Phone Service With Video

December 3, 2008 – 6:07 AM

By Scott Wharton, CEO For 13 years, I’ve been on the leading edge of VoIP technologies and launched the first Internet Phone service to the world in 1995. For the last several years, I’ve been interested in the potential for video over IP to deliver the promise of conveniently seeing loved ones far way. From […]

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Video Calling: Why Now?

November 15, 2008 – 9:50 PM

By Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing The History For at least a century and probably millenia, people have imagined a technology for seeing and talking to others miles away. A video calling vision from 1910. The challenge, of course, has been matching reality to the dream. For decades, attempts at making video calling appealing […]

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Video Calling: What Has Changed?

November 15, 2008 – 9:39 PM

By Mariette Johnson Wharton, VP of Marketing Everything. Video phone calling services are no longer choppy, expensive and awkward. Consider the barriers from earlier video calling attempts: Quality, Cost, and Convenience. Quality Today, we don’t have to suffer from slow connection speeds. High-speed broadband connections (e.g., DSL and cable) are ubiquitous in many areas. Vidtel’s […]

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