VoIP: Telecommunications Hope or Nightmare? (Part 4)

Fortunately, most VoIP hardware providers are working double time in order to come up with systems that include power backup to pacify this problem. Another major concern among consumers is that not all current VoIP service providers offer full, 24-7 emergency 911 service. For example, an emergency call after working hours in Florida might be routed to Idaho. But this is soon to change as well. How you ask? Well,...

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...

VoIP: Telecommunications Hope or Nightmare? (Part 3)

Hospitals as well as other large, diverse workforces are realizing the value of utilizing wireless VoIP phones. VoIP allows them to effectively communicate with one another in a timely manner, regardless of their location either from different wings, floors or even buildings. In this type of setup VoIP offers consumers a more cost effective and efficient alternative than mobile phones and pagers. The bigger...

VoIP: Telecommunications Hope or Nightmare? (Part 1)

Voice-over-Internet protocol or VoIP has been hyped for a couple of years now. After all, the world market has long been parched for a service that could marry voice, video and data all in one network with the hope of alleviating the woes that plague the telecommunication industry from the onset of the new millennium. Of course, from the day VoIP was launched into the market large businesses immediately jumped into...

Why Your Business Will Benefit From VOIP? (Part 2)

You can also get voice mail and faxes automatically forwarded to your mail box. Likewise you can also archive, file, or forward data to different employees or offices with a simple click of a mouse. With VoIP service, you can also get virtual phone numbers of any available area code. What this means for you is that even though you’re in New York, you can still have phone numbers pertaining to California or...

Skype’s plummet – customer service freefall

With the recent takeover of Skype by Ebay, Danny Wirken asks if Skype has forgotten to pack it’s parachute. With the internet booming in sales of products such as the Skype phone or free Skype download, the company is enjoying more publicity than ever before. Since inception in 2003, Skype now claims well over 55 million registered customers thanks to the way it allows users to call other users for free. It has...

Why Your Business Will Benefit From VOIP? (Part 1)

A quick look in the internet will doubtless show you the endless advantages of VoIP services to businesses. So if you are one of the remaining few, who haven’t made a switch to VoIP here’s what you have been missing. Communication is considered the lifeblood of any business dealings. However, this also means great financial expenses. VoIP offers some sort of solution. The general advantage of VoiP service is...

Goodbye Skype – Hello Competition

Are you feeling retro? Are you up-to-date on your tech stuff, but still can’t let go of old school technology? Well, then the D-Link DPH-50U Skype USB Phone Adapter may just be the gadget for you. The adapter connects any regular telephone for use with Skype. You can use a regular corded telephone, or even a wireless phone to make and receive Skype calls. What’s great is that if you plug the adapter into a...

A victim of their own success Skype service falls behind

With Skype refusing to answer emails promptly or even to update their ad-hoc customer service style, Danny Wirken ponders the paperless world of Skype. Ah, Skype. Time was, my father would often say, that one could correct most problems if you found the right paperwork. While I don’t share my father’s passion for record keeping (I enjoy paying my bills online and doing my bit for the environment) I must agree...

A Closer look at Skype’s Competitors

With the once loyal fans of Skype and SkypeOut now looking for a new company to service their internet telephony needs, Danny Wirken discovers some interesting truths behind many of the main competitors. At first glance there are seemingly hundreds of them. Thanks to the rapid and surprising success of Skype and SkypeOut many other companies have begun to offer internet telephony and VoIP services to the same market...