Vonage to Uncle Sam: Hands off VoIP

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Vonage to take VoIP on the road

Vonage to take VoIP on the road 01/04/2005 05:51 PM
ZDNet Jan 4 2005 7:13PM GMT

Vonage VoIP Stops Working

Vonage VoIP Stops Working 08/02/2004 03:18 PM
One of the few remaining hurdles for most users concerning any plan to ditch a traditional landline and go completely VoIP is the reliability of the service. If your power goes out: no VoIP. If your broadband connection goes down: no VoIP. Now, Vonage, the leader of the independent VoIP providers just convinced a bunch of people to hold off a little longer by having their own internal problems, so that many users couldn't make outgoing phone calls for an hour and a half this morning. There are plenty worse things in the world that could happen, but people are used to being able to pick up their phone and dial without having to worry about whether or not a dialtone exists. Update: Turns out Vonage wasn't the only VoIP provider having problems. Over in Hong Kong, two independent VoIP providers are accusing broadband provider PCCW of disrupting their VoIP connections on purpose -- to keep people using PCCW's landlines. It seems unlikely that the same thing happened with Vonage, but it does raise that issue of network neutrality again.

Leo's Tips: VoIP it up with Vonage

Leo's Tips: VoIP it up with Vonage 07/17/2004 07:29 PM
G4 Tech TV Jul 17 2004 11:10PM GMT

Vonage Says It's Ready for Fight Over
VoIP

Vonage Says It's Ready for Fight Over
VoIP 12/30/2004 04:55 PM
Internet News Dec 30 2004 8:02PM GMT

Vonage VOIP Phone to Run Over Wi-Fi
Networks

Vonage VOIP Phone to Run Over Wi-Fi
Networks 08/30/2004 06:31 AM
Small businesses mapping out WLAN strategies will soon have another alternative to consider.

Vonage Making VoIP For Dummies?

Vonage Making VoIP For Dummies? 01/09/2004 09:50 PM
For years, VoIP systems were slow to catch on for two very big reasons: (1) the quality really wasn't that great and (2) they were a pain to set up. The quality issue has pretty much gone away, and Vonage should get some credit for creating a popular solution that solves the second problem. Setting up a Vonage line is painfully easy, and makes many people think it's just an alternative phone line - rather than having them think about the fact that it's actually VoIP. Now, they're going one step further. They've teamed up with TI to build a single chip that will basically include Vonage's software features - making it much easier for companies to build hardware that will act as a Vonage phone. While, on the face of it, this may seem like a boring technology partnership, Om Malik points out that this is another step in the "Vonage Everywhere strategy, where they expand the possibilities of where and how you use the Vonage system. This is, indeed, big news. In fact, one of my issues with Vonage was that, in making it seem exactly like a standard phone system, they were actually losing some of the advantages that VoIP provided them. This partnership suggests that the "looks like a phone, acts like a phone" strategy got them out into the market, but they know they now need to take that and expand it beyond what traditional phones can do.

Vonage offers VoIP mobile phone

Vonage offers VoIP mobile phone 01/05/2005 01:12 AM
The Register Jan 5 2005 5:09AM GMT

Vonage VoIP hits RadioShack stores

Vonage VoIP hits RadioShack stores 05/13/2004 12:41 PM
The consumer electronics retailer is selling Net telephony packages in nearly 4,000 of its stores.

Vonage drops Cisco VoIP adapter

Vonage drops Cisco VoIP adapter 12/08/2003 06:04 PM
The broadband telephone service provider replaces Cisco Systems with Motorola as its exclusive telephone adapter supplier.

NYT Reviews VoIP: Vonage, Packet8,
VoicePulse

NYT Reviews VoIP: Vonage, Packet8,
VoicePulse 12/23/2003 07:16 AM

Vonage UTStarcom F1000 VoIP Phone

Vonage UTStarcom F1000 VoIP Phone 01/04/2005 01:43 PM

Vonage is dropping some killer gear on us today, with product announcements that include this new Wi-Fi Voice-Over-IP handset from UTStarcom that will let Vonage subscribers make calls anywhere they can log onto a Wi-Fi connection. With an 80-hour standby time and three to four hour talk time, the F1000 looks practical enough to use as your primary phone, not to mention extremely handy to have around as a secondary communications sidearm. Plus, you're sort of getting a Wi-Fi location device for free.

The UTStarcom F1000 is a standard SIP phone, as well, meaning it can be used with other Voice-Over-IP platforms besides Vonage.

Press Release [UTStar]

Vonage says Clearwire interfered with
VoIP calls

Vonage says Clearwire interfered with
VoIP calls 04/06/2005 05:53 PM
As competition heats up Net-phone providers and traditional telecoms, blocked calls are becoming common.

Vonage prepares for VoIP battle via
alliance

Vonage prepares for VoIP battle via
alliance 12/22/2003 04:10 PM
The VoIP provider strikes a deal with a consortium of independent telephone companies to help it bulk up its customer base before biggies AT&T and Time Warner Cable enter the fray.

VoIP provider Vonage suffers outage

VoIP provider Vonage suffers outage 08/02/2004 01:35 PM
Some customers can't place calls for about an hour, underscoring risk of switching from a landline phone network.

Vonage® VoIP Forum Adds Two XML RSS 2.0
News Feeds

Vonage® VoIP Forum Adds Two XML RSS 2.0
News Feeds 01/07/2005 04:14 AM
The Vonage® VoIP Forum - The only online forum solely dedicated to news, reviews, faq’s and discussion about Vonage® - The Broadband Phone Company®. [PRWEB Jan 7, 2005]

Vonage® VoIP Forum Exceeds 10,000
Registered Members

Vonage® VoIP Forum Exceeds 10,000
Registered Members 04/19/2005 02:36 AM
The Vonage® VoIP Forum - The only online forum solely dedicated to news, reviews, FAQ's and discussion about Vonage® - The Broadband Phone Company® has exceeded 10,000 registered members. [PRWEB Apr 19, 2005]

Vonage previews wireless VoIP phone,
service

Vonage previews wireless VoIP phone,
service 01/04/2005 08:58 AM

'Taxocrats': Hands off VoIP!

'Taxocrats': Hands off VoIP! 12/08/2003 10:31 AM
ZDNet Dec 8 2003 9:14AM ET

Appeals court tells state to keep hands
off VoIP

Appeals court tells state to keep hands
off VoIP 12/30/2004 04:25 AM
The Register Dec 30 2004 8:11AM GMT

Appeals court tells state to keep hands
of VoIP

Appeals court tells state to keep hands
of VoIP 12/29/2004 06:39 PM
Vonage victorious in Minnesota

CyberTuesday Final: Vonage Launches
Canadian VoIP Service; Google Gambit:
Stop Limiting Trademark Sales; Ex-B-

CyberTuesday Final: Vonage Launches
Canadian VoIP Service; Google Gambit:
Stop Limiting Trademark Sales; Ex-B- 04/13/2004 09:02 PM
AVN Online Apr 14 2004 0:43AM GMT

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage and more
Vonage

Broadband Surf Report: Vonage and more
Vonage 03/30/2005 04:55 PM
Blog: Our daily look at telecom news around the Web: Vonage defends manually activated 911 calling--eWeek ...

Texas Vonage suit: here's what Vonage is
'guilty' of

Texas Vonage suit: here's what Vonage is
'guilty' of 03/23/2005 02:29 AM
ZDNet Mar 23 2005 6:18AM GMT

INGATE® DELIVERS THE SKINNY ON VOIP AT
ABP’S “VOIP SIZZLES!” EVENT IN
DALLASEvent Educates Resellers on
Turning Today’s Heightened VoIP Interest
into Sales

INGATE® DELIVERS THE SKINNY ON VOIP AT
ABP’S “VOIP SIZZLES!” EVENT IN
DALLASEvent Educates Resellers on
Turning Today’s Heightened VoIP Interest
into Sales 07/10/2004 03:16 AM
Ingate® Systems (www.ingate.com), which produces and sells the world’s only fully Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-capable enterprise firewalls, will be participating in “VoIP Sizzles,” held in Dallas from July 22-23, 2004. Hosted by ABP Technology, this event for resellers will focus on the specific opportunities and challenges for traditional data VARs and telecom dealers who are moving into the Voice over IP (VoIP) market. [PRWEB Jul 10, 2004]

No More Free FTP for Uncle Sam

No More Free FTP for Uncle Sam 09/05/2004 09:42 AM

Ipswitch yanks free FTP software from government market: I've used WS_FTP faithfully for years. At work, I've paid for the professional version (v9 is just out and it's quite good — they finally updated their sorry user interface), but at home I use the Limited Edition that they're talking about here.

Ipswitch has pulled WS_FTP Limited Edition, its free FTP software, from the government market.

Agencies no longer have the license to use the free utility program or the right to distribute it, according to company officials.[...]

Shawn McCarthy, program manager in government and education at IDC, said that although the free utility has long been popular, "the need for increased security — including secure connectivity, encryption for greater file security and key matching technology — is now driving government users in a new direction."

Nothing in this article says it's not still free for personal use.

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Uncle Sam Wants Your Gains

Uncle Sam Wants Your Gains 12/24/2004 12:14 PM
The government wants a chunk of all your gains -- almost.

IT professionals: Uncle Sam wants you!

IT professionals: Uncle Sam wants you! 06/15/2002 12:22 AM
CNET Jun 14 2002 11:13PM ET

Bob's your uncle!

Bob's your uncle! 03/13/2003 10:23 AM
OUP has recently published Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of Transatlantic English which is a must-have...

Uncle Sam Wants Your Airwaves

Uncle Sam Wants Your Airwaves 09/22/2004 06:17 AM
Lawmakers believe the analog TV spectrum can be put to much better use and can generate billions in auctions to telecom companies. So Congress is considering paying Americans to ditch over-the-air analog TV and switch to digital. Michael Grebb reports from Washington.

Let Uncle Sam Fund Your IRA

Let Uncle Sam Fund Your IRA 03/08/2004 11:28 PM
Before you spend that tax refund, consider yourself first -- your retired self, that is.

Uncle Sam fingerprints visitors

Uncle Sam fingerprints visitors 01/05/2004 08:39 AM
Visa-exempts exempted (for now)

Uncle Sam Through Saudi Eyes

Uncle Sam Through Saudi Eyes 03/15/2003 05:14 PM
Colin Powell and the Marketing of Uncle Sam is an idiosyncratic rant by Afnan Fatani, professor of stylistics at King Abdul Aziz University, in the English-language Saudi journal Arab News, arguing the sinister implications of Colin Powell's employment of advertising experts to put the American message to the world. Starting with Nelson Mandela's recent comments, among them that the U.S. is disregarding the U.N. because its leader, Kofi Annan, is black, Prof. Fatani achieves some rhetorical fireworks from the observation that "Uncle Ben is not Uncle Sam."

During the days of slavery in America, white men discovered the powerful singing voices of their black slaves. Today, judging from the sleek performance of Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, American leaders have apparently discovered and successfully utilized the articulate skills of their black citizens. Too bad the message these black politicians are promoting is Zionist war and destruction, and not Christian peace and goodwill. Too bad that Powell and the Bush administration have between them tainted the white wholesome goodness of Uncle Ben’s Rice.

According to a December 2002 story in Salon, Powell had sa id, upon hiring ad mogul Charlotte Beers at State, "Hey, she got me to buy Uncle Ben's rice." Interestingly, Richard Lyons posted an op-ed based on a very similar conceit in February 2002 — though without the bizarre racial overtones. Didn't German soldiers taunt black GIs with the fact of their second-class citizenship during WWII? Stylistic it is, a mishmash of apocalyptic scriptural interpretation and Internet antiwar rhetoric. Fellow Netizens, I give you our Saudi allies on this, 12 Muharram 1424, the eve of war.

Swedish 3G Carriers Cry Uncle

Swedish 3G Carriers Cry Uncle 06/29/2004 12:32 PM
The Feature Jun 29 2004 4:33PM GMT

Internet unites boy with uncle

Internet unites boy with uncle 12/28/2004 09:29 PM
globetechnology.com Dec 29 2004 1:03AM GMT

Uncle Sam's Stingy With IT

Uncle Sam's Stingy With IT 07/16/2004 11:48 AM
Datamonitor predicts that federal IT spending will slow, but it may not be that big of a deal.

Uncle Sam reinstates big brother

Uncle Sam reinstates big brother 02/10/2003 10:15 PM
The FBI and state police would be able to eavesdrop on what Web sites you visit, what you search for with Google and with whom you chat through email and ...

Will Uncle Sam Like The Taste Of Apple?

Will Uncle Sam Like The Taste Of Apple? 08/03/2004 12:08 AM
Uncle Sam's coffers, which have long remained elusvie for Apple, are finally opening up. As the federal technology budget ballooned, Apple's market share in computers sold to the government rose from 1.6% in the first quarter of 2003 to 2% in the same period this year. Today, Apple is the government's No. 6 computer supplier -- and climbing. By Olga Kharif, BusinessWeek (via MyAppleMenu)

Uncle Sam Wants Your Gains (The Motley
Fool)

Uncle Sam Wants Your Gains (The Motley
Fool) 12/24/2004 12:23 PM
The Motley Fool - How much are you allowed to gain from the sale of stock before you must pay capital gains tax on it? Uncle Sam's hand is out as soon as you make your first dollar. However, you can offset some of the gain with any losses from sales of stock. So if you've made a bundle on Dell (Nasdaq: DELL - News) and have lost a bundle on Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW - News), you can eke out a bit of a benefit from the loss.

Features: Uncle Sam's Semantic Web

Features: Uncle Sam's Semantic Web 09/15/2004 07:42 PM
Paul Ford comes to Washington, D.C., to report on the Semantic eGov conference, where he discovers that Uncle Sam has plans for the Semantic Web.
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