A lot of little VoIP-related things went on in February. Here are two posts I want to highlight:

Value-Adds Won't Save VoIP: This is more of an opinion piece on phoneboy.com than anything else, but it got a lot of traffic and is worth revisiting. The basic premise behind this post was that "features" offered by Voice over IP service providers aren't really all that interesting. What interests me more than anything is complete connectivity, as well as the ability to manage that connectivity. While I have other issues with their current approach, Jangl appears to be the farthest along for one simple reason: they support SMS. Maybe GrandCentral will soon now that they're a part of Google.

Skype wants Carterfone rules applied to US Telecom: What's funny about this story is that, at least if we believe the PR of AT&T and Verizon, we may get something like Carterfone rules without the government mandating it. I'm all for that, though I think it'd be nice to get the laws clarified to ensure that we don't take a step backward in this regard.