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GoTalk: Free Happy Hour VoIP Calls
GoTalk is offering new
customers free calling to landlines and cell phones during the 6-7 pm
slot, provided you sign up for a year. A free plug'n'play adapter is
included in the package. [via The VoIP Weblog]
VoIPing For Profit: Skype Moodmessage
Skype has a plugin known as Mood-o-Matic, which displays clickable mood messages.
A guest blogger, Hans Blaauw, at Skype Journal is suggesting this as a
vehicle for unobtrusive advertising, as a way for Skypers to earn some VoIP calling credits. This might be more palatable to some people than Globe7's plan to have people watch video ads to gain VoIP credits.
IP Telephony Changes Canadian Telecom Market
The
Canadian telecom industry is undergoing changes due to new technologies
such as VoIP, which allows non-traditional providers into the market.
And that of course is a good thing, resulting not only in more choices
for consumers but lower prices. The Canadian telecommuncations market,
watched over by the CRTC
(Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission), also
underwent deregulation just like the American market did, and that's
what has paved the way for these changes. [via Teleclick]
Written by ewriter on October 4th, 2006 with no comments.
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Well, I didn't find it, exactly. After I posted my Single geek male seeks single toll-free number
article, Michael Steverson from SkyNET-tel.com posted a comment saying
that they can do what I was asking for right now: a single 800 VoIP
number. Do my eyes deceive me? Really?
The deal is US$9.99/month
for a Personal 800 Number. That has to be teamed with the One Cent
Plan, which is $4.99/mth. Calls are then $0.01/minute. While I haven't
been as much of chatty kathy lately, if I were to resume my old talk
habits of 800+ minutes per month, well that'd still only be 14.98 +
8.00 per month. My old toll-free number cost me about $35/mth, if I
remember correctly. So even if I used 1000 minutes per month, that'd
still be just under $25/month. There's also the unlimited plan of
$23.99/mth (first month free) or the unlimited business plan of
$39.99/m.
Coupled with a personal 800 number, that's not a bad
deal at all, if I can find a reasonable VoIP call-in number plan and
suitable area code, then I'm set. The 800 number requires a local
number, but if I can get a local area code with VoIP when I move to the
big city, then I'm good. (That might be a problem, as most popular VoIP
services do not cover the city I'm moving to, including SkyNET, from
what I can tell.) But the 800 toll-free number is apparently good for
36 international locations. People from all of these locations can call
the number as if it were local. Man, am I excited. I can finally enjoy vishing and annoying telemarketing calls from all over the world.
Sounds like a deal. Currently, most of my voice chat minutes are local. I've been taking advantage of Skype's
SkypeOut free calling promo in North America, to test quality and
generally freak friends and family out with my pc-to-phone calling. On
the other hand, I did say I was moving. I would still need a soft phone
Call-In number for the new locale. If I find one, basically for not
more than what I used to spend only a regional 800 number, I can get
pretty much what I was looking for: a single toll-free 800 number, not
counting a local number. (SkyNET will have their own soft phone in the
future. Just a suggestion, but guys/ gals, base it on SIP, so that it
can communicate with users on Gizmo Project, iPhox, and others.)
Incidentals:
There's a shipping charge of $25 for the free SkyBOX, which I assume is
a VoIP adapter for the broadband connection. They're charging sales
tax, even though it's the Internet. Maybe it has to do with where I am.
And there's a $19.99 activation fee. Okay, I'll stop being a
cheapskate. This still seems like a pretty good deal
I'm listening to
Roy Orbison, the man with the soothing golden voice, right now as I
write this. So maybe I'm a bit sentimental at the moment, but this
might just be the beginning of a beautiful VoIP relationship. Thanks,
Michael. The only things that worry me are (1) the secure HTTP server
certificate on their website has expired. So I hope they'll fix this
before I decide to commit to a serious relationship. And for those of
you that don't use credit cards, like myself, they accept payment by
Paypal. I'm not moving just yet, but when I do, I'm itching to try
this. Although if Skype ever gets real mobile support going, I'll have a grand time combining Skype and SkyNET.
Written by ewriter on October 2nd, 2006 with no comments.
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How To Choose A VoIP Provider
Ron King offers some tips on how to select a VoIP provider, and deciding what service is appropriate for your needs. VoIP Lowdown has a brief overview on types of VoIP service, which may help you decide.
VoIP TV Ads Attack Australian Telstra
Television ads promoting VoIP service Soulmate gently attacking Telstra,
an Australian telco, will not be blocked according to decision by the
Federal Court in Melbourne. Sounds like Soulmate struck a nerve. [via SMH]
German Telecom Converts Contact Center To VoIP
German
telecom O2 is migrating its customer contact center platform to VoIP.
This will reduce costs for customers of their platform. [via TMC Net]
Written by ewriter on September 22nd, 2006 with no comments.
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Yesterday, I reflected briefly on Alarm.com's signing of SunRocket as a partner, who follow Vonage, the first to sign. Like other competitors InnovAlarm and NextAlarm,
Alarm.com offers home security alarm services using VoIP for the
communications component. Garrett Smith thinks that this sort of
additional VoIP-based service might give pure play VoIP providers such
as SunRocket and Vonage a bit more competitive edge, by offering their own "triple play" of services, compared to broadband providers.
While
I vaguely said something similar, I still feel that cable providers
have the edge, especially considering that Alarm.com is target this
type of VoIP provider next for partners. PhoneBoy weighs in, basically
agreeing, and says any advantage will be minimal because pure plays won't be offering anything unique.
That
doesn't mean that there isn't any market for pure play VoIP. Anyone who
does not have or want a computer (there are such people) might prefer
to opt for a service such as Vonage, were they forced to change from
traditional telephony. Or simply want to save on long-distance calls.
Written by ewriter on September 21st, 2006 with no comments.
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Alarm.com, a home security service that uses VoIP as a means of
communication, signed their second partner, SunRocket. Earlier this
year, they announced their first partnership with Vonage. [via PC Mag] Vonage recently announced that they would be providing optional VoIP installations
courtesy of a third party. Now if Vonage is smart (or maybe
Alarm.com?), they'll work out a package deal for customers whereby they
can have both their VoIP and Alarm.com's security system installed
simultaneously.
While both current partners are "pure play" VoIP
providers, Alarm.com is also aiming at partnerships with ISPs next.
ISPs, of course, offer "triple play" services: television programming,
Internet access, and VoIP. The PC Mag article talks about quad-tier
services, which would include cellular phone service, and refers to
Alarm.com's service as being like a fifth tier for ISPs.
A similar VoIP-based security alarm service is being offered by InnovAlarm, who will be getting US$10M in venture capital.
Written by ewriter on September 20th, 2006 with no comments.
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What's Digium's VoIP Business Strategy?
Garrett Smith
reflects on what he thinks might be Digium's plan of action for their
future. Digium is the company that offers the Asterisk breed of SIP-based
open standard IP PBXes and related software and hardware. While they've
been giving away their software, presumably to sell their hardware and
support services, Garrett thinks that Digium may take a different approach now that they have US$13 M in venture capital. Go have a read.
Cable VoIP Gaining Ground
Vonage may have reached 2 million subscribers for its true VoIP service, but cable VoIP
providers in Canada and the US scored over a million new subscribers in
Q2 2006. This isn't it all suprising, since cable companies have the advantage of offering a "triple play" of services, including TV programming, telephony, and Internet access in a convenient bundle.
Summary of Weak + Strong Areas For VoIP
Light Reading has a recap of a report from Keynote Systems
of some areas that VoIP is either lagging behind in or ahead of
traditional telephony. And if you're in the mood for overview, Andy
Oram at O'Reilly Net summarizes the report from VON. Both articles are worth reading.
Written by ewriter on September 19th, 2006 with no comments.
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Having never used services like Vonage, I can't tell you about any
experiences trying to install any necessary hardware. But I can tell
you that even for a long-time computer person like myself, I
occasionally run into some weird glitch while trying to install
hardware related to my computer - such as my wireless router for
Internet access around the house.
So anyone just a little reluctant to use Vonage and similar true VoIP providers will be happy to know that the company will be offering installations
[ZDNet IP Telephony VoIP] courtesy of a new deal with Endeavour
Telecom. Installation costs start at US$99.95 and are aimed at both
residential and business customers. Endeavour field techs will
represent themselves as being from Vonage, which will be a
psychological plus for most people.
As Russell Shaw says (link
above), this deal will be a good thing for Vonage. Not only will this
increase the chances of new customers, but support calls will be likely
be reduced, and only those customers who feel they need the service
have to pay for it. And considering that Vonage is reputedly cutting
back on their advertising campaign, despite reaching a 2 million
customer milestone,
it's little things like this that might make the difference between
gaining customers or losing them. Of course, adding services like ReVos
long-distance calling packages (courtesy of RNK Telecom) will also help.
Written by ewriter on September 15th, 2006 with no comments.
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RNK Telecom Inc. of the Massachusetts region is launching
[Biz Journals]their new consumer VoIP service, ReVos, which gives
subscribers low-cost calls to over 40 countries. They also get a
number of features including a virtual number and IP calls from a cell
phone. The company sells both prepaid phone cards and wholesale
services. Vonage and Packet8 are both customers.
In the Biz Journal's article, they thank Vonage
for "doing all that premarketing". Vonage spends over US$20 M per month
in advertising, although word is that their annoying TV ads are
disappearing. It's been a while since I've seen one, and at least one
other VoIP blogger said the same thing a few days ago.
I guess
with the bottom expected to drop out of calling cards, this is a good
move. I feel sorry for all the mom and pop stores that are going to
lose yet another source of low-margin income. But I don't see them
selling VoIP services - unless they get VoIP phone booths.
Written by ewriter on September 11th, 2006 with no comments.
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I'm linking to Russell Shaw again: he points to Tom Keating's recent frustrating experience trying to move his Vonage phone number
to his cable provider. Tom encountered technical problems as well as
what he believes are political issues. I'm not entirely clear what he
did finally with the phone number, but he did get fed up and dropped
his cable provider to go with a more flexible company. Good for you,
Tom! Read his article for a synopsis to determine under which scenarios
you can move your phone number around between VoIP providers.
While
I do 98% of my calling on soft VoIP clients or sometimes my cellphone,
I haven't yet signed up for a VoIP phone number. I did, however, get a
free call-in number when I signed up for the Hullo
VoIP service - which is like a combo of Jajah and Skype. I was actually
able to call my computer from my cell phone with it, and as far as I
was able to tell, the quality was pretty good. I didn't try it yet, but
I'm sure that I could call my Hullo client from Skype this way.
As
for cable providers, I have one and only one option because of where I
live. But I suppose if I wanted to have VoIP over cable using a regular
handset, I could get an adapter and plug my broadband connection
through it. Why unnecessarily pay for an additional service I won't
need? I'm a very nomadic person and have lost track of how many phone
numbers have been registered under my name over 15 years, and in how
many cities. I need some sort of global, portable calling number, which
only soft VoIP seems able to support at present. Any such number will
always work no matter where I am.
What you ultimately
choose for your VoIP service will depend on your options and your
needs. I work all day at two computers, so I don't need/ want to pick
up a phone handset unless necessary. (Haven't owned a landline in about
10 years now.) But for people who want the convenience of a regular
phone and the low price of VoIP calls, and who have a broadband
connection, a plug'n'play adapter is probably your best best.
If you're prone to being nomadic like myself, check to make sure that
you'll be able to transfer your phone number. Ask three different
people at the VoIP provider you've selected, and if you don't get
consistent answers, run away. Or for convenience, consider a triple-play
package from a cable provider. The bigger they are, the more likely
they'll be able to pull strings to port the number to your new location.
Written by ewriter on September 6th, 2006 with no comments.
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The Dixons Store Group (DSG) recently pulled the plug
[VNUNet] on their Freetalk VoIP service, after barely a year. Oddly
enough, they told existing customers they'd be switched over to Vonage, an obvious competitor. The company feels the VoIP market hasn't "lived up to its expectations".
Sure
there's a lot of competition, and sure some providers won't survive
long. But if they have such a short term view as this, their failure is
guaranteed. They can't expect to make money on VoIP in just one year.
The revenue potential in VoIP is not in service but in hardware
(phones, adapters, IP PBXes), consulting, and enterprise integration.
There is also a great deal of potential in voice data applications.
For
those companies focused on only a residential market, it's the hardware
where you'll make any real money. If you sell only service, you might
as well just hand your customer list over to your nearest competitor.
Of course, cable providers do have the advantage of being able to offer the triple-play services
- TV, internet, telephone. Other types of VoIP providers better be
innovative if they want to live long enough in the market to compete.
Written by ewriter on September 5th, 2006 with no comments.
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Verizon recently announced a new surcharge
to their high-speed DSL Internet customers. It appears BellSouth did so
as well, and the US FCC sent them letters asking them to explain.
BellSouth has reputedly since dropped the surcharge and will be
crediting customers back to August 16th. The FCC is still waiting for
Verizon to respond. There is the possibility of fines, if regulations
have been violated. [via eWeek]
While Verizon at least claimed the charge had nothing to do with the a similarly priced federal charge (USF
- Universal Service Fee) that has been phased out, it's hard to believe
otherwise, given the timing and price. It's still my premise that they
were instituting these fees to cover telecom losses possibly due to the
increasing use of VoIP.
Written by ewriter on August 29th, 2006 with no comments.
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Are triple-play services another potential area for VoIP revenue potential? Russell Shaw points to Tom Keating's
article about pure VoIP providers (Vonage, etc.) vs cable and DSL VoIP
providers. The premise is simple: aren't customers going to be more
comfortable giving a company they already know a bit more money, fixed
sum, for VoIP services - if it saves them on a large long-distance bill
- than giving less money to a company they don't know - or looks bad in
the marketplace? I.e., Vonage.
I
agree with this assessment, and believe I've already brought it up in
the past. Most human beings follow the path of least resistance, and
would prefer a minimum of bills arriving in the mail each month. Why
wouldn't they want they convenience of a single bill instead of two or
three bills from separate companies? It means writing more cheques each
month, which of course costs more in bank service fees, etc.
That
doesn't mean pure play VoIP providers cannot make a living, but I don't
think all the companies in this niche alive today will be around in
2010. Who are you more likely to go with? A company that's been around
for at least ten years or a company barely a couple of years old?
Written by ewriter on August 28th, 2006 with no comments.
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VoIP Reduces Operating Costs
[VoIP] This story is from late
May, but Network World talks about a global training firm in the US
that has 25-30,000 students, plus company staff, depending on phone
calls. Monthly toll-free lines became expensive for the company, and
administrators around the world were less in touch with each other.
Part of their solution was to use a Siemens-brand PBX to handle VoIP
calling from 16 international offices. Whereas they were previously
spending as much as US$1.50/minute for international calls, now there
are no extra charges for the same calls. [via Network World]
Other companies and small businesses have demonstrated that VoIP can reduce operating costs.
New Indian VoIP Service
The
state of Andhra Pradesh in India will be getting a VoIP service,
Matallo, using special phones that work over a broadband Internet
connection. The state's Chief Minister was said to be happy that users
need not be computer savvy. The service is intended for both
residential and enterprise use, and will also offer video-calling
options. [via The Hindu]
VoIP is expected to have a good future in India if a telecom policy can be agreed upon by the industry and government.
NEC Offers Managed IP Telephony
NEC
Unified Solutions is now offering its Managed IP Telephony Services.
The service is aimed at SMBs (Small and Medium Businesses) and was
announced at VoiceCon. There are two offerings, both charged monthly,
and a remote technician manages the hardware. Additional features are
available, including trend analysis for VoIP network traffic. [via eWeek]
Written by ewriter on August 24th, 2006 with no comments.
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Thinking about adding VoIP service at home? Here are a few tips and options for maximizing the value of your setup.
Plan on keeping your regular phone line for the time being. While some companies are developing solutions for e-911
emergency calling, most providers don't offer this. If you have
children or elder family members, I suggest you keep your current line,
or maybe a cell phone.
If you already have a broadband
Internet connection, you don't need to get your VoIP through pure play
providers such as Vonage. If you still want to be able to take regular
phone calls, try one of the plug'n'play adapters
that are popping up. They let you use your existing handsets and come
with VoIP service, usually by the minute. Most of these VoIP adapters
have a bypass feature which allows you to take/ make regular phone
calls as well.
Alternately, you can set up a wireless router and purchase Wi-Fi VoIP phones,
which can then be used pretty much all over your house, and possibly
even outside, within range. Since this setup makes use of soft VoIP
clients, the only way that people can call you from a PSTN or mobile
phone is if you have a call-in number and service such as SkypeIn or Gizmo Call-In, or something similar.
Evidence
suggests that phone2phone calls using a VoIP bridge tend to be of
higher quality than pc2phone or phone2pc calls. So keep that in mind
when deciding what type of setup to go with, and consider ways to improve call quality for pc2pc and pc2phone.
Written by ewriter on August 15th, 2006 with no comments.
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The Deputy Director General for Telecomunications at the OUR (Office of
Utilities Regulation) in Jamaica feels that VoIP will eventually dominate
fixed phone lines. But VoIP industry players there are understating
that, saying that VoIP will supplement rather than dominate fixed
lines. [via Jamaica Gleaner]
I don't know exchange rates but unlimited calling
there costs between 1500-2000 Jamaican dollars per month. Service
initiation fees cost almost double that, one time. Sounds like a lot,
but apparently, though, this is "low cost".
Daily India has an interesting perspective to the value of VoIP
in the home: family ties. The article points out the cost of
long-distance calls have a negative social effect: loss of family ties
and resulting regret.
A rather heavy verdict, but maybe it's
true for immigrants of some countries. It's not surprising that many of
the reader questions on this site are basically "how can I call from/to
India for free". By sheer population size, India and, to a lesser
extent, China will have many ex-pats living elsewhere, say North
America, than other countries. Free calls, or at least inexpensive net2phone calls, would give families a stronger bond.
I've asked the question before: when you think of VoIP, who do you think of? Skype? Vonage?
Despite the reputed US$20 M/ month that Vonage spends on advertising,
and their slogan "VoIP with Vonage", more people might be associating VoIP with Skype. [via Networking Pipeline]
Regardless,
I'd choose Skype over Vonage any day simply because of all the extra
features, such as video, the ability to plug in Jyve to get paid for my time, file sharing, etc. Although, there are people who would benefit from a basic service such as Vonage.
Written by ewriter on August 11th, 2006 with no comments.
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Apparently cable VoIP
is giving providers such as Vonage a run for their money. That's
because for a few dollars more per month, customers are getting cable
(data + video) plus telephony, as well as other features that pure play
VoIP cannot provide. [via CED Magazine]
This IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem)
architecture promises far more than pure play VoIP. One of the most
important expected features, to some people, will be a global phone
number, which can be used anywhere and can be called from anywhere.
While Vonage is still in the lead in volume, it's probably due to the extra features why cable companies are leading in new VoIP subscribers, and why one company, Time Warner, isn't far behind in total subscribers.
On
the other hand, I know people who do not watch TV or use the Internet,
but do have a need for a telephone, without any "global number"
feature. There's always a market for basic telephony. It just may no
longer be worth the amount of monthly advertising that companies like
Vonage are said to spend (US$20M).
Written by ewriter on August 11th, 2006 with no comments.
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Successful personal development blogger Steve Pavlina wrote recently,
in an article detailing 10 reasons why it's worth learning some
technical abilities, that he disconnected his entire house from
traditional phone lines and switched fully to VoIP. [via Steve Pavlina] He does not say anything about e-911 emergency calling nor the service he's using.
Riverside, California is initiating a pilot project for muni Wi-Fi. It's also being touted as a public safety network. [via Xchange Mag]
Got a GSM-based
cell phone? The new CelluNet gateway allows mobile- to- mobile VoIP
calls on a GSM network, via a SIP bridge, which should produce a cost
savings forproviders of GSM. [via Asterisk VoIP News]
If you're an AOL
subscriber, you may be pleased to hear that their parent company, Time
Warner, is changing their fee structure to provide email, IM (Instant
Messaging) and VoIP free of charge. But only to broadband users. So if
you're on their outrageously priced dialup plan, it's time to quit and
move up to broadband. [via Teleclick, CNBC TV]
Written by ewriter on August 10th, 2006 with no comments.
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Digifone UK has a new plug'n'play VoIP unit that lets people make free broadband phone calls
using current handsets, without a computer. All you need is a broadband
Internet connection, and you're good to go. You'll probably need a
broadband router as well, so that you can split the broadband line
between the Digifone unit and your computer.
Digifone currently has 3 models. The EL1 (GBP
50) handles one line. The EL2 (GBP 100) is for two lines. For three or
more lines, there's the EL4, which is GBP 100, plus GBP 50 per extra
line. Prices are inclusive of VAT, postage and handling.
The system is compatible with H.323/ SIP-based
terminals and will work with a PBX. The unit itself runs with an
embedded Linux operating system kernel. (More details are available by
contacting Digifone via email.) According to the detailed specs, you
can call PSTN even if AC power fails. The unit is FCC approved, as well
as MIC (Korea).
The list of countries for free calls numbers
roughly 30 and includes Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany,
Ireland, Italy, UK, New Zealand, USA (+mobile), and several more
European and Asian countries (but no India). This is comparable to Jajah, which requires you to use a computer, and calls are limited to 30 minutes. While Gizmo Project offers free calls to 60 countries, both parties in a call have to be registered.
The
Digifone VoIP service is provided by a German company, Betamax. You're
allowed a maximum of 300 minutes per week of free calls. After that, a
rate of 0.7 pence (British) per minute is charged (0.8 p/min for
British mobile phones, free for British landlines). Call summaries are
sent monthly by a customer's choice of email or snail mail (post).
Other
countries and rates will be listed on Digifone's website, but I don't
recall seeing anything up there yet. There's also no mention of e-911
handling, but I'm assuming that since you can make direct calls to PSTN
numbers, that it's not an issue. Whether or not the emergency service
will see your number on their call-display I'm not sure.
If
you're a communications company, Digifone is looking for licensees
anywhere in the world. The EL series has received a number of awards,
including Pulver100 (USA), 2004 Mae Kyung Venture Grand Prix (Korea),
and Certificate of Technology Evaluation (Fraunhofer Institute,
Germany). Just a guess, but I think more devices like these are going
to be making telecoms quake but cable providers happy. Get in on the
action.
Written by ewriter on August 10th, 2006 with no comments.
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Jeff Pulver (Pulvermedia) and Paul Kaputska have just launched Vonosphere,
a website dedicated to voice- and video-on-net news. Jeff is a very
proactive person who writes letters to politicians regarding issues
such as net neutrality. Congrats to both of you on the new site. [via IP Inferno]
The pricey (US$350) new Mylo from Sony, like the HyunWon Boxon, is a combo consumer electronics gadget. But it actually has VoIP, in the form of Skype. [Sony via Engadget, The VoIP Weblog]
Vonage has come up with a way to offer real e-911 access to their customers. The service ties the caller's phone number with a phsyical address. [via Xchange Mag]
Cindy Waxer of TMC Net says that VoIP job opportunities abound.
So, she says, forget about become a doctor or lawyer. Apparently, the
second-fastest growing occupation is in the area of network systems and
data communication analysis, right through to 2014. Job numbers will
increase by 55%.
VoIP in the enterprise to date relies on WANs (Wide-Area Networks),
but deployment's been a headache for some network managers. That's
because VoIP is a demanding application in terms of network usage and
traffic patterns. [via TMC Net] An alternative is to deploy VoIP over MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) networks.
Written by ewriter on August 9th, 2006 with no comments.
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Ted Shelton of IP Inferno and VoIP Magazine has been busy and proactive. First he sent a letter to Meg Whitman of eBay, urging her to open up the Skype VoIP protocol. Then he sent a letter to US Senator Dianne Feinstein, and got this positive letter about network neutrality in response.
Dal
of Asterisk VoIP News asks, is residential telephony past it's sell
date? Both mobile comm and VoIP have threatened providers of regular
phone service, particularly in the Asia Pacific region. Analysis from
Frost & Sullivan shows that the industry there reached its peak in
2005, and the subscriber base will be growing at a paltry compound
yearly rate of about 2.3 percent up until 2012. There are, however,
other areas of growth in the business. [via Asterisk VoIP News]
For those of you familiar with RSS
(Really Simple Syndication), you know that it's a handy way to consume
the content of your favorite websites, especially news sites. Well,
here's a leg up on RSS news reader software: one that reads you one
minute headline summaries via an Asterisk-based VoIP phone. [via Nerd Vittles] There's also MailCall for Asterisk, which reads you your email by VoIP phone.
New Zealand's Slingshot offers the iTALK VoiceBox to bring VoIP calling to regular home phone users. This is done by connecting a regular phone to a broadband connection via a suitable adaptor device. [via The VoIP Weblog, Scoop]
Written by ewriter on August 3rd, 2006 with no comments.
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Verizon
reports that their net revenue for Q2 2006 was down $500M. Part of this
had to do with costs involving their FiOS fiber-optic broadband
service. The other reason, although it doesn't explicitly mention VoIP,
is that the company had a more than seven-percent drop (over a year)
"in the number of switched access lines in service", due to customer
migrating to other technologies. [via InfoWorld]
Microsoft
had egg on their face when a live demonstration of their IVR
(Interactive Voice Response) voice recognition software completely
misunderstood the demonstrator and, after fitfully trying to interpret
what he was saying, actually typed out some gobbledygook about erasing
everything. [via CNBC TV, InfoWorld]
(Now do you believe me when I say that the domain name
wewillassimiliateyou.com - or something like that - was once registered
to Microsoft?)
While the software in question was not VoIP-based, voice-processing is increasingly become a part of popular VoIP packages, typically through add-ons or plugins. Microsoft has also expressed a strong interest in VoIP lately
You
know VoIP's about to go mainstream and become a household word when the
Motley Fool personal finance and investing website starts talking about
VoIP. [via Motley Fool]
In the article, Fool
contributor Tim Beyers mentions that in the eight months since using
Skype instead of a landline in his office, he's had a lot of dropped
calls but ended up with a total (prorated) annual savings of nearly
$450. However, he's opted to stick with a regular landline at home, for
a variety of reasons. In all, a fairly balanced look at the pros and
cons of using VoIP.
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
describes how one branch of the Health Services Union assessed their
undesireable phone system situation and, after considering a number of
vendors, went with a US-based VoIP provider, Zultys Technologies.
This
is an interesting read because the Union branch was not obviously a
candidate for VoIP, especially because there's no need for
long-distance calls, and most calls were expected to be inbound from
20,000 members. [via SMH]
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A new survey by IDC [via Info Week]
suggests that SOHO (Small Office Home Office) owners will be the people
driving the consumer adoption of VoIP for next year, in the United
States.
According to the survey home offices have typically been
early adopters of advanced technology, and are doubly likely to be
currently using, or soon adopting, VoIP than other US households. At
present, nearly 40% of corporate home offices and almost 24% of
home-based businesses have in interest in VoIP - at present or in the
near future.
This makes a great deal of sense, considering the potential savings
from implementing VoIP either in the home office or on a laptop during
business trips. Any business owner who has travelled knows the cost of
cell phone roaming charges or even hotel phone bills.
SOHO-based
businesses typically have to bootstrap, especially in the early lean
years. It just goes with the territory. So the bottom line is that
costs have to be cut wherever possible. Since SOHO offices are more
likely to be connected to the Internet on a broadband line than a
regular household, owners are more likely to be aware of the advantages
of VoIP.
However, as mentioned previously, a lot of free soft VoIP clients are not enterprise ready.
A business owner who may want to set up a voice menu or some other
sophisticated phone interface likely has to go with pure-play VoIP
services instead of something like Skype. Though that's likely to change in the next couple of years.
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TechCrunch reports that SightSpeed 5.0 launched.
Yet when I checked the Sightspeed site (10 PM Pacific time), there's a
message saying you should return at 9 PM Pacific time. The new version
apparently includes place-shifted TV, a new video codec, PSTN out- and
in-calling, and more. The beta was available a couple of months ago. Sightspeed
is a competitor to Skype, but went one step further by incorporating
native call recording as well as video calling and free voice and
videomail. [Update: 5.0 is now available for both Mac OS X and Win XP. Unlike Skype, Sightspeed is keeping version numbers for both platforms in line.]
GigaOm points to a post on Andy Abramson's VoIPWatch about a new deal between SixApart and Gizmo Project.
The new service would let LiveJournal webloggers VoIP and text IM site
visitors. This is in addition to the recently announced Jabber-based
text IM that LiveJournal would be adding. These kinds of integration of
web services are going to appear a lot more often, as innovative
companies like SixApart see the value to the end users.
Benjamin Higginbotham presents a compelling argument for why Skype has not won the VoIP battle yet,
saying that while it's great in the C2C (consumer- to- consumer)
market, it falls down in the B2B (business- to- business) and B2C
markets. Skype did announce late last year, and again recently, that
they were going after the enterprise VoIP market. That is despite saying their software was not enterprise grade. Nevertheless, I think I have to agree with Benjamin, as Skype (and most other softVoIP clients) support neither VoiceXML nor CCXML, which would really make a difference for businesses.
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Despite the beating that Vonage (NYSE: VG) has taken in the stock market, they are still #1 in terms of pure VoIP service popularity, according to a survey by Telephia.
The survey
(PDF, 3 pgs) shows that of all US households subscribing to "pure-play"
VoIP services, Vonage currently has nearly 54% of the market. They're
followed by Verizon VoiceWing and AT&T CallVantage, each with a
distant 5.5%. The remaining providers in the top nine each hold between
0.9-4% of the market share, with tenth place being an aggregate of
providers holding 20%. (Given that Vonage supposedly spends $20 million per month in advertising, it's only fitting that they're in first place.)
These
numbers only include services categorized as Internet telephony
providers, and thus excludes "digital phone" services offered by some
cable and telecom companies. Soft VoIP services such as Skype are also
excluded. Still, with Vonage so far ahead of at least a dozen
companies, there's enough motive to want to bring them down. (What me?
Sound like a conspiracy theorist?) I still maintain that Vonage needs
to ally themselves with some big player, to save themselves, at least
in terms of market valuation.
Telephia
conducts performance measurements of both the converging communications
and mobile industries. Their survey shows that of the reasons that
customers might switch VoIP providers, call quality ranked highest
(27.4%), followed by customer service (14.7%) and then plan price
(13.4%).
A survey earlier this year by Telephia showed that residential VoIP increased to 3.1% of households compared to June 2005. That number is now 4.1% for Q2 2006.
via PC World, VoIP News
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If you've been following our sister publication, RFID Gazette, you'll know about a new type of RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag called RuBee with IP addressing capabilities.
This means that if an SED (Service-Enabled Device) is equipped with a
RuBee tag, it could be accessed via the Internet. This could be a
potential solution for the VoIP e911 problem.
SEDs could be any
networked device, including a digital camera, digital toaster, digital
lighting system, etc., which can communicate with each other, based on
predefined roles. What this also means is that if a transponder with a
RuBee tag were devised, it could potentially be used as a means of
directing and responding to VoIP-based e911 emergency calls.
Now
this is pure speculation, and there are still a lot of technical issues
that have to be solved. For example, RuBee-based transponders would
have to be stationary and thus not attached to VoIP phones or to any
mobile device such as a laptop or PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).
However, any device used to make a VoIP call would have a RuBee tag to
transmit emergency status to the nearest transponder. The transponder
would be designed to route the call appropriately.
This means
that each transponder would have to be geocoded, possibly in sync to a
postal/ zip code grid. Alternately, in cities with Municipal Wi-Fi,
e911 transponders could be integrated wherever signal boosters are
installed. That at least helps narrow down where a call is coming from,
even from a VoWiFi phone. Finally, household or neighborhood
transponders could also be made available, for those interested. Of
course, in the latter case, you wouldn't want the transponder
accessible to just anyone over the Internet. Just speculating.
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Earthlink’s recent announcement of their next-gen voice/data bundle is a thing of marketing beauty.
Why?
Because instead of confusing the customer (or even educating them), Earthlink chose to call their VoIP offering Earthlink Home Phone Service in their official release. Although their VoIP brand is trueVoice, in calling their service Home Phone Service, Earthlink has yet again been successful in making the concept of Internet calling simple. Instead of “buzz†marketing, Earthlink is using terms that residential users are familiar with like Home Phone Service and traditional telephone service replacement. The branding, coupled with their technology (no hardware, or soft phone required), makes their offering as close to what normal people are “use to†in terms of residential voice communications.
Earthlink’s marketing people get VoIP. Their marketing will have customers getting VoIP as well.
Garrett Smith
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Motorola will be releasing its new Residential Seamless Mobility Gateway (RSG). An 802.11b/g access point, four-port router, and a built-in VoIP adapter will be a part of the RSG products. These will act as a hotspot for mobile phones, provide power to phones, and enable users to control their home networks. RSG can be combined with the dual-mode handset (DMH) for the seamless transfer of voice calls between the home wireless network and the cellular network. engadget.com reports:
As such, they will eliminate the hassle of multiple providers for home and mobile allowing callers to dial a number while the gateway determines the best available network or service option.
Read More: Motorola's RSG bridges VoiP and cellular phone services
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Could emerging markets hold the key to the future growth of telecoms?
That's what a new Gartner report says. There is promise in emerging
markets, especially because of the large potential customer base. But
the fact is, disposable income is smaller in many of these countries
compared to developed nations. Thus cost per call is is higher relative
to income compared to other parts of the world. (Then there's the
minimum startup and infrastructure costs.)
Those are the hurdles
telecom operators face. Regardless, the Gartner Group says that
emerging markets will account for nearly 90% of the 1.5Bln increased
mobile phone connections by 2010. Throw fixed connections in the mix
and emerging markets may account for as much as 70% of all new total
phone connections by 2010. Cellular News has several tables showing a breakdown of potential revenues by region.
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A quick glance at the Skype website
shows not only a brand new home page but a new 50% off promo for North
American users. If you'll recall, N.A. Skypers can call any phone in
the US and Canada for free until Dec 31st. Now, you can get one full
year of unlimited calling in these two countries for only US$14.95.
(Skype has also had promos in the UK, France, and other places.)
Not
a bad deal, and you can use PayPal to pay. Except that my most recent
conversation using Skype, which was actually to another Skyper, was of
terrible quality. It may have had something to do with my running Audacity to record the conversation, but having successfully used HotRecorder
and Skype on a laptop with one less processor and half the memory, I'm
not so sure of that. In fact, because of this, I opted to use my mobile
phone to make a long distance call today to a tech support team (not
Skype) instead of worrying that sound quality would suck.
The
sum of $14.95 is paltry, especially if it'll save you more than
$1.25/mth in long distance. But if the quality is questionable, you
have to decide on your priorities. (That said, my cable Internet
connection has been terrible the last few days, so maybe it's not
Skype's fault.) Though if you do opt for it, they throw in US$50 in
coupons for a Motorola headset, Netgear Wi-Fi phone, and Polycom
speaker phone. What I would have liked to see is, say, an unlimited
calling plan for $39.95-$59.95 for one year that includes a free
Skype-certified Wi-Fi phone.
A couple of notes. After Jan 31st,
2007, the plan's price goes back to US$29.95. During the first three
days after signup, you can only use Skype for 7 hours per day.
Seriously. Even a chatterbox like myself has never spent more than 6
hours on the phone in a single day.
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Light Reading presents Heavy Reading's top ten noteworthy tech research
findings for 2006. Several them are about VoIP or are directly related.
This is one of those must-read lists. While you're there, you may also
want to check out bad tech demos, about tech show demos the writer does not want to see in 2007. To supplement these lists, VoIP News has top 10 VoIP predictions for 2007.
In terms of predictions, eWeek's Paula Musich talks about the new roles that VoIP will take in 2007 (via Ken Camp and Luca Filigheddu).
She quotes Burton Group's Dave Passmore in sayiing that Microsoft's
joint partnership with Cisco, which will allow MSFT "to develop IP PBX
functions that can run on any Windows server," and that this "will in
2007 hasten the demise of the hardware-based IP PBX." The gist of what
Ken says in response to the eWeek piece is that "2007 is the year to
watch the small players, not the big ones".
What small to medium players do I predict might stir the VoIP waters some in the coming year? Gizmo Project. Or at least, that's what I'm hoping. SightSpeed, who are already stirring things up in the video calling arena, with their free video click-to-call web page buttons.
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You've no doubt heard or read about all the muncipal Wi-Fi projects
popping up across the United States and elsewhere. In some cities,
there are several subscription options for different access speeds. In
others, it's all free. One question that comes to mind is who is going
to pay for the costs of this "free" Wi-Fi? In Portland, Oregon,
Microsoft is involved in a full-speed wireless network that'll offer
free access in return for showing users paid advertising. Dailywireless asks whether this will work.
My
own feeling is that in any given city, some people will be more than
happy to have free Wi-Fi, even if they have to watch ads. It's why VoIP
subscription models like that of Globe7
could work. However, are there enough such people? Way back in the
early 90s, I tried free regional long distance calling in return for
listening to ads (pre-Internet) and got sick of wait, the crappy music,
and the same old ads. If, however, I had to watch, say, movie or TV
trailers for access to the Internet, I might be okay on that. What
about you?
If there are not enough people supporting the
advertisers of such wireless networks, however, what happens to the
city? Do taxes go up? Do they force paid subscription on users? And
when people say sayonnara, does the city tear down the infrastructure?
That costs money, too.
The concept of free wireless access is
relatively new. I'm not sure, but I think it was used by some ISPs for
dialup Internet access, though I'm not so sure that succeed as I can't
think of any examples. Only time (or indepth surveys) will tell if such
payment models will work.
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If ABI Research is right, there'll be nearly 270 million residential
VoIP subscribers around the world by 2012. Now that doesn't sound like
a lot when you realize that there are already about one billion
Internet users. Of course, not all of them have Internet access at
home, although I don't have a figure handy. So, just my opinion, but
270M is a fairly significant number - certainly a large gain over last
year's estimate of nearly 40 million subscribers.
Now VoIP might have been declared having gone mainstream,
but this suggests that VoIP isn't going to replace PSTN systems anytime
soon. As has been mentioned before, there's over 100 years of tradition
to replace. Not everyone is comfortable making calls over their
computer, though VoIP Wi-Fi phones seem to be increasing in at
availability - and possibly sales.
So now I'm thinking that
instead of the residential segment of VoIP subscribers leading the
charge, it might actually be the business segment.
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At least not for AT&T, who apparently had to foot a bill for US$2M per month, according to GigaOm.
I'm behind on my VoIP reading again, but apparently AT&T's lawsuit
against them has caused FuturePhone to slap a huge red sign on their
website: "This service is no longer available."
FuturePhone
played a sort of telephony arbitrage, setting up a phone number in
telco-friendly Iowa, who offers certain subsidies. For whatever it cost
you to call the Iowa number, you could terminate your call to an
international number for free. I suggest you read the GigaOm article
for a clearer explanation, but essential this arbitrage amounts to who
foots the call termination costs, and instead of being billed
$2,000/mth, AT&T got billed $2M/mth due to FuturePhone's "unlawful
practices".
A few other states have similar subsidies for telcos. Gizmo Project's parent, SIPphone, has a VoIP service named area775 based in Nevada.
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My mother, a woman who refuses to have voicemail and who shirks a
computer, told me last night that she thought the telephone and cable
companies were worried about all this "computer calling". That was in
response to my mentioning that she could make some free long distance
calls over the computer. Now I assure you, my mother doesn't really
know anything about VoIP, other than that I sometimes use my computer
to talk to her.
But she is like a spymaster, with a network of
two dozen or so people who regularly inform her of goings on in the
world. She constantly surprises me with what she's learned, even if it
may sometimes be superficial knowledge. She does know that the bottom
line is that if she gives in and starts using VoIP, that she'll be saving money: several hundred dollars per month in her case. And that scares the telecoms. Want more reasons they are worried? Here are 33 reasons why VoIP is destroying traditional telecoms.
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Nextel Wireless Impersonates Speed Racer
Twenty-one metro areas in the US will be getting faster wireless Internet before or by late 2007, thanks to plans by Sprint Nextel Corp. They will be using EV-Do Rev A technology, which is supposed to enable video-conferencing. [via Kansas City Business Journal]
Real Chat In Advertising
Nuno reports
that IBM plans to run two-way advertising, which lets you actually talk
to them. I wonder if "truth in advertising" will stretch to VoIP.
Easy PBX Management: Just Add Browser
Want to manage your Asterisk IP PBX via web browser? VoiceOne 0.4.0, which is not only web-based but open source, lets you do this.
Comcast Choking?
Comcast may have the lead in cable VoIP subscribers in the US, but reports indicate that they are running into service outages in the Northeastern US. What's more, these outages seem to have started after Comcast started offering VoIP service only a few months ago. Maybe they'd better finish hiring those extra 4,000 employees.
I don't have Comcast, but I'm finding that in the last couple of days
that many sites with servers in the US have been difficult to reach.
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If you are not already familiar with VoIP (Voice over Internet
Protocol) or vVoIP (video and voice over IP), it's a means to voice and
video calls from a computer. Most VoIP services also let you call to
regular phones. VoIP is a great way to save money
on long-distance calls, as PC-to-PC calling is free, as is some
PC-to-phone calling. IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) refers to a variety of
TV-watching services on the Internet, and loosely includes streaming
video.
Here's a short-list of some things that might be nice to
give as holiday gifts this year, for the VoIPr in your life. I am going
purely on specifications and my knowledge, not necessarily because I've
tried something (although I have tried some). These are in no
particular order, and are not endorsements of any product or service.
The suggestions are for both mobile and stationary VoIP calling.
- VoIP soft phone. There are tons of choices for VoIP software, all free. Some IM (Instant Messaging) clients such as AIM Pro, Windows Live (MSN) Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger also have the ability to call out from computer to regular phones. Google Talk cannot, but if you add Talqer, you can.
- Calling credits. SkypeOut credits for Skype, or the equivalent for SightSpeed, Gizmo Project, Hullo, etc. This lets you call from your PC/ Mac to a regular phone. Gizmo Project already offers a lot of free calling to landlines in 60 or more countries, but only if the callee is registered.
- Call-In phone number. A "Call In" phone number for Skype, SightSpeed, Gizmo Project, Hullo,
etc. With one of these, people can call you on your computer as they
would your regular phone. Skype is limited in the cities that they
support; SightSpeed has a bit more variety.
- 1-800 number. SkyNET has a reasonable plan for internationally-accessible 1-800 numbers,
which can be redirected to a VoIP Call-In number. If you live in an
area where Skype or SightSpeed (or whatever) do not offer local phone
numbers (for Call-In), you can get a SkyNet 1-800 number and redirect
it to whatever Call-In number you get. SkyNet also has local numbers,
but that means you have to purchase their VoIP calling plan instead of
Skype's, etc.
- Webcam. Mobile video may take a while, but
desktop video calling is free and functioning, courtesy of SightSpeed
and Skype. MTV's Total Request Live (TRL) even incorporates fan input
via SightSpeed, right into the show. My suggestions: For a laptop, get
one that clips on easily. For a desktop, get both a flat USB port and
webcam with a "snake" cable, so that it's easily adjusted.
- Microphone. You don't need an expensive one, if you are not doing podcasting.
But most built-in mics on laptops are relatively low-quality.
Alternately, you might want to give someone a headphone/ mic combo
headset (#7) or Bluetooth headset/ earpiece (#10).
- Speakers or headset.
- New smartphone or PDA. Pretty much any new Nokia
N or E series phones, most of which, I believe, support VoIP
(properly). Some PocketPC or Windows Mobile-based devices might as
well. I don't know all the specs on the RIM BlackBerry Pearl phone, but it is a cool phone. Many phones will allow "mobile VoIP" services such as EQO or Mino Wireless,
etc., to function correctly. These services essentially call you back,
once you activate a call, so your cost per call is only your cell
minutes, plus the cost of your cellular Internet usage. Of course, if
Apple actually releases the iPhone/ iSmartphone, that might be nice, too.
- Cellular wireless data plan.
Great for accessing the Internet from your mobile phone, and making
mobile VoIP calls. Just make sure that an "unlimited" plan really is unlimited. Many cellular providers only allow 250 megabytes per month, and cut you off after that.
- Mobility. Bluetooth earpiece or headset,
to give your voipr some mobility around the house or office - or for
hands-free operation while driving. Also nice for when it's cold out.
You might want to test earpieces, as some chafe the inner part of the
ear. A headset is another option, or the Motorola Bluetooth hat,
or the Motorola/ Oakley Bluetooth sunglasses. But Bluetooth devices are
not only more expensive than regular wired headsets, they eat power for
lunch. And mobile phones operating in "find Bluetooth devices" mode
will also need to be recharged more frequently. A new Nokia wireless
protocol called Wibree may change that in the very near future.
- Mobility, part 2. Wi-Fi VoIP phone - maybe even a Skype-certified one. That, or maybe a dual-mode Wi-Fi/ cellular phone. These are going to be hot, with all the municipal Wi-Fi projects going on all over the world.
- Wireless router.
If you want to be walking around the house while VoIPing, one way is to
use a Wi-Fi phone. Depending on the type, you will probably need a
wireless router attached to your broadband Internet connection. Most
large office supply or consumer electronics stores have these.
- VoIP call recorder. You may want to record VoIP calls for posterity, business reasons, or even interviewing or podcasting. HotRecorder is my fave, but there are lots of others.
HotRecorder activates itself when a Skype call comes in - and it's
supposed to work with other VoIP soft phones. It's only about US$15,
but if your budget is running a bit thin, there's the free audio editor
Audacity, which has to be manually activated, but works fine.
- Business VoIP. An iBlue IP PBX,
made with a Mac Mini. Great for that Mac-lover who also has a small
business and wants to use IP telephony for communications. Or for a
larger business (including call centers), there's Pika Technologies'
bridge over troubled VoIP. It marries the Skype interface with Asterisk IP PBX.
- VoIP knowledge. A copy of Ted Wallingford's VoIP Hacks, where he'll teach you to make your own iBlue with a Mac Mini and Asterisk software.
- Cinema screen. For all the good little boy and girl voiprs, if they've been extra special this year, get'em a 50" Apple display, to watch both IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) and video calls via Skype or SightSpeed, at the same time as the do other stuff on the screen.
- Plug'n'play VoIP adapter.
Know someone who can benefit from inexpensive VoIP calls but does not
like/ have/ want a computer? I know a few people like that. For them,
you can get plug-and-play adapter/
router that (usually) configures itself once you plug in a broadband
Internet connection, your regular phone line, and your regular phone.
Of course, if you don't have a computer, why would you have broadband
Internet? Well, if you have cable TV, for a bit more money each month,
you can have broadband, and all on one bill. Your cable company will
try to sell you their "digital phone" plan, but they usually charge a
lot more. You'll have to decide.
Happy voiping.
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