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M2Z Networks, a wireless broadband start-up backed by Sandhill Road venture capitalists - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Charles River Ventures and Redpoint Ventures - proposes to build a twin-purpose nationwide wireless broadband network, that will provide the third option for broadband services. The cable and phone companies have a virtual duopoly in the US. [...]

Free SkypeOut might be putting the heat on Vonage and others, but the flat rate international long distance plan introduced by Cablevision is truly a move befitting Machiavelli.
The company introduced a $20 a month plan which allows subscribers of its $35 a month voice service to call anywhere in the world. Since the plan is [...]

This has to be one of the easiest funding environments - the money is flowing into start-ups like home runs off the bat of St. Louis Slugger, Albert Pujlos.
Pando, a peer-to-peer file sharing application, that I wrote about a few weeks back, has raised a whopping $7 million in funding round led by Intel Capital. [...]

By Andy Kessler
This is a classic high stakes Wall Street sucker punch.
The buzz on the Street is that the Vonage IPO is on the rocks. They HAVE to raise money or they are in a world of hurt. Their investors don’t want to put another penny in and the company seems to still be bleeding [...]

At first blush, the big Skype announcement that it will be allow free calls to everyone in US and Canada is having a desired effect: one of glee and joy.
Someone did come-up with a nifty stunt to bring the focus back on Skype. Regardless, while it is certainly joyous event for some, it is prudent [...]

Level 3, has been steadily acquiring companies in an effort of trying to get a better grip on the banadwidth market place, which is resurging because of growing demand from new digital application providers. Now Qwest has jumped into the fray, and has just acquired OnFiber Communications, a San Antonio, TX based provider of [...]