With apologies to Bell Canada's Eugene Roman and BellSouth CTO Bill Smith, the star of VON's morning session was Niklas Zennstrom, who sold this little company called Skype recently. He was supposed to give a keynote via videoconference but it was delayed because of a technical glitch that apparently had nothing to do with SkypeVideo. It is one of the big mysteries of the VOIP world why Zennstrom's unable or unwilling to come to the U.S. It's thought he's trying to avoid being served with a lawsuit by the music industry due to his involvement with Kazaa but this urban myth has never been confirmed. Perhaps with a few dollars and eBay shares in his bank account, Zennstrom can now "resolve" his U.S. "issues" so he can actually spend some time with his new bosses in California. Stuart Henshell, who waited around until the video problems were resolved, said Zennstrom failed to wow the audience. Frankly, there's something uninspiring about someone talking via video, particularly after they've been swallowed.