Around the Blogosphere… the Hump Day Edition
Source: www.voip-news.com
Wednesday already and October is fast approaching. That’s the good news, because I absolutely adore Fall, and it is, hands down, my favorite season. That said, I don’t think Mother Nature has gotten the memo yet, because it is still H-O-T outside. Alright, enough about the weather and more on what you came here for - our mid-week VoIP blog roundup.
The story I covered earlier this morning on the news from Packet8 is busily circling the net, with guesses on who Packet8 is taking VoIP subscribers from. Here’s Rich Tehrani’s take on it. “The question is who is this provider who has 12,000 subscribers who is exiting the space? This news is not surprising however to those of you who read Russell Shaw’s take on Packet8 based on the conversation he had with 8×8 CEO Bryan Martin at ITEXPO. Here is a salient quote from this article:
Tom Keating from the VoIP & Gadgets Blog fills us in on the latest launch from Ixia. “Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA), a leading, global provider of IP performance test systems, has announced the IxLoad(TM) SIP solution, the first VoIP test platform to provide both functional and bulk VoIP testing. Ixia’s VoIP test solution provides an environment of real-world triple-play traffic that accurately models live network environments. Using Ixia’s test platform and the IxLoad SIP 3.40 solution, a single test chassis emulates millions of realistic call scenarios — surpassing the scale of most network appliances.”
Andy Abramson from the VoIP Watch dishes a little on two more perspectives on Vonage’s customer service, or lack thereof. “This morning I woke up and read how a CNET reporter had nothing but a less than exemplary experience with Vonage and switched to Skype. Yesterday one of my agency team members was pulling her hair out over the frustrations of trying to separate from the New Jersey phone company when she moved, with the experience taking three months and a bill in excess of $80.00 including the $39 dollar termination fee. It seems Vonage does everything they can to try to keep a customer before letting them go. Unfortunately much of this leads to only more confusion and frustration based on the emails I have been receiving the last few years.”
