Unique Community Funded VoIP Network Shows Scalability
(ContentDesk) January 13, 2006 -- VoIP User, a unique community website offering its members the ability to self-fund their own telephone calls by leveraging Voice over IP technology, today announced that in the two years since its inception it has routed 500,000 calls to and from BTs PSTN network without charge to its users. When we launched the website and service in 2003, we did not anticipate the sheer volume of traffic and interest. Were naturally delighted to have proven that the concept is scalable. said Dean Elwood, a co-founder of VoIP User. What I think weve shown is that with VoIP you can think outside of the box. Thats something that the traditional
telecom companies are going to have to do as the new voice 2.0 market evolves. Long gone is the concept of paying per minute charges. added Tjardick van der Kraan, also a co-founder of the siteVoIP User currently has around 20,000 members spanning 50 countries and continues to expand into new markets and grow at a rate of 40 new subscribers daily.About VoIP UserVoIP User is a non-profit community website located in the United Kingdom providing hosted telephony services funded by the same community that uses them.
VoIP Users business model is unique, based on inbound PSTN traffic profits being put towards purchasing pre-wholesale bulk outbound routing. As a service to community members, VoIP User provides independent information, reviews and forums dedicated to the subject of Voice IP telephony on its website (http://www.voipuser.org). Note to Editors: VoIP User is a trademark of VoIP User. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners..
VoIP E911 Update: TUFONE Adds i-911 Safety Response Centers
(ContentDesk) September 8, 2005 -- In a recent ruling, the FCC has ordered that all VoIP providers to have E9-1-1 working effectively before the end of November. Tufone will have a complete E9-1-1 solution within that time frame. Until a complete e911 solution is operation, HBF Group along with Tufone and a handful of VOIP companies have implemented an immediate solution for a better 9-1-1 services for consumers.The i-911 VoIP solution Tufone, Inc.'s customers are using was designed by HBF and programmed into the Tufone system by Joao Vianna, VP of R&D and Andre Simoes, VP of
IT.
The system now routes 9-1-1 calls directly to the i-911 Safety Response Centers where they are answered by a live operator who will verify the caller's location and route the call to the correct Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) while staying on the phone with the caller to confirm that help is received.The i-911 Safety Response Centers, which are located throughout Canada and the U.S.,...
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What Is VOIP and Why Does It Matter?
One of the latest services available online is called Voice Over IP, or VoIP. Its also sometimes called internet telephony or broadband phone service. VoIP lets users make phone calls using the Internet instead of the regular telephone network. With VoIP service, users can make calls using their computer or, by adding a special adaptor, using a regular phone. As VoIP services continue to improve, they're even being used by large companies to replace their traditional internal phone systems.
How do you use VoIP? First you need a broadband connection to the Internet. A cable or DSL connection will do just fine. Then you need a VoIP service provider. VoipProvidersList.com lists thousands of VoIP providers serving over 100 countries, and could be a good place to start. You may want to simply connect a headset to your computer, or you may choose to use a telephone handset with a USB connection to your computer.
You may even...
What Is VOIP and Why Does It Matter?
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VoIP - Thee Emerging Technology
Changes in technology are opening doors and creating jobs that simply didn't exist a few years ago. VoIP is one of those areas, and this emerging technology has produced significant changes in the way people communicate. Understanding VoIP is rather difficult for many, but the concept is actually a fairly basic one.
VoIP is the acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol. Most commonly, the term is written as VoIP (note the small "o"), though there are many other terms that refer to this same process. Telephony is one of those terms, and Broadband telephony is another.
The idea of VoIP is too simply to create a network and then allow people to send all sorts of transmissions across that same network.
Consider what that can do to the costs of communicating in some situations.
For example, a large office of a half-century ago would likely have two major methods of communication. There'd be a telephone system that connected all the desks...
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New VoIP technology offered at LasVegas.Net
Las Vegas, NV May 11, 2005 Lasvegas.net now introduces a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) for your home or office.VoIP is the ability to convert voice or fax calls into data packets for transmission over the Internet or other IP-based networks. Unlike traditional phone calls, where the conversation is converted into electronic signals that traverse an elaborate network of switches, in a dedicated circuit that lasts the duration of a call. VoIP works by converting the conversation into packets of data that travel over the Internet or private networks, just like e-mails or Web pages, though voice packets get priority status. The packets get reassembled and converted to sound on the other end of the call.Voice over IP makes long distance calls cheaper by removing some of the access charges required for use of the public telephone network. A user's physical location also becomes irrelevant; Las Vegas lets people choose their area code and possess multiple area codes in different cities...
New VoIP technology offered at LasVegas.Net
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What Is VOIP and Why Does It Matter?
One of the latest services available online is called Voice Over IP, or VoIP. Its also sometimes called internet telephony or broadband phone service. VoIP lets users make phone calls using the Internet instead of the regular telephone network. With VoIP service, users can make calls using their computer or, by adding a special adaptor, using a regular phone. As VoIP services continue to improve, they're even being used by large companies to replace their traditional internal phone systems.
How do you use VoIP? First you need a broadband connection to the Internet. A cable or DSL connection will do just fine. Then you need a VoIP service provider. VoipProvidersList.com lists thousands of VoIP providers serving over 100 countries, and could be a good place to start. You may want to simply connect a headset to your computer, or you may choose to use a telephone handset with a USB connection to your computer.
You may even...
What Is VOIP and Why Does It Matter?
Voip > What Is VOIP and Why Does It Matter?
What Is VOIP and Why Does It Matter?
One of the latest services available online is called Voice Over IP, or VoIP. Its also sometimes called internet telephony or broadband phone service. VoIP lets users make phone calls using the Internet instead of the regular telephone network. With VoIP service, users can make calls using their computer or, by adding a special adaptor, using a regular phone. As VoIP services continue to improve, they're even being used by large companies to replace their traditional internal phone systems.
How do you use VoIP? First you need a broadband connection to the Internet. A cable or DSL connection will do just fine. Then you need a VoIP service provider. VoipProvidersList.com lists thousands of VoIP providers serving over 100 countries, and could be a good place to start. You may want to simply connect a headset to your computer, or you may choose to use a telephone handset with a USB connection to your computer.
You may even...
What Is VOIP and Why Does It Matter?
Voip > What Is VOIP and Why Does It Matter?