Cable vs. DSL for VoIP
Posted on April 11, 2007 - Filed Under Articles | 1 Comment
Tips On DSL Connectivity For Residential VOIPBy Michael Lemm
You’ve finally decided to leave the stone age and get VoIP service (broadband phone) for your home or small business. The next decision is what to use for your network connection…..DSL or cable. Careful…..there is a difference. Here’s some tips on making the […]
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Read More..>>VoIP over Cable vs. the Telcos
Posted on April 10, 2007 - Filed Under Articles | Leave a Comment
VoIP - The BasicsBy Madison Lockwood
This story is one of those too-good-to-be-true tales that actually might be real. The acronym VoIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol; that’s the technology for making telephone calls over the web. Several companies have introduced services that utilize this technological capacity and they are making a commercial success of […]
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Read More..>>VoIP Explained From another Point of View
Posted on April 9, 2007 - Filed Under Articles | Leave a Comment
Here’s an article I ran accross from Raja Shekar of India looking at VoIP from a techincal perspective:
Voice Over Internet ProtoclBy Raja Shekar
Introduction The term VoIP refers to the transfer of Voice over the Internet Protocol (IP) of the TCP/IP protocol suite. Using “VoIP” technology we can make traditional telephone calls from either […]
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Read More..>>Googles VoIP Aspirations
Posted on February 12, 2007 - Filed Under Articles | 1 Comment
Google has built its own peer to peer network, called Google Talk, based on the open source XMPP/Jabber protocol. Still in the beta phase, Google Talk at this time resembles a barebones IM chat, voice, and file sharing client, but is reportedly working on adding new services and functionality in the general release. Currently, calls […]
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Read More..>>Fixed Mobile Convergence: Bridging the Cellular Landline Divide
Posted on February 9, 2007 - Filed Under Articles, VoIP News | Leave a Comment
As more and more consumers opt out of traditional telephone services in favor of cellular phones, the undeniable trend in the telecommunications industry is the development of Fixed to Mobile Convergence, or FMC, to allow cell phones to seamlessly switch from the cellular network to a landline network infrastructure, and back again.
The dwindling revenues […]
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Read More..>>Business VoIP and the Converged Network
Posted on January 25, 2007 - Filed Under Articles | Leave a Comment
For years businesses have been forced to maintain two separate networks, the local area network for data, and a telephone network, or PBX, for their telecommunications needs.
Converging the two networks into one is not a new idea, and in fact has been around since the eighties. At first, the idea was to merge the data […]
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Read More..>>Choosing the Right Broadband Connection for VoIP
Posted on January 22, 2007 - Filed Under Articles | Leave a Comment
For people wanting to use VoIP telephony, one important consideration is the type of broadband connection to choose. Here is a rundown of the three most common options available to the residental consumer - cable modem, DSL, and the wireless network. “The most important factor in determining the quality of the call is the quality […]
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Read More..>>Advantages of IP Telephony for the Residential Consumer
Posted on January 13, 2007 - Filed Under Articles | 1 Comment
Businesses have for some time now been utilizing Voice over IP Telephony through the building of Converged Networks. As VoIP technology matures and the network pipe grows ever larger, LANs that existed primarily for data transmission are being converted to handle all types of media based on the Internet Protocol. With a well established infrastructure […]
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Read More..>>Residential VoIP: Things to Consider Before Switching
Posted on January 12, 2007 - Filed Under Articles | Leave a Comment
While Voice over IP Telephony has proven to be a viable and cost saving alternative to the traditional Telco’s for the small business community, there are some drawbacks that the residential consumer should consider before making the switch.
Power Outages
Because your VoIP service utilizes a broadband connection and the hardware plugs into the wall, if a […]
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Read More..>>VoIP for the Residential Consumer
Posted on December 12, 2006 - Filed Under Articles | 1 Comment
To start off, I would like to cover some fundamentals of VoIP as it relates to business and the residential community.
The business community has for some time now been realizing significant telecommunication cost savings by utilizing Voice over IP technology instead of the public switched telephone networks, as offered by traditional phone companies. What makes […]
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