Monthly Archives: January 2005

Another Day, Another VOIP Plan

By Mark Evans | Published: January 31, 2005
FCI Broadband, which provides high-speed Internet service in Toronto, plans to get into the Internet telephony market this June. 'VOIP represents a major growth opportunity for our industry and FCI Broadband expects to participate very aggressively,” CEO Nick Melatti, FCI's president and CEO. With so many players getting into the market, how many “real” players will [...]
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Dial-Up on Steroids

By Mark Evans | Published: January 31, 2005
There isn't much excitement about dial-up access these days but it is a large business. One of the most interesting dial-up “players” is Waterloo, Ont.-based SlipStream Data Inc., which makes software to turbo-charge dial-up connections. It has hundreds of ISP customers around the world, including AOL/Netscape and United Online. The company is aiming to take its [...]
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Google's Day of Reckoning

By Mark Evans | Published: January 31, 2005
Sure hope Google losing its status as the world's leading brand is not an omen for its fourth-quarter results, which come out tomorrow afternoon. If Google falls short of the 77¢ a share expected by analysts or offers a forecast that falls short of expectations, the stock could be creamed. eBay learned this lesson the [...]
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CRTC's Key Decisions (vice-chair, telecom & CDNA)

By Mark Evans | Published: January 31, 2005
Canada's telecommunications regulator is expected to make two decisions as early as this week that could have a major impact on how the $32-billion industry develops at a time when new technology is disrupting the competitive environment. It is anticipated the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will name a new vice-chair, telecom to replace David Colville, [...]
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TotalTalk Trial

By Mark Evans | Published: January 30, 2005
Maybe it's a bad case of demo karma but my experience with AOL Canada's TotalTalk has been frustrating. After following the installation instructions, I got a dial tone but every time I tried to place a call, it would ring once and then give me a busy signal. The support folks bent over backwards to [...]
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VOIP's Impact on Prices

By Mark Evans | Published: January 30, 2005
There has been a lot of focus on how Internet telephony service providers such as Vonage are offering plenty of features at low prices but perhaps more attention should be ont their impact on incumbent carriers. To compete, ILECs will have to lower prices, add more features and value-added bundles or offer VOIP. Valued-added [...]
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