If you're a small business, you've undoubtedly had to think about telephones in the office. Maybe you're doing Centrex (or the local equivalent). Maybe you've gone completely to...
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One of the problems with the video over IP market is that it's basically cut into two parts: the ultra high-end dedicated systems that cost way too much money, or the consumer side. There...
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I wish I had posted about this sooner, given the terrible wildfires raging in Southern California right now. Unfortunately, life and the day job get in the way sometimes. :( Anyway, many of the folks...
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Voxalot has been a service that many do-it-yourself VoIP folks really like. In addition to giving you a Voxalot (not PSTN) number for life, they made it really easy to easily use multiple Internet...
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It's been a while since I've written about Yak4ever/AllFreeCalls, Pat Phelan's scheme to "end the rip off" of expensive long distance calls to 48 countries. The service is...
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Sweden-based TerraNet has the technology to create a mobile phone network almost entirely out of handsets. The network "self organizes" as the handsets are turned on. Any node in the network...
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"Bricking" a piece of electronics like a router or mobile phone is what happens when, usually through a firmware load, the device becomes inoperable. It's fairly common among people whom...
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Andy Abramson points out something I figured out a while ago: Skype audio quality is good, Gizmo Project's audio doesn't sound as good. I think that goes without saying. Many, many podcasters...
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When I started digging into the functionality of a Nintendo DS, I realized just how scary this device can be in the hands of babes. It's got WiFi and possibly "voice chat" capabilities...
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While not the first company to offer video on their dialtone-over-IP service, I do believe BroadVoice is the first to give the hardware away-with a three year service agreement. BroadVoice's Ojo...
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Truphone, which we've covered quite a bit on the VoIP Weblog, provides the ability for you to make cheap or free wifi calls from your compatible Nokia Nseries or Eseries handset at rates far more...
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One of the many, many problems I have with Ooma is that random strangers could be using your landline to make local calls. That, for a number of reasons, just doesn't sit well with me....
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Whatever was in the coffee Andy Abramson was drinking in Madrid, I want some! He certainly got on a roll with this one. The short version of Andy's lengthy piece on video conferencing systems is...
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VoIP is supposed to revolutionize how we communicate. At least that's what all the marketing hype suggests. But the truth of the matter is, it's more of the same. That's why it's hard...
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As long as I've been following the VoIP industry, I am amazed at how many companies are essentially reinventing the wheel when it comes to providing voice dialtone over IP. Oh sure they use common...
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Over the past couple of days, many of the blogs in the Creative Weblogging network, including this one, was serving an ad that was redirecting people to a malware site. The issue was intermittent, so...
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Mobivox is something I played with a long time ago. The basic idea behind it is fairly simple: You call a telephone number, which then allows you to make calls by simply speaking the person's...
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Jangl's approach of partnering with online social communities continues to gain traction. By going directly to the social networks and becoming a direct part of their experience, they can't be...
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Pat Phelan is a class act. In the process of launching Cubic Telecom's new MaxRoam service, they made several errors with regards to pricing. These were, according to Pat, technical errors likely...
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Skype for Linux is not updated nearly as often as it is on the Mac or on Windows. Smaller userbase and slightly more complex multimedia arrangements on Linux make updating the client slightly more...
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I've been letting the news about the management shake-up at Skype ruminate in my head for a few days. Clearly Skype wasn't making the numbers and eBay want it's investment to start paying...
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