Since only newer handsets such as the iPhone provide access to VoIP services such as Skype many of us are being forced to upgrade in order to use VoIP on our phones. The question is what to do with our older, obsolete mobiles and the answer is simple – sell them to a mobile phone [...]
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Shop smart: why consumers win online
Posted by admin on July 15th, 2010
Tech-savvy individuals know that the greatest choice and value for the consumer can be found in the vast online marketplace. Whether it’s saving huge amounts on traditional telephone calls by using VoIP software, cutting out the middleman and being your own travel agent to get a great bargain on that trip of a lifetime or [...]
Microsoft cancels small business VoIP phone system – Cloud Net steps in
Posted by admin on June 3rd, 2010
3 June, 2010. Cloud Net, the small business phone systems provider, believes that Microsoft’s cancelling of its Response Point™ VoIP PBX is further evidence that small businesses are looking for simple all inclusive business VoIP packages with hardware included and the ability to buy directly from the service provider. Microsoft® announced in a post on [...]
AT&T’s U-Verse VoIP Service Suffers Widespread Outage
Posted by admin on May 29th, 2010
NEW YORK — “AT&T’s new digital home phone service failed across the country Tuesday, illustrating continuing reliability issues with Internet-based phone service,” writes AP’s Peter Svensson. “Customers of AT&T Inc.’s U-Verse Voice said their landline phones have had no dial tones since the morning. Reached by cell phone, the customers said those who call them [...]
KDG brings 100Mbps broadband to Hanover, Munich
Posted by admin on May 2nd, 2010
Having implemented DOCSIS3.0 technology earlier this year, German regional cable operator Kabel Deutschland (KDG) has announced the launch of maximum broadband internet download speeds of 60Mbps and 100Mbps in Hanover and Munich. Subscribers have the option of two packages bundling internet and telephony services with unlimited calling to domestic fixed line customers: the first offers [...]
VoIP vs. Volcano: Stranded Professor Teaches via Skype
Posted by admin on April 23rd, 2010
When professors “phone it in,” it usually means they’re being lazy or dispassionate about the lessons they’re teaching. But for Columbia University Law professor Tim Wu, phoning it in was the only way he could teach his classes this week. Read more
Voip Phone Service is the Ultimate Phone Solution for SMB’s
Posted by james on April 22nd, 2010
Business, whatever size it maybe, requires an excellent technology in terms of work and communication. When we talk about communication, we are referring to excellent communication system within an affordable cost range. Hats off to the latest technology in town – Voip Phone service, communications have become easier and cost effective, particularly for SMB’s. Business [...]
Secure P2P Scheme Leverages Social Networks
Posted by admin on April 19th, 2010
Security researchers from Microsoft, The Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, and elsewhere are proposing a novel approach to secure, anonymous instant messaging and voice-over-IP communication that turns the conventional wisdom about social networking privacy on its head. Drac is a peer-to-peer communication system designed to make IM and VoIP traffic anonymous and unobservable. It [...]
SA’s mobile VOIP app
Posted by admin on April 19th, 2010
After Apple finally permitted voice data over 3G, a group of South African developers decided to make an application with a difference. The Telfree iPhone application is also the first and currently the only application in the entire iTunes library that allows you to receive calls even when you are not logged into the Telfree [...]
iPhone OS 4.0 Favors VoIP
Posted by admin on April 13th, 2010
The key word here is multitasking, a major concept in modern operating systems. It is the ability of the operating system that allows it to run more than one application at the same time, something quite common with our computers, but not possible so far with mobile phones including the iPhone. Apple has built iPhone [...]