Archive for December, 2008

 

The Problem with Google Talk Calling

Dec 30, 2008 in VOIP News

The Call feature on Google Talk has issues. I swear.
First of all, it dials when you don’t mean it too — and then finding the button to stop it is akin to the search for the Holy Grail.
Secondly, it has no regard for whether or not the person on the other end can actually talk [...]

VoIP Success 2008: Enfield, Connecticut

Dec 25, 2008 in VOIP News

Enfield, Connecticut, is not unlike many other towns in the U.S. With schools and municipal infrastructure that ran independently of one another, the city was spending more than it needed to on communications while the school side ran on an antiquated system.
To bring the company into the 21st Century, the town investigated ways to install [...]

Vonage Helps You Call Santa

Dec 23, 2008 in VOIP News

Are you in the holiday spirit yet?
Well, if you have Vonage, then you have a link to the big jolly, red man himself. Yes, sirree. Vonage customers can call 1-700-CALLSANTA from a Vonage phone. On the other end of the line will be a recorded greeting from Santa Claus, and callers will have an opportunity [...]

Wednesday Links: New VoIP Services

Dec 18, 2008 in VOIP News

The VoIP winners in the IPSPA awards have been announced. Read VoIP News of the UK for more.
Andy Abramson at VoIP Watch tells us about a service that lets you click and banner and just make a call — no download or fuss required.
Wow, bad form CNET. Read about Tom Keating experience with a new [...]

Gamacom Will Soon Offer VoIP in Peru

Dec 16, 2008 in VOIP News

Gamacom will soon be able to offer internet, VoIP, video and data services thanks to a new contract it just signed. Brightstar Corp. just inked a deal to provide Redline’s RedMAX WiMAX systems in Central Peru.
“Brightstar, a distributor of Redline WiMAX technology, was awarded the contract to provide WiMAX systems to Gamacom as a result [...]

Wednesday Links: Unison Ad-Supported

Dec 11, 2008 in VOIP News

There is a new, fully-sponsored version of Unison available. The ad-based model means free unified communications. Read about it on VoIP News of the UK.
Uh-oh. Packet 8’s fearless leader went and rebutted something that VoIP Watch’s Andy Abramson had said about a “deal” being offered by the company. And the fearless leader forgot to double [...]

Level 3 Cutting Jobs

Dec 09, 2008 in VOIP News

Back in college, I was hired to write for a next-gen communications company based in New York. My job? To write a company newsletter. I had zero experience with newsletter writing and was not given a whole lot of guidance. So, I started researching some of our competitors like Level 3 Communications.
Since then, the company [...]

Chrome to Get Plug-Ins

Dec 04, 2008 in VOIP News

Google is working on an extension strategy for the Chrome browser that would allow plug-ins like Mozilla Firefox has. That could mean support for services like Twitter and Skype.
According to PC Magazine:
The team wants extensions to be able to be silently updated, which would be welcome compared with Firefox’s frequent and intrusive extension update prompts. [...]

Chrome to Get Plug-Ins

Dec 02, 2008 in VOIP News

Google is working on an extension strategy for the Chrome browser that would allow plug-ins like Mozilla Firefox has. That could mean support for services like Twitter and Skype.
According to PC Magazine:
The team wants extensions to be able to be silently updated, which would be welcome compared with Firefox’s frequent and intrusive extension update prompts. [...]