VOIP Phone Review on Magic Jack, is a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) service that allows you to make free local and long distance phone calls using a computer and a high speed internet connection. By visiting their web site you can order the USB device and start calling just minutes after receiving it in the mail. Very easy to set up and install, the device plugs into any USB port on your computer, automatically downloads the software and walks you through the registration process. The installation and setup shouldn't take longer than five minutes.
This service does have some great features for the money. For only 40 bucks for the first year (which includes the USB device) and 20 bucks for each year after that, you can't beat the price. You'll save that much on your long distance phone calls in a very short time. The service includes a free phone number,voice mail, caller ID, call waiting, call forwarding, three-way calling, 411 and 911. You may also call internationally for free if the other person has a Magic Jack device. If traveling, take it with you and call free from anywhere you can get a high speed internet connection. Magic Jack does not work with dial-up or satellite internet.
Being a new company, Magic Jack does have its growing pains. Frequent upgrades to the service seem to create outages for its users. Sometimes changing your phone number will solve the problem as they are always upgrading their area code list. If your service doesn't stay connected, buying an A/C powered USB port may solve that problem. From my research in forums where people are talking about Magic Jack, the biggest complaint is their customer service.
Do I recommend that you purchase a Magic Jack? Yes, if you are a patient person and can deal with the fact that it is not going to work perfectly all of the time. Do not buy it if you want to use it to replace your existing phone service. Use it to save on your long distance calls and your cell phone minutes while you are at home. In the future, I believe that Magic Jack will be a good option to use for an extra telephone line or even a business line for your online web sites. Time will tell if this company survives its explosive growth and the reports of their poor customer service.
Review of Magic Jack VOIP Phone
By Adrienne Petersen
Enjoy to talk with VoIP !
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Vbuzzer VoIP, Toronto Internet Phone Service at 25dollar/year
In Canada, Vbuzzer VoIP plan for Toronto Internet Phone Service at $25/year,Canadian VoIP providers: Vbuzzer VoIP, $25 is the “standard” monthly fee for a very basic Canadian phone service, landline or mobile. That price will give you a phone line to receive calls and make unlimited local calls, but that’s it, no other features are provided. No caller ID, no call forward, no voicemail… if you want all these features an extra $15 will apply. This is the pain that many VoIP service providers tried to cure. Most of the Canadian VoIP providers are offering 1/2 the price, e.g. they pack the basic service with the main features in a $20/month offer (they usually market it at $15 level but if you add everything up, it comes to around $20/month). Any results? Yeah, each day more people sign up VoIP service of various providers, some are software based like Vbuzzer, some are more “traditional” internet phone service.
For 2.5 years, Vbuzzer has been offering the most inexpensive Toronto VoIP Phone service, users can subscribe to a Toronto 416 number on Vbuzzer Messenger, and make unlimited local calls to Greater Toronto Area (GTA), of course unlimited incoming calls too. The price has been US$4/month + tax. Good price aside, Vbuzzer believe Vbuzzer is the most stable VoIP service you can find. Vbuzzer challenge you to subscribe to multiple VoIP providers and report a better one, chances are, you won’t find anyone better.
Vbuzzer decided to make the best offer better, starting from now, for a limited time, users can have a Toronto VoIP Phone Service at $25 for a year! Vbuzzer literally write off the $25/month “industry standard”, and set a new and much better standard - $25/year.
Vbuzzer comes with many useful features too. If you spend a little while learning how to use them, you can be the master of your phone, which means you will gain a lot of benefits, comfortability, and flexibility out of your Vbuzzer service. So stay tuned, Vbuzzer will introduce these features.
Enjoy to talk with VoIP !
For 2.5 years, Vbuzzer has been offering the most inexpensive Toronto VoIP Phone service, users can subscribe to a Toronto 416 number on Vbuzzer Messenger, and make unlimited local calls to Greater Toronto Area (GTA), of course unlimited incoming calls too. The price has been US$4/month + tax. Good price aside, Vbuzzer believe Vbuzzer is the most stable VoIP service you can find. Vbuzzer challenge you to subscribe to multiple VoIP providers and report a better one, chances are, you won’t find anyone better.
Vbuzzer decided to make the best offer better, starting from now, for a limited time, users can have a Toronto VoIP Phone Service at $25 for a year! Vbuzzer literally write off the $25/month “industry standard”, and set a new and much better standard - $25/year.
Vbuzzer comes with many useful features too. If you spend a little while learning how to use them, you can be the master of your phone, which means you will gain a lot of benefits, comfortability, and flexibility out of your Vbuzzer service. So stay tuned, Vbuzzer will introduce these features.
Enjoy to talk with VoIP !
Thursday, July 3, 2008
City Network,New Product Designed to Integrate DECT and VOIP Technologies and Promotion of New Wireless VOIP Product Series
City Network, Inc. (AMEX: CSN) a company that designs, manufactures and markets a comprehensive line of broadband and wireless Internet access solutions and consumer electronic products announced today the development of its own newly designed Wireless VOIP system (http://www.citynetwork.com.tw/web-e/p4-5.htm).
This new product line has integrated DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) and VOIP technologies to create a unique product offering which makes City Network one of a few select providers of this type of device world-wide. Extensive in its design, style and functionality, the Company believes this proprietary product provides City Network with a new face in the exciting new VOIP technology market and expands the company's diverse and far-reaching product lines in the dynamic convergent networking environment.
City Network engineers have developed a sophisticated combination of both DECT and VOIP technologies, which incorporates the bridging of advanced cordless telephone handsets with a sleek and powerful VOIP gateway and DECT base modules that connect and stream voice seamlessly and conveniently across the internet. The research and development of this new product series is designed to overcome the shortcomings of programs that exclusively use computers and Wi-Fi telephones and give the user the convenience and comfort of using a cordless handset.
"We see the new Wireless VOIP system with DECT handset and VOIP gateway device as the beginning of a new episode for our Company," exclaimed Chairman Andy Lai, "not only is it a culmination of a great amount of City Network's R&D efforts, but it also represents a proprietary product package in what we believe could become a burgeoning and lucrative new market."
City Network will have three models available for sale to the market: the basic WGP 1000 for home and SOHO use, the more advanced WGP 2200 with PBX functionality and the WGP4100 with expandability for corporate users. Furthermore, City Network has designed the products for multiple simultaneous users, with interactive voice functions and the ability to choose H.323 or SIP protocols designed to make upgrades easy and cost effective.
In addition to helping customers build-up a convenient, wireless and toll-free network environment, City Network has also aligned with a major Taiwanese VOIP service provider to provide a unique promotional purchase and installation price which includes an "all you can call" benefit for new subscribers. In this new promotion, City Network plans to bundle both hardware and service to create a feasible business upgrade by integrating cheap and effective VOIP service together with advanced communications infrastructure that can save money for any customer, large or small. By using internet telephony in an effective manner with City Network's new wireless VOIP products, customers are capable of realizing savings on local/long-distance telephone, GSM cellular and international phone calls.
Over the past two months, City Network's Wireless VOIP system products have been successfully tested with a local service provider and are now in mass-production. City Network has already established three master dealer authorization agreements locally and is aiming at the SME market in Taiwan and China. The Company intends to extend its marketing of the product to interdepartmental use especially among larger corporate customers with multi-locations. The profit margin for this wireless VOIP product line is one of the highest among City Network's products.
This new product line has integrated DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) and VOIP technologies to create a unique product offering which makes City Network one of a few select providers of this type of device world-wide. Extensive in its design, style and functionality, the Company believes this proprietary product provides City Network with a new face in the exciting new VOIP technology market and expands the company's diverse and far-reaching product lines in the dynamic convergent networking environment.
City Network engineers have developed a sophisticated combination of both DECT and VOIP technologies, which incorporates the bridging of advanced cordless telephone handsets with a sleek and powerful VOIP gateway and DECT base modules that connect and stream voice seamlessly and conveniently across the internet. The research and development of this new product series is designed to overcome the shortcomings of programs that exclusively use computers and Wi-Fi telephones and give the user the convenience and comfort of using a cordless handset.
"We see the new Wireless VOIP system with DECT handset and VOIP gateway device as the beginning of a new episode for our Company," exclaimed Chairman Andy Lai, "not only is it a culmination of a great amount of City Network's R&D efforts, but it also represents a proprietary product package in what we believe could become a burgeoning and lucrative new market."
City Network will have three models available for sale to the market: the basic WGP 1000 for home and SOHO use, the more advanced WGP 2200 with PBX functionality and the WGP4100 with expandability for corporate users. Furthermore, City Network has designed the products for multiple simultaneous users, with interactive voice functions and the ability to choose H.323 or SIP protocols designed to make upgrades easy and cost effective.
In addition to helping customers build-up a convenient, wireless and toll-free network environment, City Network has also aligned with a major Taiwanese VOIP service provider to provide a unique promotional purchase and installation price which includes an "all you can call" benefit for new subscribers. In this new promotion, City Network plans to bundle both hardware and service to create a feasible business upgrade by integrating cheap and effective VOIP service together with advanced communications infrastructure that can save money for any customer, large or small. By using internet telephony in an effective manner with City Network's new wireless VOIP products, customers are capable of realizing savings on local/long-distance telephone, GSM cellular and international phone calls.
Over the past two months, City Network's Wireless VOIP system products have been successfully tested with a local service provider and are now in mass-production. City Network has already established three master dealer authorization agreements locally and is aiming at the SME market in Taiwan and China. The Company intends to extend its marketing of the product to interdepartmental use especially among larger corporate customers with multi-locations. The profit margin for this wireless VOIP product line is one of the highest among City Network's products.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Tips using cell phones overseas for VoIP
Just fun for using cell phones overseas for good calling VoIP,If you're among those frequent travelers whose growing gadgetry collections occasionally make you suspect that technology does not, in fact, simplify your life, you're not alone. Take recent reports by new AT&T iPhone customers of roaming charges in the thousands of dollars and novel-length bills in the mail (customer Justine Ezarik posted a YouTube video of herself opening a 300-page bill that AT&T sent to her in a box).
What's the problem? It turns out that the iPhone automatically checks e-mail and performs other Internet data updates, even when the phone function is off. Not a problem in the U.S., where the AT&T Wireless plan for the iPhone includes unlimited call time and data transfers. But that's not true abroad -- and roaming rates add up quickly.
Verizon charges from $1.49 per minute in many countries to $2.49 on cruise ships. T-Mobile international rates vary, and roaming can be as expensive as $4.99 per minute. Make a 20-minute call from Russia on AT&T, and you're looking at a $100 charge.
Fortunately, staying connected on the road internationally can be easier and less expensive than your provider might have you believe. One solution to that problem is voicemail, available with an upgraded Skype account. Skype, of course, launched back in 2003 and picked up speed and market share after its purchase by eBay. Its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology allows you to avoid costly phone frequencies; just log on to the Net and you can make calls for a few cents a minute and add voicemail for $20 per year.
Or, you can find a hotel that's using VoIP: JW Marriott's Wired for Business program in the U.S. and Canada lets you make all the domestic calls you want and get online for $9.95 a day. Select international JW Marriotts have it, too, though it's not a brand-wide initiative.
Of course, the competition for international wireless callers is heated, and that means innovation can't be far behind. One option is the new phone from Cubic Telecom, a phone that, unlike most phones from Verizon or Sprint, works in 160 countries, and whose service plan, MaxRoam.com, cuts costs up to 75 percent of many carriers by letting you set up local phone numbers in several different countries. You pay varying but lower costs between countries, though the service benefits those who want to call you from the U.S. more than it benefits you while traveling abroad.
For good more funny using cell phones overseas for VoIP
What's the problem? It turns out that the iPhone automatically checks e-mail and performs other Internet data updates, even when the phone function is off. Not a problem in the U.S., where the AT&T Wireless plan for the iPhone includes unlimited call time and data transfers. But that's not true abroad -- and roaming rates add up quickly.
Verizon charges from $1.49 per minute in many countries to $2.49 on cruise ships. T-Mobile international rates vary, and roaming can be as expensive as $4.99 per minute. Make a 20-minute call from Russia on AT&T, and you're looking at a $100 charge.
Fortunately, staying connected on the road internationally can be easier and less expensive than your provider might have you believe. One solution to that problem is voicemail, available with an upgraded Skype account. Skype, of course, launched back in 2003 and picked up speed and market share after its purchase by eBay. Its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology allows you to avoid costly phone frequencies; just log on to the Net and you can make calls for a few cents a minute and add voicemail for $20 per year.
Or, you can find a hotel that's using VoIP: JW Marriott's Wired for Business program in the U.S. and Canada lets you make all the domestic calls you want and get online for $9.95 a day. Select international JW Marriotts have it, too, though it's not a brand-wide initiative.
Of course, the competition for international wireless callers is heated, and that means innovation can't be far behind. One option is the new phone from Cubic Telecom, a phone that, unlike most phones from Verizon or Sprint, works in 160 countries, and whose service plan, MaxRoam.com, cuts costs up to 75 percent of many carriers by letting you set up local phone numbers in several different countries. You pay varying but lower costs between countries, though the service benefits those who want to call you from the U.S. more than it benefits you while traveling abroad.
For good more funny using cell phones overseas for VoIP
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sony, Skype calling gamers,PSPs,VoIP
Newer PSPs will be able to make Skype calls from anywhere there is a WiFi connection.The consumer electronics industry has for many years now tried to shoe-horn a game (some would say game-like) experience on the mobile phone device, but this year, Sony swims upstream in the same waters. It has taken the PSP handheld game platform and turned it into a mobile phone -- albeit with limitations. But the value proposition for consumers is win-win.
The consumer electronics industry has for many years now tried to shoe-horn a game (some would say game-like) experience on the mobile phone device, but this year, Sony swims upstream in the same waters. It has taken the PSP handheld game platform and turned it into a mobile phone -- albeit with limitations. But the value proposition for consumers is win-win.
Sony has partnered with eBay's Skype division and developed a portable version on the VoIP service for the PSP, effectively turning the gaming handheld into a Skype phone -- with the same functionality, as well its limitations.
Here's what we know:
In about 1-2 months, owners of the newer PSP model (the P-2000) will be able to download a firmware update and secure a free application that will allow users to make free PSP-to-PSP and PSP-to-PC calls so long as both parties are in a WiFi hotspot. PSP owners with the Skype firmware update can also make calls to conventional land lines (or cell phones) off the Skype network, however, a per-call charge will be assessed.
Another option, for an additional fee still yet to be determined, PSP owners can also secure a phone number that Skype users on either PCs or portable Skype phone owners can use to call in with. We were told the phone plan would be sold on an annual basis, but again, many of the PSP-Skype details, including pricing of additional services, had not been determined.
Exactly as the Skype service operates in its native PC environment, PSP users are free to call others regardless of location. All that's needed in addition to the firmware update is a PSP-compliant microphone and ear buds. The demo station product specialists on the show floor had rigged a solution using remote control cable -- plugged into the video out jack on the PSP -- and itself connected to the PSP mic for a solution that completes the PSP Skype equation.
Unlike Skype users who tap the service from their PCs, it's not possible to instant message when using the PSP. But other than that shortfall, most of what PC Skype have at their disposal, such as a contacts list and call history line-up, are all available via the interface (with options appearing in the Network XME).
Sony says interest in the service is running very high, though it's not clear exactly who Sony is hoping to get on board -- teens, who could be persuaded to adopt the PSP as a phone replacement, or older consumers looking to shave pennies and bucks from their phone bills.
As far as how the partnership could impact the traditional carrier networks, analysts GameTap spoke with praised the Skype option, with one, Yankee Research analyst Michael Goodman calling it potentially "disruptive" to carriers.
The immediate upside for Sony is a bit murky, given the service is a value-add and offers no revenue stream for Sony, but one this is certain -- the PSP-Skype configuration drew some of the Sony booth's biggest crowds.
The consumer electronics industry has for many years now tried to shoe-horn a game (some would say game-like) experience on the mobile phone device, but this year, Sony swims upstream in the same waters. It has taken the PSP handheld game platform and turned it into a mobile phone -- albeit with limitations. But the value proposition for consumers is win-win.
Sony has partnered with eBay's Skype division and developed a portable version on the VoIP service for the PSP, effectively turning the gaming handheld into a Skype phone -- with the same functionality, as well its limitations.
Here's what we know:
In about 1-2 months, owners of the newer PSP model (the P-2000) will be able to download a firmware update and secure a free application that will allow users to make free PSP-to-PSP and PSP-to-PC calls so long as both parties are in a WiFi hotspot. PSP owners with the Skype firmware update can also make calls to conventional land lines (or cell phones) off the Skype network, however, a per-call charge will be assessed.
Another option, for an additional fee still yet to be determined, PSP owners can also secure a phone number that Skype users on either PCs or portable Skype phone owners can use to call in with. We were told the phone plan would be sold on an annual basis, but again, many of the PSP-Skype details, including pricing of additional services, had not been determined.
Exactly as the Skype service operates in its native PC environment, PSP users are free to call others regardless of location. All that's needed in addition to the firmware update is a PSP-compliant microphone and ear buds. The demo station product specialists on the show floor had rigged a solution using remote control cable -- plugged into the video out jack on the PSP -- and itself connected to the PSP mic for a solution that completes the PSP Skype equation.
Unlike Skype users who tap the service from their PCs, it's not possible to instant message when using the PSP. But other than that shortfall, most of what PC Skype have at their disposal, such as a contacts list and call history line-up, are all available via the interface (with options appearing in the Network XME).
Sony says interest in the service is running very high, though it's not clear exactly who Sony is hoping to get on board -- teens, who could be persuaded to adopt the PSP as a phone replacement, or older consumers looking to shave pennies and bucks from their phone bills.
As far as how the partnership could impact the traditional carrier networks, analysts GameTap spoke with praised the Skype option, with one, Yankee Research analyst Michael Goodman calling it potentially "disruptive" to carriers.
The immediate upside for Sony is a bit murky, given the service is a value-add and offers no revenue stream for Sony, but one this is certain -- the PSP-Skype configuration drew some of the Sony booth's biggest crowds.
Ic502 Power Source Phone
This phone came out a few months ago and its purpose is to give customers the best of both worlds from Sprint and Nextel. It is suppose to give Nexel customers the voice and data coverage that Sprint offers, while still providing them with the push-to-talk feature. But really… it’s just a less bulkier phone for Nextel customers. I haven’t noticed any change as far as service and dropped calls when I got this Power Source phone. But my purse does feel a little lighter. My messages still take a looong time to be received or sent and the signal of it is no better than that of Nextel’s. There is one thing I found that was very, very useful, when I’m on a Direct Connect conversation and another call comes through I can actually receive it. With regular Nextel phones if you are on a DC call you never receive another call, it will always sound busy. And another good thing is that with a power source phone you get Sprint’s voicemail set up, which is a little easier to understand
and access. And on the plus side since everything is now Sprint, callers will never again have to hear “Please hold while the Nextel subscriber you are trying to reach is located.” Aside from that,its nothing too good and if you get a Power Source phone you have to also change your plan completely to one of the power pack plans. I think Sprint just needs better service not better phones. I will not recommend this product.
and access. And on the plus side since everything is now Sprint, callers will never again have to hear “Please hold while the Nextel subscriber you are trying to reach is located.” Aside from that,its nothing too good and if you get a Power Source phone you have to also change your plan completely to one of the power pack plans. I think Sprint just needs better service not better phones. I will not recommend this product.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
AT and T Brings U-verse VoIP to Oklahoma City
AT&T Brings U-verse VoIP to Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City ,AT&T Brings U-verse VoIP for U-verse Voice Unlimited, which offers unlimited calling within the U.S. and Canada is now available at a cost of $40/month. The U-verse Voice 1000 plan, which includes 1,000 Call Anywhere minutes within the U.S., is being offered at a monthly rate of $30.
U-verse Voice brings together your AT&T wireline and wireless voice, broadband and TV services — all on one bill — with unique features that provide a new level of integration, convenience and control.
AT&T U-verse Voice completes the company's IP triple play and is available to all new and existing U-verse TV customers in the Oklahoma City area. With U-verse Voice, customers receive new features that highlight the benefits of having advanced video, broadband, wireless and wireline voice services from a single provider.
AT&T U-verse Voice is a managed IP-based service that is delivered over AT&T's fiber-rich network, unlike many Voice over IP (VoIP) providers that offer best-effort digital phone services over the public Internet. This allows U-verse Voice customers to enjoy great sound quality and reliability, as well as unmatched calling features that combine with your AT&T U-verse TV, broadband and wireless services from AT&T.
"AT&T U-verse Voice is one more way we're making all of our AT&T services work together for you and connecting you to your world," said Ryan Stafford, general manager, AT&T Oklahoma and Arkansas. "U-verse Voice uses the power of IP to enhance the calling experience. Just like U-verse TV has changed the way people watch television, U-verse Voice will change the way people use their home phone."
Telecom giant, AT&T Inc., made its U-verse VoIP service available in Oklahoma City yesterday, offering cheap, flat-rate digital telephone service to its fiber-optic customers in the area.
Both plans come with call screening, voicemail, and online management features. Customers with an AT&T cell phone get the added benefit of free wireless calls to any U-verse VoIP line.
Enjoy to VoIP Phone Calls
Oklahoma City ,AT&T Brings U-verse VoIP for U-verse Voice Unlimited, which offers unlimited calling within the U.S. and Canada is now available at a cost of $40/month. The U-verse Voice 1000 plan, which includes 1,000 Call Anywhere minutes within the U.S., is being offered at a monthly rate of $30.
U-verse Voice brings together your AT&T wireline and wireless voice, broadband and TV services — all on one bill — with unique features that provide a new level of integration, convenience and control.
AT&T U-verse Voice completes the company's IP triple play and is available to all new and existing U-verse TV customers in the Oklahoma City area. With U-verse Voice, customers receive new features that highlight the benefits of having advanced video, broadband, wireless and wireline voice services from a single provider.
AT&T U-verse Voice is a managed IP-based service that is delivered over AT&T's fiber-rich network, unlike many Voice over IP (VoIP) providers that offer best-effort digital phone services over the public Internet. This allows U-verse Voice customers to enjoy great sound quality and reliability, as well as unmatched calling features that combine with your AT&T U-verse TV, broadband and wireless services from AT&T.
"AT&T U-verse Voice is one more way we're making all of our AT&T services work together for you and connecting you to your world," said Ryan Stafford, general manager, AT&T Oklahoma and Arkansas. "U-verse Voice uses the power of IP to enhance the calling experience. Just like U-verse TV has changed the way people watch television, U-verse Voice will change the way people use their home phone."
Telecom giant, AT&T Inc., made its U-verse VoIP service available in Oklahoma City yesterday, offering cheap, flat-rate digital telephone service to its fiber-optic customers in the area.
Both plans come with call screening, voicemail, and online management features. Customers with an AT&T cell phone get the added benefit of free wireless calls to any U-verse VoIP line.
Enjoy to VoIP Phone Calls
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