[...Check Out VoIP Central’s round-up for the year. There are some good stories being linked to from this site....]

When I read 2005 End of the Year Roundup at VoIP Central I thought to myself: “He left out this. And that. And that.” Different perspectives. I put together an competing list of significant events for 2005 here: http://www.voipwiki.com/blog/?p=3 Here are the headlines: March 3: Skype, Broadreach Combine VoIP, WiFi for Free Calls. March 4: FCC Says Telcos Must Allow VOIP Traffic. March 11: Skype Announces 1 Million Paid Subscribers April 19: Skype Reaches 100 Million Downloads May 19: The FCC Gives VoIP Carriers September E911 Deadline June 14: Yahoo Buys Dialpad Communications June 20: Skype Protocol Accounts for 46% of VoIP Traffic Aug 23: Google Launches Google Talk Aug 30: Microsoft Purchases VoIP Start-up Teleo Sep 6: Vonage Announces 1 Million Lines Sep 8: China bans Skype Out in Shenzhen Sep 12: eBay Buys Skype Oct 12: Microsoft, Yahoo to Link IM Networks Nov 7: Verso Assists China Block Skype and P2P Traffic Nov 22: AOL Introduced AOL Triton Dec 1: Skype Launches Version 2.0 Dec 5: Time Warner Reaches 1 Million VoIP Subscribers Dec 8: Yahoo Launches Cheap VoIP Dec 13: Microsoft Partners With MCI on VoIP Dec 15: Jabber Publishes Documentation of Jingle Dec 15: Google Releases LibJingle Dec 20: Google Buys 5% of AOL

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