Click-to-call is nothing new, certainly. But now you can get it worldwide. For free. Well, to the person that clicks on the button, anyway. Jajah has launched their new click-to-call buttons. It's...
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This iPhone was used to make a completely IP-based call at the DEMO conference. Who did it? None other than the guys at Truphone. This isn't in usable form yet. This was a "proof of...
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I frequently get sent press releases from companies with all kinds of names. Some names are descriptive, others are not. Given the amount of stuff I have to sift through for my blogging, if your...
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Being a bit behind on my "to blog" list, I noticed that Linguen, the Belgium-based makers of the Sipcat IP PBX, announced a partnership of sorts with Grandstream. In short: people who buy...
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GotVoice provides a rather interesting service: they retrieve voicemails off of the various voicemail systems and provide you with a single, unified view of your voicemail. I've written about them...
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There's a fine line between participating in a discussion on a blog and spamming. Surely when I comment on other people's posts, I include a link to one of my many blogs. That's what makes...
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The folks at Jangl keep expanding their partnerships with other social networking sites. This time they've netted themselves a front-age relationship with Tagged. Check the screenshot below:...
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I've had a month or so to let this post by Andy Abramson ruminate in my head. The cliff notes version of Andy's post is that T-Mobile in the US is poised to do a major VoIP play. They've...
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Phil Britt at Information Week provides us with six reasons you might want to avoid VoIP. I personally don't think any of the issues he raises are showstoppers, but they are things you have to...
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This Skype Extra called MyToGo makes it possible for you to dial into your SkypeIn number and call out using Skype. You can call anyone on your contacts, including Skype names. Skype contacts are...
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This week, I'm up in Ottawa for my day job. This presented me with the opportunity to have lunch with Alec Saunders of iotum. Alec is well-known in the VoIP blogosphere with his Saunderslog blog....
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Martyn Davies responded to my post about what VoIP is. After re-reading his post, something in particular caught my attention: The fact that so many technologies have converged on SIP means that all...
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About a month ago, I had a phone conversation with David Beckemeyer regarding Ooma and how they co-opt your local phone service. The way Ooma operates could be construed as Toll Fraud, or at the very...
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As I posted earlier, it's quite possible to configure VoipBuster with your VoIP-enabled Nokia handset. I recently participated with one of my online buddies in a test call with voipbuster from a...
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The phone pictured to the left, the Linksys SPA-942, runs for around $149. It's quite a nice IP phone, at least for the price point. I have the cheaper SPA-941, which lacks Power over Ethernet and...
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Inter-Tel and Mitel just recently finished merging. As is the case with many mergers, some people are let go. Unfortunately, Dan York was recently thrown overboard from the good ship Mitel. Dan is...
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Now where have I heard this idea before? Oh yeah, Jangl, several months ago. Foonz gives you the ability to call a group of your friends from your mobile, but with a twist. It's a bit like the...
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Back when I was messing with VoIP hardware a bit more, the Linksys SPA-8000 might have been an interesting device for me to look at. It's basically a SPA-2000 times four. That is, the SPA-8000...
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The folks at iotum are putting the finishing touches on their Free Conference Calling application for Facebook. You can now invite your US/Canada-based Facebook peeps to a free conference call using...
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Fring is one of the more interesting mobile VoIP applications I've seen. It manages to use the regular IM capabilities of a number of IM networks-including Skype. It also uses their voice...
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Free calls from your mobile phone is, usually, kind of a misnomer. No matter which side of the Atlantic or Pacific you're on, it costs money to make a phone call on your mobile phone. At least, of...
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