Comments on: Like Yahoo, SIPphone offers Penny A Minute Calling

By: k5lgd

k5lgd — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:08:30 +0000

I’m trying Magic-jack and so far it is great.After the purch of the plug in unit in the usb port,it was easy to do to make it work.The cost for the next year is only 19.95 a year.. I think it will go over big compared to the others i looked at.

By: Asterisk India

Asterisk India — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:43:02 +0000

This is kind turning like a hot war.

Any ways I dont see any innovative product that has come after Windows 3.1 from Microsoft :) Microsoft Earth comes in as latest copy. I think its big time Microsoft should look at innovating rather then copying other great ideas.

By: VisionWorks

VisionWorks — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:00:21 +0000

I think that these players are all going to use the loss leader play. Then come back to the user base with an ala carte menu of add in’s that will add incremental costs per transaction. Also, about the flip, remember that every good plan includes an exit strategy.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:11:40 +0000

moshe

i agree.. and its not just him. everyone want's to do this and basically loose money. get the subscribers and flip the sucker like skype mentality?

By: Bonfire of the Portals! Yahoo fires the first shot in the VoIM price wars. -- Alec Saunders .LOG

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:26:48 +0000

[...] The much predicted voice price wars are finally under way, thanks to Yahoo!, and SipPhone. Not a moment too soon! When the giants are done duking it out over commodity minutes, real value can emerge in the form of new services, and new applications for communications networks. [...]

By: Moshe Maeir

Moshe Maeir — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:37:37 +0000

Michael Robertson is a smart guy, but it beats me how he can make money on a penny a minute… termination costs aren’t much less. and that is before operating expenses etc. Are they rounding the minutes, or do they have some kind of trick that no one else has figured out??

By: mathman

mathman — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:13:58 +0000

price: land lines are 24/7/365. for 1 cent/minute, i will pay $5256/year with SIPhone, if i talk and talk.

By: Price War are Heating Up - PC to Phone: 1 Cent per Minute · 3G. IP-Communication Solutions

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 03:16:37 +0000

[...] Also Om Malik and Jeff Pulver have the insight on the issue. Technorati Tags: Broadband IP Communication SIP Skype voip [...]

By: Ab

Ab — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 02:21:36 +0000

Om, this VOIP battle is going to become the battle of attrition. Almost all well funded players are going to be be in this arena. Calls are really cheap at a penny a min. Where do the major players go from here? Where does the question of breaking come in? Any thoughts?

By: Jesse Kopelman

Jesse Kopelman — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:11:30 +0000

Microsoft should have let MCI (read Verizon) name the service. Would have been “fooniqy” or something equally profound . . .

By: gizmoer

gizmoer — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 22:31:38 +0000

from VOIP Watch: "Already SipPhone has embedded SIP servers in the University of California campuses across the state. That means students can make free direct dial calls to one another and home using Gizmo and Gizmo out. They can add a Gizmo In number as well."

wow! that is big news, isnt it? what does this mean for skype and others?

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:23:26 +0000

about 250,000 or so

By: khabri

khabri — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:21:28 +0000

How many users does SIPPhone have?

By: Tech News Plus » We Get It: Calling Phones From Our Computers Will Be Damn Cheap

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:43:38 +0000

[...] Uncategorized Last week the story spread pretty quickly that Yahoo was launching integrated PC-to-phone calls (and vice versa) through their instant messenger program. The official press release should be popping out of Santa Clara in a few hours, but to make the story more interesting, Microsoft has timed it to announce their own version, based on their Teleo acquisition and a deal with MCI. At first glance, the Microsoft announcement falls short in almost every way to Yahoo’s. Yahoo’s prices are going to be less than half of Microsoft’s (and Skype’s) and rather than working with just one provider (MCI), it appears Yahoo is leveraging relationships with a number of different telco providers, giving them more flexibility. [...]

By: Shree

Shree — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:11:12 +0000

Om you’re hilarious….I like your comment on the “MCI Web Calling for Windows Live Call�? …I am LMAO!..Keep rockin…I think MS lacks the creative ability…they just go with whatver comes to there mind i guess!..which is pretty lame…I wouldnt even remember it the next time…

By: El Gordo

El Gordo — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:23:32 +0000

just use voipbuster, US landline and mobile calls are FREE!! and th equality is great, better than skype.