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Ooma, the sort-of-VoIP start-up that allows users to make FREE phone calls has released what I consider to be one of the worse representations of a product I have EVER seen. First pointed out to me by Valleywag, the Ooma commercial below is just another example of the gimmicky nature that is mis-shaping the industry in the eyes of the mainstream. Talk about getting PUNK’D!
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Where is the VoIP industry going?
Of late, it is the question I field most often.
I am not sure if it is because as the market mature, seeing what’s next is increasingly important, or if it…
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I’m now back in the saddle (so to speak) after a less than pleasant red-eye home from the VON show and I realized that I didn’t get the chance to meet with any of the folks that I actually…
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After walking the floor at VON I am left with one thought:
VoIP keeps getting easier and easier for the end user.
phone systems, network management software, bandwidth, business voice lines…a…
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For those of you who are regular followers, you might have noticed that I have not been posting much of late and that when I do it is usually thoughts about events that happened days or weeks…
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Even though they always seem to be nipping at one another’s heels, at a recent FreePBX.org open source telephony training session, representatives from Digium, Sangoma and Rhino Equipment put…
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What a difference a year makes.
Last year at this time of the year, I was lucky to see one or two 200+ seat phone system deals a month come across my desk. Now they are flowing in once or twic…
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There is quite the discussion arising over Andy Abramson’s comments on a Ribbit Vs Lypp API comparison post that was authored by Erik Lagerway, Lypp’s CEO and Founder.
Let me preface my thoughts…
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Why do service providers and the industry at large insist on calling a phone line delivered over an IP network a “SIP Trunk”?
Customers do not want SIP trunks, they want business phone lines…
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I know that Buffalo is not exactly the epic center for technology, but while walking through the Atlanta airport yesterday, I saw something that I had never seen before: an iPod vending machin…
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Russell Shaw asked, in a post tonight, why has Vonage stopped selling WiFi Phones.
Russell, I have the answer:
They suck.
It is not really the WiFi phone, or the manufacturers behind them, it…
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Well, maybe it is not completely dead, but it is dying.
For decades, the phone call has been the ideal way to keep in touch with family, friends and business associates. It was ideal becaus…
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I do not really get a lot of sleep.
Most nights, I am lucky if I get six hours. So, imagine the cob webs I have this morning after being awoken this morning at about 4:30am (two hours after I…
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One of the interesting thoughts that pal Ken Camp came up with last year was that of VoIP as plumbing. That is VoIP is merely a delivery system for applications (albeit an important piece of…
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I should probably be ashamed to admit this, but for the longest time I thought of and wanted VoIP to merely be a low cost replacement to traditional VoIP.
As sales professional I found that when…
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I recently posed a question to a wide range of colleagues, most of whom work work within the telephony industry. I asked…”What are your thoughts regarding the industry impact of Microsoft…
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Does Vonage Really Love You, The Customer?
A few weeks ago I wrote about a post entitled, “We All Owe Vonage a Thanks“. In it I praised the batter pure-play for all that they hav…
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IP Phone System Consolidation Continues
Right down the road from VoIP Supply, news broke last week that CLEC Paetec has purchased IP PBX provider Allworx. According to the release, Paetec picked…
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I have been thinking a lot lately about the torch that Vonage carried for the VoIP industry and how much of what they did that has landed them in so much financial trouble (marketing and advertising)…
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Ooma Won’t Win Many Over With Commercials Like This
Ooma, the sort-of-VoIP start-up that allows users to make FREE phone calls has released what I consider to be one of the worse representations…
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Packet 8 CEO Alluded’s To More Industry Doom and Gloom
With VoIP subscriber growth set to slow over the next four years and the recent exposure of the weakness of the pure-play business mod…
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