Archive for July 20th, 2005
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I’ve Got The Power! Not!
An important thing to keep in mind when switching to IP telephony is that your landline will mostly not work in case of an power failure. Your POTS system will… ‘Power over Ethernet’ (PoE) might be a solution.Time to turn on to power over Ethernet? argues how the rise of VoIP will bring in PoE.
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Free Calls With VoipBuster
While VOIP-info.org lists a whole bunch of cheap VoIP Terminators, there is no mention of voipbuster.com. VoipBuster offers you free calls to landlines in a whole lot of countries. They come with their own softphone, but luckily you can use the service with other SIP- and IAX-compatible softphones like FireFly from . FireFly offers [...]
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Skype vs Gizmo
I was going to do a comparisson on Skype and Gizmo but Tom’s Networking has done an excellent job already. The conclusion: Skype has the advantage of the huge installed base, gizmo has the features and the open standards which lead to interconnectivity.
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Loud And Clear!
Today is a special day. Well, possibly not for the rest of the world but for me. I’ve decided to start a blog on Voice over IP and related stuff. Ever since I was a kid I was intrigued by everything that made it possible to talk over a longer distance. I bought my [...]
