Results tagged “Vonage” from Innovations

Airplanes Remain No-Call Zones

September 15, 2008 2:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Airlines have started providing Internet hookups on their flights, but at least one says that passengers won't be allowed to use voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) to make telephone calls over the connections. The New York Times says that service-provider Aircell and American Airlines block Skype, Vonage, and similar programs, because they worry the conversations will annoy other passengers. No airline so far plans to allow phone calls.

Web pick posted by Neil Savage, Xconomy.com

Tags: airlines, New York Times, Skype, VoIP, Vonage

Will VoIP Kill the Telephone?

June 26, 2008 5:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

The companies that offer phones calls using Voice-over-Internet Protocol, such as Skype and Vonage, currently piggyback on telephone networks when one of the parties to a call doesn't have a VoIP device, a strategy that brings the VoIP companies revenue. But an essay at GigaOm argues that this model won't last forever, as VoIP achieves greater penetration. In the long run, the writer argues, the telephone companies may go the way of the Dodo.

Web picks posted by Neil Savage, Xconomy.com

Tags: GigaOm, Skype, telephone, VoIP, Vonage