I run the Linux version of Skype. I constantly annoy my Windows-based Skype brethren, by commenting on which codec any given call is using, how much packet loss we are seeing, what the current jitter is, and even telling them what kind of firewall/proxy they have.
You see, the Linux version of the Skype client […]
After a couple months of part-time tinkering, I have finally switched the foundation of my personal communication strategy over to VoIP, SIP, and Asterisk; away from relying on mobile carriers. With this new system, I am retiring my old Verizon 978-505-1789 number: send me an email if I overlooked you in my […]
I was here in Stockholm 4 years ago for VoN Europe 2000, and I have to say it was fairly weak. This year, the attendance is huge, and even better, I am really impressed with the quality of thinking & the presentations from the [mainly European] speakers. Europe gets VoIP in a big way, and […]
Niklas Zennstrom spoke to a standing room only crowd today, in perhaps the best attended session of the morning. He used a powerpoint largely unchanged from that given in Toronto a month ago at VoN Canada. I had this presentation on my laptop, so I pulled it out and compared. Some minor updates – number […]
The guys at Pulver were able to arrange free wifi with The Cloud, a European ISP that has unwired all public train stations in Stockholm and who knows where else.
To test it out, I just arrived in Stockholm at the central station, and before looking for my hotel I booted up. It works. So, […]
A few weeks ago I wrote Enough Sip / Skype Foolishness, which indexed a wider blog discussion about whether Skype was replacing SIP. This piece got a fair bit of attention after being picked up and linked by Jeff Pulver. Since then a number of people, including some of the net luminaries, have weighed in […]