In our last article, we discussed how to provide pseudo-SIP support to Google Talk using iNum. Continuing this series, today, we discus how to use iNums to provide (pseudo) SIP support to Skype. We all know and have complained on several occasions in the past about the closed nature of Skype. Despite being a dominant...

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In one of our earlier articles, we talked about the various ways to access VoIP. It’s ironical that most alternatives to access VoIP require either special software (read SIP clients or softphones) or hardware (e.g., ATA). Given the ubiquity of instant messengers and the fact that instant messengers already support voice chat, it is natural...

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Today, we continue our discussion on improving the quality of your VoIP experience. In our earlier article on trouble shooting your VoIP connection, we discussed the importance of our Internet connection in determining the quality of your VoIP experience. However, we brushed some details under the carpet. In this post, we will explore some of...

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Here at TruVoIPBuzz, we are quite happy with Zenofon’s services. As a relatively new VoIP provider, it has introduced some very impressive features.  We have already talked about: How to use Zenofon to save your local cell phone plan minutes? How to make ultra cheap spoof calls? How to get $10 in free international calling...

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The ubiquity of the mobile phone makes it the perfect device to access VoIP services. You can make low rate VoIP calls without being restricted to a place (e.g., computer or landline). It is not surprising to see the growing adoption of mobile VoIP (mVoIP) among users. Although lot of VoIP providers provide their own...

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Although VoIP is a great technology and greatly benefits consumers, some middle-eastern countries such as UAE, Dubai, Oman, and Belize have restricted the access to VoIP. Even in countries which are generally fairly unrestrictive in Internet access, some ISPs restrict access to certain aspects (VoIP being one of them). The common approach to restrict access...

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There are several factors that influence the quality of our VoIP experience, including (but not limited to) our Internet speed, ISP VoIP shaping activities (e.g., blocking SIP ports), voice codecs, VoIP hardware (ATA) or software (SIP or soft phone), other networking equipments like routers, etc. Today, I want to emphasize the importance of your router...

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The last time I wrote about Black Swan, I remember calling VoiceCentral Black Swan as one of the best Google Voice iPhone application. After using it almost 2 months, I am convinced that I was not exaggerating. The last time I wrote about it, Black Swan was in a closed beta and hence not many...

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We have already seen two great ways to push Google Voice notifications to your iPhone. But, it looks like some users were having difficulty in using the Mail2Prowl service. So, today we have another tutorial to push Google Voice notifications to your iPhone – VoiceGrowl. Step 1: Installation VoiceGrowl works exactly like Mail2Prowl that we...

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Google Voice, without a doubt, is one of the biggest development in the VoIP space in the recent past. You can read my earlier posts to find more details about all the Google Voice features and how you can make free calls to USA and Canada. In this post, I will detail some of the...

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