An interesting aggregator site called Alltop recently launched, which lists a number of high-quality VoIP sites along with their headlines. It's designed for people that do not use RSS feeds,...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, christine balderasVoIP, while many things, is designed to make communications easier. One of the challenges I face as a remote worker for a large corporation is VoIP-at...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Gretchen CarrollVoicemail is a feature that seems to come with just about every VoIP solution out there. While it's been a staple on landlines as well, the one thing...
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My pal Alec Saunders got a major score for his Free Conference Call service on Facebook: a call with William Shatner! This coming Thursday from 6:30PM to 8PM PDT, Allan Hunkin will spend 45 minutes...
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Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Andrew ManleyMarcelo Rodriguez over at RingFree took issue with a number of other product announcements that use a phrase similar to "True VoIP for the...
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© twodollaI have to admit, this is a pretty ingenious idea to bringing faster Internet access to the masses: take that 4Khz voice channel and turn it into data. That's the suggestion that Brian...
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© sirmikesterA commenter on my last post thought there are three ways a Vonage-like service might continue to survive: rock-bottom prices, kick-ass customer service, and call quality. Any company...
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I realize it's been several days since I've posted here. Part of the reason was that my son was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday. As such, I've been spending a lot of time at the...
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I remember reading Doug Mohney back in the days of Boardwarch, but have not been keeping up with him since then. But the VoIP Princess Carolyn Schuk brought to light some very relevant opinions from...
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© meyshanworldOne of the things that I missed out on at eComm 2008 was the fact that Voxbone CEO Rod Ullens proposed, in his session at eComm, proposed a country code for VoIP users: 883. As part of...
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© Unhindered by Talent While I was hunting around on the Bell System Memorial site the other day, I ran across this audio file that demonstrates how long it took in the 1940s to connect a call from...
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I ran across this video from 1982 where Jane Barbe and John Doyle-Mama and Papa time respectively-were interviewed. Why were they called that? Watch the video and see: I miss the POPCORN...
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Om Malik is reporting that the telcos are looking at creating a Skype-killer. From the article: [Incumbent local exchange carriers] are going to offer a VoIP client that will work on the incumbent...
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© Mrs. W.Chances are, if you've use a service like Vonage, voip.com, or Skype, you've seen that they provide local telephone numbers nationwide. Ever wonder how they do that? It boils down to...
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I swear this comes up at least once a year. Despite the fact that encryption is widely available in VoIP, it's not used all that often. Because of that, people get all upset because "someone...
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Jajah recently announced that they are working on a native iPhone application to use their service. Specifically, you will be able to use Jajah to make voice over IP calls using WiFi instead of GSM....
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When we communicate with other people, be it over a regular analog telephone, a call over IP, or a mobile phone, there is one thing fundamentally in common with all these methods: it requires...
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For the first time in a while, I cracked open my box of VoIP gear and broke out a couple of my IP phones. Why? Because I recently received an IP PBX from the folks at Talkswitch and I want......
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One of my friends on Twitter was talking about how Jason Calacanis was showing people the Mahalo offices. On a lark, I decided to join in and view the live video. What it turned into was something I...
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