A Closer Look at VoIP Devices (Part 3)

Let’s start with the gateway. This unit allows a call to be made from the Internet to a standard telephone. Gateways can either be analog or digital. Analog gateways have analog telephony interfaces like RJ11. On the other hand, digital gateways of course have digital interfaces like T1/E1/PRI. VoIP gateway performs different task depending on where it is used, either at home or at the office. In the office, the...

A very VOIP Christmas

In my drawer are over a hundred UN mailed Christmas cards. I know, I know… I should’ve sent them out weeks ago. I just forgot. I’m really bad at letter writing. Give me a pen and a piece of paper, and my mind blanks. The funny anecdote that had my friends rolling on the floor suddenly sounds so lame when reduced into a few hastily scribbled words, and it seems like such a copout to just sign my name under the...

Apple planning a VoIP iPod?

Straight from the rumour mill: is it possible that the next cool Apple product is a VoIP iPod? Well, Apple isn’t known to announce its latest product offerings early—it chooses specific times in a year to make announcements, such as during MacWorld expos and Worldwide Developer Conferences. And its CEO Steve Jobs is known to give out vague statements about “fun” and “cool” products prior to...

City-wide WiFi: a threat to cellular networks?

Word has it that the Cloud network is set to establish city-wide WiFi hotspot networks in the United Kingdom. The Cloud, which operates pay public WiFi hotspots in the UK, Sweden and Germany, is targeting this to possibly service users of WiFi-enabled Voice-over-Internet Protocol handsets, or VoWiFi, as well as other wireless-enabled devices such as laptops, PDAs, portable game consoles, and the even hybrid-type...

Making the Switch

Customers have been using PSTN telephones for over 100 years. Based on Circuit Switching, many people just aren’t ready to make a change. It is the story of American history. Certain people refused to buy televisions, thriving on their Old Time Radio broadcasts, they never tried Cable television, and their homes are still without computers. Yet time goes on and with it, technology advances. Email has replaced the...

Friends and Family

I am sure you have heard the adage, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch”. Well, obviously the person famous for that saying hadn’t yet heard of VoIP. VoIP is Voice over Internet Protocol- or in simple terms, the ability to transmit voice over the Internet. VoIP has been gaining in strength and popularity as a telecommunications of choice. Many small businesses are opting to go VoIP. It is a viable source...

Emergency! 911

VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol has gained much popularity today. There are many advantages consumers are discovering to using their broadband connections to handle all of their telecommunication needs. People also prefer integrating their telephony into one simple network. VoIP can handle all components such as voice, data, email, and web communications. When VoIP first was revealed, it opened the door to many...

Can You Hear Me Now?

I’m sure you’ve seen the cellular phone commercial, two customers are on cell phones and one says, “Can you hear me now?” takes a step back and repeats, “Can you hear me now?” While commercials like that make us laugh, the truth is that as telecommunications expand and include many different options, we must make sure that we are not exchanging flexibility for sound quality. Today’s telecommunication...

Uniden and Microsoft launch VoIP for Win IM

You may have heard about how wireless electronics manufacturer Uniden teamed up with Vonage, a VoIP service provider to release the Uniden UIP1869V, a 5.8GHz digital expandable cordless broadband phone system. Well Uniden’s done it again—working with Microsoft Corporation to create another digital cordless phone that can take both traditional and Internet calls. The 5.8GHz digital cordless phone bundles VoIP...

Advances in medical diagnosis is being pushed by VoIP

Two doctors discuss a complicated neonatology case. The baby, born with multiple birth defects, needs an operation to survive. The local specialist is concerned with the odds of survival, given the patient’s age, delicate medical condition, and limited hands-on experience with the disease. So he calls in the world’s expert. They will co-manage the case, even if they are working in two different hospitals in two...