Category: voip

9 May 2011

John C. Dvorak’s Mothers Day Comcast Nightmare

Filed under: connectivity,social networking,telecom,voip - 09 May 2011

There are a couple of salient points brought up by columnist John C. Dvorak in his latest piece entitled My Mothers Day Comcast Nightmare, where he recounts his issues with his Internet connection on Sunday:
I had tweeted this problem …

12 April 2011

MagicJack Latest Loser in Game of Telecom Arbitrage

Filed under: telecom,voip - 12 Apr 2011

From: Did MagicJack Lose It’s Magic? – VoIP Watch:
Over the weekend the Telecom Law Monitor, a blog from the telecom practice group of Washington D.C. based Kelly Drye caught my eye when I spied that MagicJack’s sister/parent company, YMAX and …

4 March 2011

Google Shutting Down Gizmo5

Filed under: telecom,voip - 04 Mar 2011

I suppose it was only a matter of time before Google shuttered the Gizmo5 service they acquired the service in November 2009. The date of closure: 3 April 2011. You can add credit to your account for another week, …

22 December 2010

Skype Outage: Why, And What You Should Do

Filed under: software,voip - 22 Dec 2010

As someone who works with a team remotely–and makes heavy use of Skype–I certainly noticed Skype not working properly. The reason? From Skype’s Status Page:
Earlier today, we noticed that the number of people online on Skype was falling, which wasn’t …

20 November 2010

More Obsolete VoIP Gear for Sale

Filed under: administrivia,voip - 20 Nov 2010

I dug a little deeper into my stash and found some additional items to add to my for-sale list:

Linksys WBP54G – Wireless Bridge for Linksys/Sipura Devices
Linksys WIP300 (802.11g WiFi phone)
Dock n Talk with Bluetooth Module and Cables
A few ATAs from …

Jan Fandrianto Strikes Again with the OBi110

Filed under: gadgets,voip - 20 Nov 2010

From OBi110: Consumer VoIP is Getting Social | Cult of Mac:
Obihai Technology, a tiny Cupertino start-up, this month brought to market its first product, the OBi110 — an unassuming $70 box with blinky lights that may well prove to be …

15 November 2010

Obsolete VoIP ATAs For Sale

Filed under: voip - 15 Nov 2010

Over the years, I’ve accumulated far too many VoIP ATAs and other related gear. Now I’m getting rid of them. By now, most of this stuff isn’t supported. It may be almost entirely worthless. But I’d rather not throw it away. …

28 February 2010

The RTX Dualphone 3088

Filed under: gadgets,mobile network operators,telephones,voip - 28 Feb 2010

One of the things In Store Solutions sent it to me for review right around Christmas 2009 was the RTX Dualphone 3088. I’ve actually been (trying to) use …

20 February 2010

Inbox Liquidation, Part 54

My inbox is bursting at the seams, it seems.

Skype and Verizon Wireless?: One of the surprises to come out of the recent Mobile World Congress show is that Verizon Wireless and Skype have signed an agreement that allows a …

30 January 2010

The Freetalk Wireless Headset

Filed under: gadgets,headphones,voip - 30 Jan 2010

The folks at In Store Solutions sent me this headset to review a while ago–the Freetalk Wireless Headset. I had tried a couple of times to write …

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