One of stumbling blocks for rapid diffusion of VoIP services is the inherent complexity of the existing VoIP hardware. An ATAs (Analog Telephone Adapters) is a typical example of VoIP hardware, which basically is a router-like box that allows a regular analog phone to be used over the Internet (for more details, look at 6...

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Residential VoIP service or home phone service is a great option for users who make lot of calls, prefer to use a traditional phone, and are not comfortable messing around with their ATAs. There are several residential VoIP providers and it may become onerous to choose the right service. This post is intended to help...

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Here at TruVoIPBuzz, we have been a huge fans of Whistle Phone services. Whistle provided unlimited free calls to USA and Canada, a FREE USA number (DID), and the ability to forward the DID to any USA or Canada number for free (Follow Me). Besides the free services, it had some very nice paid options...

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Our recent tutorial on making calls to Google Voice (GV) using the SIP URI generated lot of excitement. Unfortunately, for all of us, Google decided to pull the plug on the feature and the Google Voice SIP server stopped responding in less than a day of publishing the post. Well, if you have been missing...

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It has been a while since we got a smoking deal on free VoIP calls, so I was really excited to see a tweet from Ward Mundy about this LocalPhone promotion. Wow….what a great way to start the weekend. One Day Special: LocalPhone.com, with U.S. calls under 1¢, offers $10 bonus with $15 top up....

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The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011 is one of the five most powerful recorded in the history. The devastation caused by the quake is beyond imagination (see the before-after pictures at New York Times). While the Japanese government tries to bring things in order, several telecom providers are contributing in...

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Given the commoditization of voice, it is not surprising to see VoIP providers trying to use price as the means to compete with each other and fight for market share. While technological advances and increase in call volumes may enable providers to offer low cost international VoIP calls, sometimes providers resort to shady techniques to...

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UPDATE (15th March 2011): After a brief outage the Google Voice SIP URI is working again For an otherwise great great service, the lack of interoperability with SIP service mars the attractiveness of Google Voice. Up until recently, Google offered the ability to forward the Google Voice number to a Gizmo account, providing some way...

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