the Year

Source: www.voip-news.com

Verizon Business’ IP Trunking has been named a 2007 Product of the Year by TMC’s Communications Solutions. Trucks connect switching systems through communications lines. Verizon’s use SIP…

Published on June 19th, 2008 under , , , , , , , , ,

Denmark to Use Verizon Business for IP Solution

Source: www.voip-news.com

Verizon Business will be consolidating the global communications of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs onto one IP network. The fully-managed Verizon Private IP solution will provide t…

Published on June 3rd, 2008 under , , ,

Verizon Makes You Think It’s 1984

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I just read the latest post from Judi Sohn, who in another daypart is one of the folks at GigaOm’s Web Worker Daily as editor.

This post about Verizon DSL reminded me of a conversation I had…

Published on May 16th, 2008 under

Verizon’s Head Game

Source: www.voip-news.com

-news.comOh Verizon. Where is your head?
That’s all I could think when I was reading this column on The Consumerist.
Apparently, setting up a Verizon account — after a sales person mad…

Published on April 22nd, 2008 under

Mom Tells Verizon To Go Sit In The Corner

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Judi Sohn, whose matter of fact style keeps me reading her blog, just laid the smack down on Verizon, and for good reason.

Press releases sent out before the sales channel is ready is what you…

Published on March 13th, 2008 under

Verizon Provides Chevy Chase Bank With Advanced Voice And Data Solutions.

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BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - If helping people manage their money is at the heart of Chevy Chase Bank’s business, Verizon Business is providing a vital artery, enabling the Bethesda, Md.-based…

Published on March 12th, 2008 under
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