VoIP, 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 least in the way it was meant to be used.

My challenge: the corporate firewall. It stops VoIP-at least using industry standard protocols-dead in it's tracks. Sure, I can use VoIP inside the firewall, but what if you have a business need to cross that firewall?

Is there any wonder why people use Skype in droves? If you can reach the Internet at all, Skype will find a way through-or around-your firewall. At the end of the day, that's what people care about-what works.