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Archive for December, 2006

Voice 2.0 Anyone? (Part 1)

Thursday, December 28th, 2006 Posted in VOIP | 1 Comment »

The coming of "Web 2.0" has ushered in a whole lot of online services that we could only dream of when the World Wide Web was first conceived and commercialized. ... Read more..

Your Telco Might Be Ripping You Off

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006 Posted in VOIP | No Comments »

VoIP is traditionally thought of as an alternative to the plain-old-telephone system (a.k.a. "POTS" or public switched telephone network). True, it's usually cheap and would require none of the usual ... Read more..

Choosing a VoIP Gateway for Your Company (Part 2)

Thursday, December 21st, 2006 Posted in Hardware, PBX, VOIP | No Comments »

We gave a brief introduction on VoIP gateways recently, and now we move on to factors that businesses should consider in choosing a VoIP gateway. Read more..

Choosing a VoIP Gateway for Your Company (Part 1)

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006 Posted in Basics, Hardware, PBX | 2 Comments »

Gateways are essential aspects of any enterprise VoIP system. These transfer voice (and other traffic) between the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and the IP (Internet Protocol) network. This means ... Read more..

Skype Unveils Unlimited Call Plan for North America

Thursday, December 14th, 2006 Posted in VOIP | No Comments »

North American Skype users have a lot to be thankful for. First, there's the ongoing free North American calls promo. If you're anywhere within North America--meaning the United States, Canada, ... Read more..

Paris Hilton Hacks Voicemail Using Asterisk

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 Posted in Asterisk, Voicemail | 1 Comment »

Sounds like an interesting title, right? Well, apparently it's an issue that just brought the world of Hollywod closer to geekdom. However, Paris Hilton did not exactly have to know ... Read more..

Back to the Basics - VoiceMail

Sunday, December 10th, 2006 Posted in Voicemail | 1 Comment »

The voicemail protocol is quite a bit of fun and super easy to use. Let's just jump right into it. From the Voip-Info respository, here is how the command will go ... Read more..

Free SkypeOut Calls via VPN? Maybe Not Such a Good Idea

Thursday, December 7th, 2006 Posted in Asterisk | No Comments »

One great thing about VoIP is that it's free. Well, usually at least. If you're calling from computer-to-computer, or from VoIP phone to another VoIP phone (or even computer to ... Read more..