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Who will have the most VoIP subs at the end of this year?

Who will have the most VoIP subs at the end of this year?Who cares who will have most VoIP subs?I believe the telephone companies are duping the public creating a hype about VoIP telephony which requires a person to be in a specific spot to be able to utilize it....

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, WIRELESS, gossip, VoIP, VOIP Subs, Clear Wire, Clear, Vonage Holdings Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-05-16

Cable Over VoIP subs increased ten-fold in 2004

Cable Over VoIP subs increased ten-fold in 2004VolPI am using a program from Arrl called echolink and have contacted over 41 contacts using this program. THe only draw bacxk is that you have to be an Amateur Radio Operator to use it. I decided to try it since the talk...

Tags: Telephony, Volp, VOIP Subs, VoIP, cable

Discussion threads 2005-02-09

Additional Resources

Four obstacles to implementing VoIP [video]

Voice over IP is growing in popularity because companies are attracted to its potential for saving money on long distance and international calls. Still, fewer than half of all businesses are using VoIP because of a few drawbacks. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT Executives discusses the biggest obstacles...

Tags: Video, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-05

News to know: Layoffs at AT&T, Adobe, Real; AMD warns; $99 iPhone

Larry Dignan: AT&T cuts 12,000 jobs, will cut capital spending Jason D. O'Grady: Adobe lays off 600; skips Macworld Expo Sam Diaz: Next up for layoffs: Real Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: AMD warns of 25% drop in Q4 sales Larry Dignan: AMD:...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Layoff, Larry Dignan, AT&T Corp., Health Care, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Turn your iPod touch into a VoIP phone with Truphone

I've talked about the Truphone VoIP solution here on this blog a couple of times in the past and have had it on my iPhone for several months. Now that my ZDNet Smartphones & Cell Phones blog focuses on phones you may be asking why I am posting about a...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, VoIP Phone, Fring, Digital Music, Telephony, Digital Media, Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-12-04

iPod touch gets VoIP, steals some iPhone thunder

The 'funnest' iPod ever has kicked it up a notch. Bam! Thanks to a microphone adapter and some free software called Truphone, the second-generation iPod touch is now capable of courting consumers as a VoIP mobile phone, in the most literal of senses (just...

Tags: Apple iPhone, VoIP, Apple iPod, Call, Apple iPod Touch, Truphone, Truphone Application, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Hi Def Voice: Cool Sounding, But Do You Care?

Who doesn't hate a bad phone connection, but just how bad does a connection have to be before you're willing to pay for a really good one? That's the question telephony vendors are wondering, as they deliver hi-def...

Tags: Phone, Voice, Codec, Voice Channel, Telecom & Utilities, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Clearwire-Sprint make it official, pave way for WiMax rollout

Clearwire-Sprint make it official, pave way for WiMax rolloutWhere's rogerramjet? This is the wireless steamroller.. its coming!I hope they can finally kill the two phone networks in this country and use one medium that will allow me to use any provider i want. Sorta like long distance.VOIP wont...

Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Telecom & Utilities, Clearwire Corp., WiMAX, Sprint Communications

Discussion threads 2008-12-01

Will Apple launch a netbook? And other burning questions

Apple has said "it doesn't do cheap," but one analyst reckons that Steve Jobs & Co. will address the netbook market at some point--either with an 11-inch MacBook Air priced between $800 and $1,000 in 2009 or a tablet Mac in 2010. That's one of the more...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Gene Munster, 3G, Notebooks, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Multi-touch smart desks surface in the classroom (<b>Gallery:</b> Amazing technology)

Multi-touch smart desks surface in the classroom (Gallery: Amazing technology)The "Mini-nuke" and ....Both the mini-nuclear power plant and the "salt spray" ships remind me of past hoaxes to try to get gullable politicians to pony up "research grants". Some of the others are interesting "out of the box" thinking...

Tags: mini-nuke, AMAZING TECHNOLOGY, multi-touch, Gallery

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

Live Webcast: Using VoIP to Cut Costs in a Slowing Economy

Businesses of all sizes are now realizing the need to not only cut costs but continue to provide infrastructure and tools to grow their businesses. Business VoIP technology has proven to lower costs while providing improved business communications. Nevertheless, there are still those who remain skeptical,...

Tags: Webcast, Business Communication, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking

Webcasts 2008-11-20

HomePlug revival continues with new Netgear Powerline gear

Remember when, not so long ago, home networking using power lines seemed down for the count due to slow throughput rates, especially as Draft N wireless devices entered the market? Thanks to improved technology, the HomePlug standard is staging a comeback, with big-name brands like Linksys...

Tags: NetGear, Powerline, HDXB111, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-11-18

News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan:  With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-18

VoIP vulnerabilities in Microsoft Communicator

Researchers at VoIPshield Labs have pinpointed a wide range of denial-of-service vulnerabilities in Microsoft Communicator, the unified communications that features business-grade instant messaging , voice, and video tools. The flaws, rated "high severity," could cripple VoIP-powered communications on Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator and Windows Live Messenger....

Tags: Denial Of Service, VoIP, Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-17

(Gallery: Best Buy-designed HP and Toshiba notebooks)

(Gallery: Best Buy-designed HP and Toshiba notebooks)Pretty Decent Specs!For 1,099 it´s a winner!Can you tell me why?-WHY nobody has ever put a cellphone, a VOICE, into a laptop, or netbook ?!? Is it because I claim a patent royality rights to this potentially hugely lucrative idea?Just, "call my laptop" !...

Tags: Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, notebook, laptop computer, phone, cell phone, Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Gmail expands to include voice and video

Gmail expands to include voice and videoYou can't blame them for trying.A Question.Exactly, Precisely , What is this Plug??Yet another spy gadget for google?AaronAt the same timeI don't think I will use it. I use Skype for IM and A/V calls. I haven't used Gmail Chat more than...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Corporate communications, Web browsers, Google Gmail, video

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Best mobile VoIP headset ever

Best mobile VoIP headset everGreat ProductI really liked this product

Tags: Telephony, Advertising & Promotion, VoIP headset, headset, VoIP, mobile

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

Solera Networks - a different take on management and security

I was contacted recently by an old acquaintence, Alan Hall, formally from Novell and now with Solera Networks. Hmm. That didn't come out right. Alan is someone I've known for a while. I'm not saying he's old. Alan wanted me to hear about a different way to...

Tags: Security, Network, Network Traffic, Analysis, Alan, Solera Networks Technology, Packet Capture, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-06

FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cards

FCC opens up wireless 'white spaces;' Assessing winners, losers and wild-cardsCo-optingIf the new frequencies are open to any company and if some companies are threatened by competition using the new frequencies, then why shouldn't the threatened companies jam the new frequencies?That seems one of the points of this quoted quote:The...

Tags: Federal government, Wi-Fi, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Amateur Radio, white space, spectrum, FCC, wireless

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

First-ever VoIP over iPhone app: say so long to huge roaming fees

First-ever VoIP over iPhone app: say so long to huge roaming feesTry Vyke its realy good!!Hi all!!I wanna share my experience with Vyke..Enjoy Vyke's cheap international phone calls using PC-to-Phone, WIFI enabled mobile phones, SIP devices or Callback. Get a free dollar when you sign up for free, and there...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, iPhone App, phone, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-11-02