VoIP You

• [Daily Post from my people ] Must-Have VoIP Feature of the Week

"Using its voice recognition technology, my people gives you access to your favorite content.  For example, just pick up the phone and say “weather” or “horoscope” and my people will promptly deliver your goods."

• The Jeff Pulver Blog: A Concept Misunderstood by Wall Street: "Voice" and "TV" as an Application

"In 2006, "Voice" is still an application, although some regulators think otherwise. The promise of "voice" as an application knows no boundaries. But boundaries are well defined if voice is treated as a regulated 'service.'"

• Susan Crawford blog: USTR and broadband policy

"Is it possible that the U.S. could be violating its World Trade Organization commitments (under the WTO Basic Telecommunications Agreement) by supporting the efforts of AT&T and Verizon to bar new entrants from providing broadband access services using their networks?"

• Techdirt: VoIP Is About More Than Replacing The Phone

"For way too long, most of the attention on VoIP has focused on how it's a cheaper telephone replacement option -- which a few people have pointed out is the wrong lesson to take from VoIP."

• Voice of VOIPSA: Shall we play a game?

In the same way that web services have been built in to a variety of devices and applications, so too are similar integrations blurring the lines of VoIP. A couple of other examples besides gaming consoles that come to mind include Instant Messaging clients and Click-to-Call web applications."

• TeleGeography: Filipino authorities approve VoIP bill

"The Philippines’ House of Representatives has ratified a bill designed to deregulate voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) telephony."