The folks at PamConsult are currently beta testing an Skype Extra called PamFax. This extra allows you to send a Microsoft Office 2003 or Microsoft Office 2007 document via fax. This is for those...

Last night, I got an SMS email from the folks at PhoneGnome with warning of a likely outage. The contents of this email are posted after the jump. The reason? One of their main data center providers...

Pat Phelan is one of those guys whom you just have to admire. Being a former chef, he's not your typical telecom guy. Many of his projects have been about one thing: getting people talking for as...

I realize I'm a little bit behind on the curve, but there is a new 2.7 beta release for Skype for the Mac. The three most visible changes are: Contact List can be displayed in groups. In addition...

Truphone has been busy improving their VoIP-based mobile service. Three new items of note from the folks who connect people over their mobile handsets using VoIP and also make cheese on a dairy farm:...

It's funny to hear about this from a blog of the CEO of one of Jaxtr's competitors, Jangl, but Michael Cerda breaks the news anyway. Good news for the VoIP industry that more money is flowing...

I want to take a moment and respond to Garrett Smith's response to yesterday's post I made about Linksys devices not being unlockable. Garrett is right: Linksys devices can be unlocked....

According to Garrett Smith, Nuvio recently sent a letter to Linksys (Cisco) asking if they will unlock the Linksys devices that were being managed by Sunrocket. We all know by now has bit the dust....

I always like hearing stories of people doing well. Clearly when you're growing your business at 783%, like the folks at VoIP Supply are doing, things are going very well. It can't continue to...

When I think of using VoIP on a mobile phone, I think of the portion of the call originating from the handset going over an IP connection, usually over WiFi. I can and do make VoIP calls with the...

I've gotten pretty burnt out on most VoIP hardware. Most manufacturers compete on features and don't really do anything all that interesting. Except for some technical details, it's pretty...

There have been a number of articles announcing, including this one from Garrett Smith, on the impending release of the Linksys WRTU54G, specifically for T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home. It's a cross...

It apparently took two days, but Skype is now back online after having been down for most people for the better part of two days. Skype posted an explanation of what caused the outage. The statement,...

With the Skype outages still affecting people, it's nice to see the competition step-up. SightSpeed, the best video calling service out there, has decided to offer anyone who signs up for an...

The blogosphere is buzzing about Skype being offline, as documented on the Skype Heartbeat. Essentially, the authentication system is not working correctly. If you were previously logged into Skype,...

After launching their public beta last month, Yoomba is claiming their service has reached over 500,000 people. Of course, numbers can be construed to mean just about anything. For all I know, 500,000...

I will admit to not following the work of Thomas Howe that closely. And when I first read this press release-available after the jump-I had a hard time wrapping my head around what was being...

I realize I've been a bit hard on Ooma. It's not that I don't think it's a nice idea, I just think the implementation has too many potential downfalls. In the interest of being...

I suppose I should file this under the "Sucker born every minute" category. According to the Ooma PR folks, people really want their stuff. As a result, they're now starting to take...

VoIP originally stood for Voice over Internet Protocol. We largely still think of VoIP as voice but the V in VoIP also stands for video, or if you look at tagline for Jeff Pulver's VON Conference,...