Skype For Asterisk beta program starts today

Asterisk creator Digium and Skype today announced the beta version of Skype For Asterisk.

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Polycom SoundPoint IP 550 / IP 650 Reviewed

Polycom's business-class SIP phones can also be a good investment for SOHO VoIP users.

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Polycom Spectralink 8002 Wireless Telephone Reviewed

Polycom's new Wi-Fi SIP phone won't disappoint businesses looking to move voice onto their LAN.

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Wi-Fi Alliance adds Voice Over Wi-Fi certification

The Wi-Fi Alliance today announced its Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Voice-Personal program that includes both interoperability and quality of service tests.

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How To Add a Cellular Trunk to Your VoIP System - Part 2

Part 2 of the series details the integration of a Portech MV-370 VoIP GSM Gateway both standalone and with an Asterisk PBX.

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ISDN = Integrated Services Digital Notworking? (in the US)

Why should anyone care about a 128 kbps Internet connection technology? Michael Graves can think of two reasons.

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How To Add a Cellular Trunk to Your VoIP System

In Part 1 of a two part series, Michael Graves shows you wow to reach out and touch the world by adding a cellular trunk line to an Asterisk-based VoIP system.

Tags: Asterisk, GSM, How To, Portech, VoIP,

Linksys goes public with WiFi VoIP phone

Linksys today finally publicly announced its WIP310 Wireless-G IP iPhone. The 802.11b/g SIP phone first showed up in the FCC ID database in late 2006, but was only previewed with select customers during last year.

The "candy bar" style phone has a 1.8" backlit color LCD screen and is spec'd at 3 hours of talk time and 50 hours standby. It supports WEP and WPA PSK wireless security and WiFi Protected Setup.

The phone is primarily aimed at service providers and will not be available until 3Q2008 at a suggested list of $200.

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A Beginners Guide To Successful VOIP Over DSL - Part 2

Part 1 of this series covered VoIP basics and introduced the topic of Quality of Service. This time, we look at Traffic Shaping and Power Considerations.

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A Beginners Guide To Successful VOIP Over DSL - Part 1

This guide will help you steer around the potholes on the road to a happy VoIP experience.

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snom m3 Phone review: SIP, DECT and Flexible

snom's sexy m3 beats WiFi VoIP and cordless phone / ATA lash-ups hands down for wire-free SIP calling.

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Paltalk adds Vumber Virtual Phone Numbers

Vumber today announced a new partnership with Paltalk to provide privacy-ensured virtual phone numbers to its user base.

Vumber is a virtual, disposable phone number that enables subscribers to choose an additional phone number that can be linked to any existing phone line.

Subscribers can choose an area code in North America and Vumber will then assign a seven-digit phone number in the area code of choice. Calls can be made to and from a Vumber at any time. Calls made to your Vumber will ring on any phone you select. Customers can also change their Vumber at any time.

Paltalk members are eligible for a free 30-day trial of Vumber's service. A rate of $4.99 per month will apply after the trial expires.

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Belkin adds desktop Skype phone

Belkin today introduced its new Desktop Internet Phone for Skype, which has an embedded Skype client for calling without needing a computer. Plug it into an Ethernet port on your Internet-connected LAN and you're ready to go.

Features include speaker phone, speed dial, call hold/release, call pickup/park, mute, redial, hold, call-timer display, and contact list.

The phone will be out in March at an MSRP of $100.

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IPEVO SOLO Skype Desktop Phone Review

The SOLO is a self-contained desktop Skype phone for those who don't want to run a computer for Skype calling.

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ooma Review: P2P VoIP with a risky twist

How much would you pay for 3 years of free VoIP calls? Start up ooma is hoping the answer is $400 - $600.

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