Keyspan announced its new VP-24A Cordless VoIP Phone on Monday. The VP-24A phone is Skype compatible, and connects wirelessly to your Mac through the included USB receiver. IT supports computer-to-computer and computer-to-phone calls, Caller ID, offers up to 15 hours talk time and 1200 hours in standby mode, and recharges via USB. The VP-24A will […]
The democratization of Skype (and other VoIP services, too) continues with Logitech PC EasyCall Desktop, making Internet phone calls easier than falling off a log. The set includes a keyboard, mouse, headset and speakerphone, and the keyboard includes extra buttons for launching Skype, placing and ending a call and other functions. Plus, the F9 through […]
US-based web security provider SurfControl is currently tracking a new spyware threat that comes to users via an email written in Turkish and claiming to be from free VoIP service Skype.
The body of the email encourages users to download the Skype application by clicking on an enclosed link. Upon clicking the link, users […]
Could VoIP become a victim of its own success? An interesting piece in VoIP News suggests that telcos may not be willing to terminate an increasing volume of VoIP calls forever, unless they’re paid better for the privilege. Remember too that Net Neutrality could allow carriers to block or degrade service for traffic that they’re […]
If you use the Asterisk open-source softswitch, we hope you had a good weekend because you’ve got some patching to do today. Internet Security Systems found a couple of flaws in Asterisk last week, problems that could let attackers take down the software by sending floods of traffic its way. The good news is that […]
Microsoft and Nortel announced today that they are getting together to work on what they’re calling Unified Communications. Microsoft, it will not surprise you to learn, sees the PC and not the telephone as businesses’ main communications tool. With an earlier announcement of a new communications server, an increased interest in hosted services and a […]
If you follow the VoIP customer trends, you’ll have noticed that cablecos’ enrollment numbers have been sneaking up on the old-school VoIP carriers. Word came this week that Cablevision has now signed up 1 million users for its $35/month Optimum Voice service. That’s about half of its residential broadband customer base–a proportion that must be […]
Free is still a tough price point to beat, and VoIP carriers are maintaining their drive to the bottom. The Gizmo Project, a product (semantic note: if you give it away, is it still a product?) of SIPphone, announced this week that all calls–IP, PSTN or mobile–are free forever to the U.S. and 60 other […]
Free Services - save you money in today's economy - Phone service, conferencing, fax - Free Call Info.com
