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The U.S. “Subsidy” Game is Up – The End of “Free” on the PSTN

The U.S. “Subsidy” Game is Up – The End of “Free” on the PSTN

By on April 13, 2011

Ever wonder how those “free” conferencing services work? Why did Magic Jack offer such a low price compared to legacy landline service providers? And why did this only work in the U.S.? Yet, how can Skype and other IP-based communications service providers continue to offer “free”? Seem like the U.S. had developed subsidy programs, of [...]

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eComm America 2010: Continuing the Learning Experience

By on April 20, 2010

This week I am attending the fourth Emerging Communications Conference, or eComm America 2010, with the byline “What’s Next in Telecom, Mobile and Internet Communications”. The first morning was probably one of the best overall sessions for providing an update of where several major players are taking their offerings and how they are contributing to [...]

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Is “Net Neutrality” Breaking Out in North America?

By on June 13, 2009

Ok, so the term “Net Neutrality” has different interpretations for different people. Convergence of voice, Internet and broadcast media has created an entirely new set of stakeholders with divergent issues: Users: they would like to exploit the Internet for all its various features: email, web browsing, viewing videos, exchanging text messages (think IM, not SMS), [...]

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