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I helped pioneer Internet voice. Now I’m working on what happens when AI joins the conversation.
— Jeff Pulver
The technology keeps changing. The mission hasn’t. Connect people.
Right now
- Voice AI + vCons
- vCon is an IETF standardization effort for conversation data. Learn about it at The vCon Foundation, or follow The Pulver vCon Report.
- Free World Dialup
- FWD is alive again. Visit fwdialup.com.
- Voice and Conversations on the Net
- The VON community, still meeting. vonevolution.com and Conference.
- East Coast Zula
- Jeff’s weekly gathering, Thursdays at 8:30 AM Eastern. Register.
The road here
- 1994pulver.com is established. Contemporary Cisco-hosted documentation records it.
- 1995–96Jeff is involved in Free World Dialup and early Internet telephony experimentation, and is identified in contemporary coverage as an organizer and NetWatch moderator.
- April 1–3, 1997The first VON conference, in San Francisco, draws more than 500 participants and sells out. It covers Internet telephony, Web broadcasting and regulatory issues.
- 1998Jeff announces Min-X, a marketplace for IP telephony minutes.
- February 12, 2004The FCC rules that Free World Dialup is an unregulated information service under federal jurisdiction. The decision becomes known as the Pulver Order. It applied specifically to FWD as described in the petition and did not cover calls that originated or terminated on the PSTN. Details.
- LaterThe 140 Characters Conference, then Zula and ZCast, a live multi-person broadcasting platform.
Continue the conversation
- Consult with JeffSpeaking, consulting, advisory and company briefings.
- Email JeffTell Jeff what you are building.
- Connect with Jeff on LinkedIn
- The Pulver ReportThe archive.
- Watch