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- Will your VoIP provider go out of business?
- VoIP warI'm sure the shake-ups will occur. However, in the case of Vonage, I think that Verizon is trying to patent something that is really like breathing. How come Verizon isn't sueing every cell phone maker for connecting their cellular networks to the PSTN? It seems like a childish 60...
- Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, binarypc, Lingo, SunRocket, phone, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- Voice over IP independents plummet, major players pushing them out?
- Comcast was Number One in VoIP subscriber growth for calendar year 2006, outselling Vonage two-to-one. VoIP popularity is rising (note Digium, the company backing the VoIP open-source software Asterisk, and their new PBX replacement). But with the impending demise of cut-rate SunRocket on August 5th, Vonage has...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Vonage Holdings Corp., IP, SunRocket, VoIP Popularity, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Lea Rush
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Will your VoIP provider go out of business?
- Consumers and small businesses sign up for VoIP services in hopes of saving money and taking advantage of advanced features such as e-mail delivery of voice mail messages that they can't get with their landlines. Some keep their PSTN service for fax compatibility, security systems, or emergency calling backups, but...
- Tags: VoIP
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Should your business cut the telco cord?
- Although I often work with enterprise-level companies thatspan the globe, my own IT consulting and tech writing business is a small one.Like other small businesses, we have been taking advantage for quite some timeof the cost savings and other benefits of VoIP. A few years ago, had to maintain three...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, telephone, VoIP
- Technical articles 2006-08-18
Additional Resources
- Home VOIP help
- I have VOIP through SunRocket using my cable internet at the house. I have three computers attached to that also with all of it running through a cheap walmart router. I have tried the VOIP in front of the router but many times it is still impossible t
- Tags: Telephony, Routers & switches, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, msteel@..., router, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2006-11-09
- Voip over wireless broadband
- I currently have Sunrocket Voip service. I have cable internet service. My question is, Can I use a wireless broadband card for my laptop,desktop and Voip. I have a Lynxus wireless router and my laptop operating sytem is Vista while my desktop is XP. I am trying to eliminate my...
- Tags: Telephony, Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Cable, jstewartmoorejr@..., VoIP, broadband, wireless, wireless broadband
- Discussion threads 2007-04-29
- FAX using VOIP
- Is there a way to send faxes from my computer using one of the VOIP services, like Skype, IConnectHere, Net2phone, etc.?In theory Yes but only to another computer directly connected to the Internet.What you can not do is connect to a land line or mobile service from VoIP.So if you...
- Tags: Fax, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP
- Q&A 2005-09-26
- Free Skype calls to landline and mobile phones for the rest of 2006
- Among my many Skype adventures and misadventures since I've been testing the world's most famous VoIP program have been making calls with SkypeOut, a feature that lets you use Skype to call standard telephone numbers, including landlines, cell phones, conference calls, etc. I really like the convenience of having all...
- Tags: Phone, Mobile, Skype Technologies S.A., Cell Phone, SkypeOut, Telecom & Utilities, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2006-05-15
- Get the VoIP lowdown from CES
- While attending this year's Consumer Electronics Show CES inLas Vegas, I was on the lookout for new VoIP devices. Over the four days, I foundseveral—some of them aimed at the business market and some targeted forconsumers. Here's a roundup.Reach for the SkypeVendors were displaying a full slate of phones designed...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., telephone, Deb Shinder, VoIP
- Technical articles 2007-01-19
- Is Microsoft set to take over the VoIP space?
- When Microsoft gets into the game, other companies start toworry—and with good reason. Past experience shows that once the software giantsets its sights on a technology, it often comes to dominate the market, evenwhen there are already well-established players.Just look to the fall of once-top word-processingapplication WordPerfect to Microsoft Word,...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, Messenger, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, Office Communicator, server, Skype Technologies S.A., telephone, Verizon Communications Inc., VoIP
- Technical articles 2007-01-12
- Have you tried Skype?
- A new TechRepublic poll asks whether members have tried Skype, with the following answers:Yes, I like it and use it oftenYes, but I don't use it regularlyYes, but I didn't like it and don't use itNo, but I'd like to try itNo, and I don't have a use for itWhere...
- Tags: Network technology, VOIP, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Skype Technologies S.A.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-19
- VoIP in a box?
- There's been a lot of buzz in the VoIP community recently about ooma, a device that the company advertises will allow you to "own your own dial tone." The key here is that you buy a box -- not a service.You pay for the ooma hardware -- $599 MSRP, with...
- Tags: VoIP, Phone, VoIP Company, Deb Shinder
- Blog posts 2007-08-10
- Will cable companies and telcos take over the VoIP market?
- A recent comment on the blog of a fellow MVP struck a chord with me: "Hangin' with friends and they too have switched over their home phone from traditional phone to VoIP with their cable company."My first thought was: The cable company? Why would anyone get their VoIP service from...
- Tags: VoIP, Phone, Cable Company, VoIP Company, Cable, Deb Shinder
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
- What do Vonage's legal woes mean for its customers?
- Vonage is probably the best known of the consumer and smallbusiness VoIP providers. As of the end of 2006, the company boasted more than 2.2million subscriber lines. You've probably seen its advertising on national TV,and you can purchase its services through retail outlets such as Best Buy,Circuit City, Wal-Mart, and...
- Tags: VOIP, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Deb Shinder, Vonage Holdings Corp.
- Technical articles 2007-04-20
- 10 ways to stay connected on the road
- This article is also available as a download.We live in a very mobile society, and that may be especiallytrue for those of us in the tech industry. Seems we're always hoping on a planeor spending the day across town at a remote office. Even when we're on vacation,we're usually working...
- Tags: Deb Shinder, telephone, VoIP, Wi-Fi
- Technical articles 2006-04-18
- Integrated VoIP appliance makes telephony easier for small businesses
- In the past, small businesses with 10-25 users fell throughthe cracks when it came to VoIP services. There are numerous vendors that offerconsumer-level VoIP services and many of these same companies (Vonage, Lingo,SunRocket, Packet8, etc.) also offer "business plans," but these areaimed primarily at very small businesses -- those with...
- Tags: VoIP and IP telephony, Telephony, Networking
- Technical articles 2007-05-04
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