Comcast is about to place an absolute cap on Internet traffic for its customers.  Beginning October 1st, residential customers will be limited to 250 gigabytes, even on the unlimited internet plans.  Users will be warned once, if they go over the limit, but will be blocked from the network for an entire year if it [...]

My clients seem worried these days. New revenue is hard to come by and lots of companies are rushing to cut staff and other costs to make up for unhappy balance sheets. While that may be a natural knee-jerk reaction, hold the temptation until you have explored the not so obvious new territories which might just save your company and the jobs of your employees.

Last month about this time we started a poll to determine the general tone of our readers knowledge of Voice Over IP and SIP Trunking and whether or not your companies are using it.  While the number of votes was far too small to be considered statistical in any way (and we have a telecom [...]

The future of Telecommunications hinges on the impending presidential election.  The next four years will either promote a new age of Telecom competition and services via the Internet or possibly cement the current power players as the gatekeepers of a more closely controlled Internet and delay the conversion of services from the old copper phone [...]

Let’s start with the good.  The new iPhone 3G has been a smash success, selling to packed stores and long lines.  On top of that, the iTunes App store has sold over $30 million worth of iPhone applications in the first 30 days of sales.  To add to this frenzy, Best Buy stores will start selling iPhones [...]

Could Sprint be looking to sell its Nextel assets? In the world of telecom, it is all about subscribers – and how much revenue you can squeeze out of each of them.  Investors want growth.  But in the saturated mobile industry, carriers need to steal customers from their rivals to meet expectations.  At the moment, it [...]

As more businesses switch to SIP, the average cost to make a call is dropping as well. SIP to SIP calls are the wave of the future. Not only is SIP cheaper, but the new SIP enabled phone systems offer much more flexibility and robust features than ever before. It is possible for a small company to have all of the features of their multi-national rivals for little more than the cost of a desktop computer. And with the lowered telecom costs associated with SIP, you can pay off your equipment rapidly (especially if you make a lot of outbound calls).

AT&T is a force of nature, with local phone service in 22 states and the largest cellular phone network in the country.  But it is also a company saddled with old technology and infrastructure.  AT&T’s legacy copper phone lines are old, fragile, and in constant need of repair.  But with more people forgoing local phone [...]