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- T-Mobile wants to replace your landline with its HotSpot @Home Wi-Fi service
- Why do you keep a landline- -E911, multiple handsets, reliability?T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home service let's you make unlimited calls from your home's Wi-Fi network and T-Mobile HotSpots on your cellular phone. In a poll attached to Chris Torres' Mobile and Wireless blog entry on this technology (http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/wireless/?p=123), most respondents have indicated...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, WIRELESS, Bill Detwiler - TechRepublic, phone, T-Mobile, cell phone, land line, HotSpot
- Discussion threads 2007-08-15
- Anybody got advice/recommendations on "Pay as you go" cell phones/services?
- I have no experience with cell phones but would like something for emergencies (car trouble, injury in the woods, etc). Over in the "Do you need a cell phone to survive?" discussion, droolin recommended I look at "pay as you go" options. (http://tinyurl.com/2vwjpv)Has anyone here used a "pay as...
- Tags: Palmetto, telephone, pay-as-you, land line
- Discussion threads 2007-04-25
- Do you need a cell phone to survive?
- Evaluating the importance of cell phonesText message alerts and other cell phone apps can help us in emergency situations, but will we eventually need a cell phone in order to survive? How crucial or insignificant are cell phones in your life?Isn't the trend to only own a cell phone and...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Sonja Thompson, telephone, cell phone, land line
- Discussion threads 2007-04-20
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- Connect VOIP phone To LAnd line phone and then make call through lan line
- Hello,I want to know if it is possible to have the following:I'm using VOIP soft phone from side "A" and make call to Side "B" which is another soft VOIP phone,PC on side "B" has built_In modem with land phone line connected to it, is it possible to connect B's...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LAN, phone, VoIP, VoIP phone
- Discussion threads 2009-02-24
- DSL/land line
- So I am confused....my pal does not use his land line anymore just his cell. It is there wiring he just does not use it so he stopped paying the bill. My question is can I use my wireless laptop router/modem and hook up with my DSL at his house?...
- Tags: Modems, Network technology, dbarsky@...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-23
- How much life is left in the traditional fixed line phones?
- With rapid and continuous change in the telecoms market with more and more of us being remote, how much life is their left in the traditional fixed line phone?Only reliable service in an emergencyIn the event of a major emergengy, your two wire hard line is the only thing that...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, phone, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2008-06-20
- Broadband's power-line push
- Broadband's power-line pusharticle rootBroadband's power-line pushGoogle's recent investment in Current Communications Group, which provides Internet service over electrical lines, has created a buzz in the tech industry. If broadband over power lines BPL technology proves to be reliable, it could compete with cable and telephone-line broadband services, as well as...
- Tags: bpl, broadband, broadband over power line, internet, isp, networking, powerline, radio, Sonja Thompson, spectrum
- Discussion threads 2005-07-11
- Yesterday's taxes stalk tomorrow's telephones
- Cancel your land lineI cancelled my land line! Not to save money, but I felt like the taxes were absurd. EVery month I would see those taxes and just shake my head.If you think there is competition in the telecommunications industry, you are deceived. These taxes artificially support the industry...
- Tags: feedback, ProblemSolverSolutionSeeker, tax, telecommunications, telephone
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- Consider the security ramifications of using VoIP technology
- Jonathan Yarden points out the security problems with VoIP and some of the legal and technical issues that complicate its use. Want more advice for locking down your network? Stay on top of the latest security issues and industry trends by automatically signing up for our free Internet Security...
- Tags: Internet, Telephony, Jonathan Yarden, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, security, VoIP, phone, Internet Security Focus Newsletter, Networking
- Technical articles 2005-02-17
- The polls are open; check in when you've voted!
- If time is money, it's time to put your money where your keyboard is. The polls are open, at least on the east coast. Show us you're more than just a voice on the web: get in line and pull the handle, punch the card, touch the screen,...
- Tags: Starbucks Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-04
- dsl on dialup mdm, G.Brown,Glyall,Jaqui
- Original post Jan13/05. Ran into an obvious problem. My dsl comes to me through a switch on cat 5, 585B wiring std.So I have an 8 pin connector that won't fit into the 4 pin modem port. Using a buttset I checked all 8 wires but couldn't decide which...
- Tags: crlawler@..., DSL, DSL modem, modem, phone line, telephone
- Q&A 2005-01-18
- Just like the New York Times or CBS News
- They'll make them up.How do you reach the most people with a poll?I found an interesting news story that discussed some concerns that pollsters have with the increasing number of cell phone only homes, since landlines are traditionally a fairly common way of conducting polls.Check out my blog and then...
- Tags: poll, cell, telephone, blogs, cell phones, news, polls, Sonja Thompson, off-topic, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2006-05-16
- skype
- www.skype.com/downloadthis is free VoIP and you can search for contacts anywhere as well as using it like an msn messenger service. Great if you want to improve your language learning skills also, as there are plenty of people who speak twow laguages who will be willing to talk. ...
- Tags: rob_serve
- Discussion threads 2005-01-30
- Your Privacy Has Been Violated, I have your address
- Cnet sent out a mailing asking for opinions on online searches for people. Their example, new website there are many such websites zabasearch.com is scary. limit it to the state you live in if you have a common nameIt shows my actual home address for free...
- Tags: Dr Dij
- Discussion threads 2005-05-04
- Satellite phones are not only for high adventure
- Satellite telephones, like those being used on TechRepublic's almostEverest mountain climbing adventure, are getting smaller and more affordable. It might be time for CIOs to take notice of these broad-reaching communication devices.TechRepublic editors Mike Jackman and David Bard are currently trekking through Nepal on their way to the Imja Tse...
- Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, Mike Walton, satellite, phone, satellite phone
- Technical articles 2000-04-17
- National Do Not Call List, a scam.
- The Canadian NDNCL has been proven a scam. In Canada, the CRTC mandates that all telemarketers MUST adhere to numbers placed on a DNC list. When you ask for your number to be removed, the calling agency must update their list so that the next outfit does not...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Telemarketing, Telecom & Utilities, Oz_Media, Do-Not-Call, do-not-call list, telemarketer
- Discussion threads 2009-02-03
- How scalable is your VoIP solution?
- Voice over IP VoIP may be the future of telephony, but will the VoIP solution you choose today scale to meet your company's future needs? There are a few questions you should ask potential VoIP providers to help you evaluate how well their products and services will scale. Voice...
- Tags: VoIP Solution, Telephony, Deb Shinder, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, VoIP line, Build to Scale Newsletter, Phone, Networking
- Technical articles 2005-06-21
- See how the XMLHttpRequest object is the heart and soul of AJAX
- See how the XMLHttpRequest object is the heart and soul of AJAXarticle rootWhat if I will disable ActiveX objects in IE?This is very often in Internet Cafes. Ajax is not ActiveX - it is JavaScript, but if I will disable ActiveX this will stop work. Do you know any solution...
- Tags: ActiveX, AJAX, marcin.smolka@..., programming, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Listing B, One-Line, XmlHttpRequest Object
- Discussion threads 2006-04-04
- Home network problem
- Since I'm kind of network-challenged, I hope this is not too basic.I have a land-line with DSL connected to a Westell 327W router providing wireless service to two computers in my home office. I would like to place a computer in an outbuilding but it's too far away for wireless....
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, home network, router, WESTELL 327W, outbuilding, wireless, DSL, network
- Q&A 2009-06-17
- FAQ: Demystifying VoIP
- Voice over Internet Protocol VoIP, is one of the most widely used and economical telephony products available. Current estimates put the number of VoIP users at about 5 million, although industry observers say that number will increase fivefold in the next two years. Take a look at the answers to...
- Tags: fax, G711, IP, networking, Sonja Thompson, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2005-08-12
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