AOL UK has taken a step away from being a pure ISP by offering a telephone service. The company says that AOL Talk will offer ‘unlimited’ calls to landlines throughout the UK for the introductory price of £7.99 a month. AOL Talk is based on Carrier Pre-Select, a system already used by a number […]
Archive for May, 2005
IP to IP Voice with Pico Phone
A small (57 kb) download and you are on your way to voice over the net. Computer to computer, also called IP to IP communications, is harder to find these days. Most companies have full blown SIP and VoIP products now. But for inter-office communications or direct communications over the net to […]
First VoIP Was VocalTec in 1995
On February 1995, VocalTec Communications, Ltd. , an Israeli company, developed and introduced the first Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) application known as the Internet Phone. It was designed to run on a basic PC. It was a significant breakthrough but it suffered from delays, disconnections, low quality and incompatibilty.
Analog Telephone Adapters Explained
A Cisco ATA 186 Analog Telephone Adaptor is available for Earthlink, Dialpad, Vonage, Net2Phone and others. But what is it? What does it do? Are there any other choices? Simply put, the adapter lets you use traditional phones including cordless phones on your Internet voice system. “By turning any […]
Earthlink VoIP Phone Numbers Explained
“Once you’ve installed the free Softphone software (or an Analog Telephone Adapter), you’ll be ready to use your EarthLink email address and password to make phone calls over the Internet.” But what’s with that funny looking phone number? They gave us 522**** for a phone number, and this has many customers totally confused.
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Earthlink Turns to VoIP
While free service is fairly limited in scope — it extends to other SIP-based phones, not over traditional phone lines — EarthLink is proving IP-based telephony is gaining traction in the industry. It shows a continuing move towards ISPs adopting and thinking of voice over IP as another application they offer along with online […]
Video Phone VoIP Search Continues
By the first of May 2005 researchers continue to look for professional digital grade video phones with free SIP to SIP features. Those that resemble re-engineered versions of Netmeeting, including Skype, have been ruled out. InfoLinkTel has a video net phone (soft phone) which is free. “It’s totally VOIP (internet […]
Talk By PC Offers InfoLinkTel PBX Download
Up to 100 lines are available to business customers using Talk By PC’s business PBX software offering. Their website says “It’s InfoLinkTel’s Private Business Exchange. We use VOIP. It’s the First and Only 100 line Business Phone System in existence that uses Video, Audio and Text and its Totally INTERACTIVE! You can […]