The End Of The Public Phone Network

A Washington, D.C., committee wants to phase out traditional telephony worldwide, by June 2018 BY Steven Cherry // Wed, December 19, 2012 Steven Cherry: Hi, this is Steven Cherry for IEEE Spectrum’s “Techwise Conversations.”The 134-year-old U.S. public phone...

Top 10 Cool Features You Need To Know About Voip

When we think about VoIP we think cheap calls to UK and internationally. However what a lot of businesses don’t realise is that there are a whole lot of really cool features that come with the VoIP service that are proving to be invaluable. For any business not using...

Should Your Business Switch To Voip

By: Peter Alexander You’re at an internet café and get an important business call–on your laptop. You’re on the road and receive an urgent voice mail–in your e-mail inbox. Your business has a phone number with a Florida area code–even...

Avoid the “Sip Trunk Gotchas”

By: Steve Lingo SIP trunking is hot. Very hot. According to a survey of North American enterprises this year, one third of them use SIP trunking today and 42% of them plan to use it by 2014.  But you don’t want to get burned rolling it out to your organization without...

IP Telephony’s Achilles Heel

The Achilles heel of IP telephony, or VoIP, is low quality bandwidth. We face this often.  As you can imagine, many people who are interested in VoIP are interested in saving money.  That makes sense, as this technology can save a large percentage of monthly outlay on...

What is a SIP Trunk?

Simply put: An SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) trunk is a service that allows businesses with an installed PBX to use real-time communications including VoIP. By connecting an SIP trunk to an internal traditional PSTN (public switched telephone network) phone...