With the vocal complaints of a large number of Skype users now reaching fever pitch, Danny Wirken summarises the latest offering from problem-ridden Skype – talking to yourself. Not so long ago I could rely on Skype giving me a great connection. I used her for all my internet calling needs even when I discovered you could get far cheaper calls from other VoIP providers. Alright I’ll admit it – I just plain...

With the influx of complaints regarding Skype’s fall from grace, Danny Wirken measures up the top competitor and internet giant Yahoo!’s news internet telephony service. Cheaper, faster, better quality, better customer service and a brand you can trust. These are the things Yahoo! want you take away from any of their promotional material for the new Yahoo! voice VoIP service. The weird and wonderful continues...

VoIP stands for Voice over Internet Protocol. It is the ability to transmit voice over the Internet and to either a receiving computer or telephone. VoIP works by what is referred to as the Packet Switching Network. Standard landline telephones use the Circuit Switching Network. The entire landline telephone system is known as the Public Switched Telephone Network. The main difference between Packet Switching...

Brazil’s telecoms companies are hunkering down in anticipation of a protracted fight for dominance as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services arrive. Empresa Brasileira de Telecomun-icaes (Embratel), the country’s privatised long-distance telephony service provider, will now offer VoIP services using the infrastructure of Brazil’s leading cable television operator, NET Servios. Embratel entered the...

Using the internet to call is really easy. Anybody can do it. Even if you are new to computers and the internet, you can be chatting very shortly. It is as easy and simple to use as your regular telephone. Just think of it as a different handset. The first thing you need to do is check your internet connection. Making calls over the internet works best if you have a high speed or broadband connection. The speed...

When we think of VoIP, most of us automatically think of a headset with a built in microphone. It is, after all, the most commonly used tools of internet callers. They are easy to acquire and are inexpensive. All you need to do to complete your equipment is download the necessary VoIP software. There is another alternative that is gaining popularity. This is the IP phones. Those of our community who love technology...

Ebay, the online auction powerhouse, and its subsidiary Skype were among 22 firms sued by the company that produces the software that drives popular file-sharing network Morpheus, in relation to the voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology they use to provide phone calls over the Web, the Associated Press reports via The Washington Post. StreamCast Networks fingered the founders of Kazaa, another file-sharing service,...

Skype and Skype watchers have been saying for some time now that a surprising proportion of the low-or-no-cost VoIP service’s customers are using it for business. This is probably truer in Europe and the Far East where phone companies often charge for local calls, and long distance typically costs more than it does in North America. But the idea of using Skype for business is evidently starting to catch on...

Skype has warned of a flaw in its popular VoIP client software that creates a means for hackers to swipe files from their “buddies”. The flaw can be exploited via a malicious constructed Skype URL which initiates the transfer of a single named file to another Skype user. The security bug stems from an error within the parsing of the parameters passed by the URL handler. This flaw creates a means for hackers...

Skype has axed fees on calls to landlines and mobile phones within the US and Canada for consumers in those regions. Users placing a call to a regular telephone number from the Skype application previously were charged a per minute fee. While that fee will now be waived, phone calls to numbers in other regions will still be charged. Those rates are generally lower than those charged by competing telephony providers. Skype...