Comments for WhichVoIP.com's Blog http://www.whichvoip.com/blog "Everything you wanted to know about VoIP but were afraid to ask." Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:31:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Comment on Zipring beta brings integrated VoIP to any phone by Tweets that mention Zipring beta brings integrated VoIP to any phone | WhichVoIP.com's Blog -- Topsy.com http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/zipring-beta-brings-integrated-voip-to-any-phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-8442 Tweets that mention Zipring beta brings integrated VoIP to any phone | WhichVoIP.com's Blog -- Topsy.com Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:31:07 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/?p=489#comment-8442 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Ziplocal, Zipring. Zipring said: RT @WhichVoIP: New post: Zipring beta brings integrated VoIP to any phone http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/?p=489 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Ziplocal, Zipring. Zipring said: RT @WhichVoIP: New post: Zipring beta brings integrated VoIP to any phone http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/?p=489 [...]

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]]> Comment on Vonage and E911 by cralls http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/vonage-and-e911.html/comment-page-1#comment-8381 cralls Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:19:08 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/archives/vonage-and-e911.html#comment-8381 I just heard some recent news about a caveat of this service from the VoIPPeople website. Basically what his happening is folks are forgetting to update their street addresses with their VoIP providers when they move. What happens is because the technology allows you to pickup your VoIP equipment and move it anywhere with an internet connection you end up rendering your e911 services useless. So just as a reminder to everyone... if you move... make sure you update your street address with your provider. I just heard some recent news about a caveat of this service from the VoIPPeople website. Basically what his happening is folks are forgetting to update their street addresses with their VoIP providers when they move. What happens is because the technology allows you to pickup your VoIP equipment and move it anywhere with an internet connection you end up rendering your e911 services useless. So just as a reminder to everyone… if you move… make sure you update your street address with your provider.

]]> Comment on Sunrocket – Get your Money back !! by voipsurfer http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/sunrocket-get-your-money-back.html/comment-page-1#comment-1316 voipsurfer Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:43:13 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/archives/sunrocket-get-your-money-back.html#comment-1316 Wow thanks! This worked for me. I thought this money was long gone. Wow thanks! This worked for me. I thought this money was long gone.

]]> Comment on VoIP Review of the Week – July 22nd 2007 by Best Bankruptcy Information » VoIP Review of the Week - July 22nd 2007 (texas bankruptcy filing) http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/voip-review-of-the-week-july-22nd-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-1178 Best Bankruptcy Information » VoIP Review of the Week - July 22nd 2007 (texas bankruptcy filing) Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:45:12 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/archives/voip-review-of-the-week-july-22nd-2007.html#comment-1178 [...] VoIP Review of the Week - July 22nd 2007VoIP Review of the Week - July 22nd 2007 July 22nd, 2007 In this blog you can keep track of the … MORE Stewart Harvey (5.0) Reviewers Comments: I was with Sunrocket but my service stopped working … if not better than sunrocket and for $199 for two years I am delighted. I would highly recommend giving [...] [...] VoIP Review of the Week – July 22nd 2007VoIP Review of the Week – July 22nd 2007 July 22nd, 2007 In this blog you can keep track of the … MORE Stewart Harvey (5.0) Reviewers Comments: I was with Sunrocket but my service stopped working … if not better than sunrocket and for $199 for two years I am delighted. I would highly recommend giving [...]

]]> Comment on VoIP Review of the Week – May 13th 2007 by crwtc http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/voip-review-of-the-week-may-13th-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-519 crwtc Sat, 26 May 2007 17:01:55 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/archives/voip-review-of-the-week-may-13th-2007.html#comment-519 I agree! VOIP.COM is the most reliable provider - by far. I tried a couple of others and I must say you can't even compare VOIP.COM to the others. I agree! VOIP.COM is the most reliable provider – by far. I tried a couple of others and I must say you can’t even compare VOIP.COM to the others.

]]> Comment on Cheapest VoIP Provider? by RunningHoove http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/cheapest-voip-provider.html/comment-page-1#comment-265 RunningHoove Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:34:28 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/archives/cheapest-voip-provider.html#comment-265 Well, I don't know about ViaTalk since I've never heard of them, but I HAD Vonage and was very dissapointed. Vonage has lots of issues wrong with its service, some of which are serious flaws for both conference calling and 3-way calling. In my experience, when you connect the 3rd person into the 3-way, it usually take 20-30 seconds of asking if the person can hear me before they finally respond audibly. This is an unacceptable issue with Vonage that they cannot (or will not) fix, even after many hours of waiting on hold or talking to their outsourced call centers in India whose reps try futilely to translate highly detailed instructions in pure broken-English. Today, I’m with JOiPhone, a fairly new company owned and operated by Hawk Communications (the makers of my wireless router, branded ‘Hawking Technologies’) see: http://www.joiphone.com/ and its been flawless (without the above issues I was plagued with using Vonage). Besides, the calling plans and features rock the competition with a price better than anyone I can find anywhere. $14.95 per mo. for 2 unlimited lines (3-way enabled!!) keep your landline number, 2 anywhere-area code lines, all Cisco VoIP equipment & adaptors sent 2-day FedEx for Free, no contracts, pay month-to-month or anuual plan+1 Year Free, 30-day 1-month no quibble money-back guarentee, cancel anytime with no cancellation fee or setup fee. Anyway, you need to see who's out there besides Vonage. While Vonage's market penetration is huge, its based on a 100+million annual advertising budget that leaves little spare change for improvement on its equipment infrastructure and little room for satisfying its existing customer base over the long run because they're so busy signing up new people, then casting them aside for the remaining cash-cow-customers they're still targeting. Word is, Vonage is on the fast-track to Chapter 11 bankruptcy with their latest legal entanglements surrounding all the recent multi-million dollar law suits filed against them by Sprint and Verizon for patent infringement of their Voice-Over-IP technology, and for exploiting that technology for monetary gain like so many fly-by-night con artist outfits saturating the Internet these days. (See Vnunet newswire: http://tinyurl.com/yvalev or check out this week’s Business week article: http://tinyurl.com/2yxpyf ) Don’t get me wrong, I wish Vonage all the luck (that’s all they have), but I'm afraid their days of VoIP glory are numbered along with their existing customer base, who will be shafted when Vonage is shut down. I’ll admit, JOiPhone may be a newer kid on the block having just started about 2 ½ years ago, it looks like they'll be here for a long, long time to come; http://www.joiphone.com/ Call their sales/tech support, you’ll be amazed how fast, friendly and knowledgeable they really are. That’s my 2 cents, anyway. Well, I don’t know about ViaTalk since I’ve never heard of them, but I HAD Vonage and was very dissapointed. Vonage has lots of issues wrong with its service, some of which are serious flaws for both conference calling and 3-way calling. In my experience, when you connect the 3rd person into the 3-way, it usually take 20-30 seconds of asking if the person can hear me before they finally respond audibly. This is an unacceptable issue with Vonage that they cannot (or will not) fix, even after many hours of waiting on hold or talking to their outsourced call centers in India whose reps try futilely to translate highly detailed instructions in pure broken-English.

Today, I’m with JOiPhone, a fairly new company owned and operated by Hawk Communications (the makers of my wireless router, branded ‘Hawking Technologies’) see: http://www.joiphone.com/ and its been flawless (without the above issues I was plagued with using Vonage).

Besides, the calling plans and features rock the competition with a price better than anyone I can find anywhere. $14.95 per mo. for 2 unlimited lines (3-way enabled!!) keep your landline number, 2 anywhere-area code lines, all Cisco VoIP equipment & adaptors sent 2-day FedEx for Free, no contracts, pay month-to-month or anuual plan+1 Year Free, 30-day 1-month no quibble money-back guarentee, cancel anytime with no cancellation fee or setup fee. Anyway, you need to see who’s out there besides Vonage. While Vonage’s market penetration is huge, its based on a 100+million annual advertising budget that leaves little spare change for improvement on its equipment infrastructure and little room for satisfying its existing customer base over the long run because they’re so busy signing up new people, then casting them aside for the remaining cash-cow-customers they’re still targeting.

Word is, Vonage is on the fast-track to Chapter 11 bankruptcy with their latest legal entanglements surrounding all the recent multi-million dollar law suits filed against them by Sprint and Verizon for patent infringement of their Voice-Over-IP technology, and for exploiting that technology for monetary gain like so many fly-by-night con artist outfits saturating the Internet these days. (See Vnunet newswire: http://tinyurl.com/yvalev or check out this week’s Business week article: http://tinyurl.com/2yxpyf ) Don’t get me wrong, I wish Vonage all the luck (that’s all they have), but I’m afraid their days of VoIP glory are numbered along with their existing customer base, who will be shafted when Vonage is shut down. I’ll admit, JOiPhone may be a newer kid on the block having just started about 2 ½ years ago, it looks like they’ll be here for a long, long time to come; http://www.joiphone.com/ Call their sales/tech support, you’ll be amazed how fast, friendly and knowledgeable they really are. That’s my 2 cents, anyway.

]]> Comment on What’s your favorite VoIP feature? by vic http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/whats-your-favorite-voip-feature.html/comment-page-1#comment-256 vic Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:32:42 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/archives/whats-your-favorite-voip-feature.html#comment-256 My favorite VoIP feature is probably the use of an IP phone. Go anywhere around the world and make \'local long distance calls\'?! C\'mon now, you can\'t beat that. Go VoIP telephony! Vic My favorite VoIP feature is probably the use of an IP phone. Go anywhere around the world and make \’local long distance calls\’?! C\’mon now, you can\’t beat that. Go VoIP telephony!

Vic

]]> Comment on Vonage Lawsuit – Problems ahead? by Anonymous http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/vonage-lawsuit-problems-ahead.html/comment-page-1#comment-158 Anonymous Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:33:33 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/archives/vonage-lawsuit-problems-ahead.html#comment-158 [...] Vonage Lawsuit - Problems ahead? Vonage Lawsuit - Problems ahead? April 7th, 2007 Vonage was granted a stay of execution after it appealed a judges ruling on Friday which resulted in… [...] [...] Vonage Lawsuit – Problems ahead? Vonage Lawsuit – Problems ahead? April 7th, 2007 Vonage was granted a stay of execution after it appealed a judges ruling on Friday which resulted in… [...]

]]> Comment on VoIP Review of the Week – Jan 14th 2007 by auxOff http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/voip-review-of-the-week-jan-14th-2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-145 auxOff Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:25:00 +0000 http://whichvoip.com/blog/archives/voip-review-of-the-week-jan-14th-2007.html#comment-145 I dont know but why i dont find such informative and profitable sites so often, I suspect blogging world is becoming so small that we cant find such lucrative sites like this one. I dont know but why i dont find such informative and profitable sites so often, I suspect blogging world is becoming so small that we cant find such lucrative sites like this one.

]]> Comment on Speech delay and IP packet frequency by WhichVoIP Blog » Blog Archive » Intermittent Voice on your digital phone? http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/speech-delay-and-ip-packet-frequency.html/comment-page-1#comment-138 WhichVoIP Blog » Blog Archive » Intermittent Voice on your digital phone? Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:02:57 +0000 http://whichvoip.com/blog/archives/speech-delay-and-ip-packet-frequency.html#comment-138 [...] These are all fairly simple test to run and you don’t necessarily have to take any actions based on the results however it will give the customer service technician you eventually call a lot of valuable information and it will save you running these tests while he’s on the phone as he’s “scripted” to ask you. Very often the technician can change your ATA settings to use a CODEC with higher voice compression thus using less bandwidth and resulting in less lost packets. They may also get you to call your broadband provider and have them check your connection. The above tests are also valuable as your broadband provider customer representative will no doubt ask you run them. [...] [...] These are all fairly simple test to run and you don’t necessarily have to take any actions based on the results however it will give the customer service technician you eventually call a lot of valuable information and it will save you running these tests while he’s on the phone as he’s “scripted” to ask you. Very often the technician can change your ATA settings to use a CODEC with higher voice compression thus using less bandwidth and resulting in less lost packets. They may also get you to call your broadband provider and have them check your connection. The above tests are also valuable as your broadband provider customer representative will no doubt ask you run them. [...]

]]> Comment on What is an IP packet? by WhichVoIP Blog » Blog Archive » Intermittent Voice on your digital phone? http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/what-is-an-ip-packet.html/comment-page-1#comment-137 WhichVoIP Blog » Blog Archive » Intermittent Voice on your digital phone? Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:02:30 +0000 http://whichvoip.com/blog/archives/what-is-an-ip-packet.html#comment-137 [...] If you have read any of the blogs in our Techie corner you will have a good understanding of how VoIP works. With a VoIP phone call your voice is digitally sampled and divided into small sections. Each section is sequentially sent out over the internet embedded within an IP (Internet Protocol) Packet. The choppy or intermittent voice comes from one or more of these packets being lost, not sent or delayed in the network somewhere. [...] [...] If you have read any of the blogs in our Techie corner you will have a good understanding of how VoIP works. With a VoIP phone call your voice is digitally sampled and divided into small sections. Each section is sequentially sent out over the internet embedded within an IP (Internet Protocol) Packet. The choppy or intermittent voice comes from one or more of these packets being lost, not sent or delayed in the network somewhere. [...]

]]> Comment on Voice over Wireless LAN (VoWLAN) – Wireless VoIP by WhichVoIP Blog » Blog Archive » How do I add multiple phones to my VoIP phone service? http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/voice-over-wireless-lan-vowlan-wireless-voip.html/comment-page-1#comment-131 WhichVoIP Blog » Blog Archive » How do I add multiple phones to my VoIP phone service? Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:06:11 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/archives/voice-over-wireless-lan-vowlan-wireless-voip.html#comment-131 [...] OK, so you are thinking about getting VoIP (also known as Internet phone service, broadband phone service and digital voice service, see Andy’s Blog below for more information on this), but you are wondering how you can have several phones scattered around your house? The days of people having just one phone in the house are disappearing (I have one in the kitchen, living room, bedroom and one lost somewhere in the house!). Well, there are some options you’ll be pleased to hear. While we wait for technology to catch up with things like VoWLAN, I will just stick to some of the current options available. [...] [...] OK, so you are thinking about getting VoIP (also known as Internet phone service, broadband phone service and digital voice service, see Andy’s Blog below for more information on this), but you are wondering how you can have several phones scattered around your house? The days of people having just one phone in the house are disappearing (I have one in the kitchen, living room, bedroom and one lost somewhere in the house!). Well, there are some options you’ll be pleased to hear. While we wait for technology to catch up with things like VoWLAN, I will just stick to some of the current options available. [...]

]]> Comment on Digital Phone – Internet Phone – VoIP – Broadband Phone : Confused? by WhichVoIP Blog » Blog Archive » How do I add multiple phones to my VoIP phone service? http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/digital-phone-internet-phone-voip-broadband-phone-confused.html/comment-page-1#comment-130 WhichVoIP Blog » Blog Archive » How do I add multiple phones to my VoIP phone service? Wed, 28 Mar 2007 05:04:01 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/archives/digital-phone-internet-phone-voip-broadband-phone-confused.html#comment-130 [...] OK, so you are thinking about getting VoIP (also known as Internet phone service, broadband phone service and digital voice service, see Andy’s Blog below for more information on this), but you are wondering how you can have several phones scattered around your house? The days of people having just one phone in the house are disappearing (I have one in the kitchen, living room, bedroom and one lost somewhere in the house!). Well, there are some options you’ll be pleased to hear. While we wait for technology to catch up with things like VoWLAN, I will just stick to some of the current options available. [...] [...] OK, so you are thinking about getting VoIP (also known as Internet phone service, broadband phone service and digital voice service, see Andy’s Blog below for more information on this), but you are wondering how you can have several phones scattered around your house? The days of people having just one phone in the house are disappearing (I have one in the kitchen, living room, bedroom and one lost somewhere in the house!). Well, there are some options you’ll be pleased to hear. While we wait for technology to catch up with things like VoWLAN, I will just stick to some of the current options available. [...]

]]> Comment on What is an IP packet? by serie a http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/what-is-an-ip-packet.html/comment-page-1#comment-115 serie a Tue, 20 Mar 2007 02:15:10 +0000 http://whichvoip.com/blog/archives/what-is-an-ip-packet.html#comment-115 Great site! Good luck to it\'s owner! Great site! Good luck to it\’s owner!

]]> Comment on Digital Phone – Internet Phone – VoIP – Broadband Phone : Confused? by Vic http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/digital-phone-internet-phone-voip-broadband-phone-confused.html/comment-page-1#comment-114 Vic Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:38:39 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/archives/digital-phone-internet-phone-voip-broadband-phone-confused.html#comment-114 Thanks for pointing that stuff out. I didn\'t even know there was such a confusion. I figured as much as you explained... in the end, it\'s data sent through the Internet for phone use. \"VoIP telephony\" it is! Or is it just \"VoIP?\" Thanks for pointing that stuff out. I didn\’t even know there was such a confusion. I figured as much as you explained… in the end, it\’s data sent through the Internet for phone use. \”VoIP telephony\” it is! Or is it just \”VoIP?\”

]]> Comment on Types of T1 lines by Jim http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/types-of-t1-lines.html/comment-page-1#comment-86 Jim Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:47:02 +0000 http://whichvoip.com/blog/archives/types-of-t1-lines.html#comment-86 I agree the average business owner should let the experts decide which T1 Lines they need. By allowing experts to anayze the most effective internet connection, business owners may save a bountiful amount of money that could have been wasted on unnecessary bandwidth. Jim I agree the average business owner should let the experts decide which T1 Lines they need. By allowing experts to anayze the most effective internet connection, business owners may save a bountiful amount of money that could have been wasted on unnecessary bandwidth.

Jim

]]> Comment on Voice over Wireless LAN (VoWLAN) – Wireless VoIP by Carl http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/voice-over-wireless-lan-vowlan-wireless-voip.html/comment-page-1#comment-76 Carl Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:15:56 +0000 http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/archives/voice-over-wireless-lan-vowlan-wireless-voip.html#comment-76 I think it is amazing to have a high speed internet service that is wireless. With VoWLan there are no wires to mess with around the house and no unnecessary clutter. Despite VoWLan\'s slight disadvantages, it seems to be the next generation in internet technology! But before customers can purchase VoWLan services, there are other great affordable alternatives (some that are wired sadly) such as DSL, T1 and T3 internet services. In a few years I won\'t be suprised if more and more users begin to use VoIP and VoWLan. Bandwidth Buyers Guide I think it is amazing to have a high speed internet service that is wireless. With VoWLan there are no wires to mess with around the house and no unnecessary clutter. Despite VoWLan\’s slight disadvantages, it seems to be the next generation in internet technology! But before customers can purchase VoWLan services, there are other great affordable alternatives (some that are wired sadly) such as DSL, T1 and T3 internet services. In a few years I won\’t be suprised if more and more users begin to use VoIP and VoWLan.

Bandwidth Buyers Guide

]]> Comment on What is an IP packet? by Antonio http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/what-is-an-ip-packet.html/comment-page-1#comment-74 Antonio Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:08:53 +0000 http://whichvoip.com/blog/archives/what-is-an-ip-packet.html#comment-74 Very nice site! Good work. Very nice site! Good work.

]]> Comment on T1 or DS3 – When should you switch? by Fred http://www.whichvoip.com/blog/t1-or-ds3-when-should-you-switch.html/comment-page-1#comment-71 Fred Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:19:57 +0000 http://whichvoip.com/blog/archives/t1-or-ds3-when-should-you-switch.html#comment-71 I strongly agree. The use of T3 connections defintely outweights the use of T1 connections for an evovling cooporation. But with the use of T1 connections starting businesses may be able to have high speed online connections for a relative low price. Fred I strongly agree. The use of T3 connections defintely outweights the use of T1 connections for an evovling cooporation. But with the use of T1 connections starting businesses may be able to have high speed online connections for a relative low price.

Fred

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