Aug 26, 2011 | All About VoIP
The growth of VoIP is unstoppable. Today, you will find all sorts of providers—big ones and small ones, new and old players—in the market. However, though each of them offers something unique to users like you, only a handful will be worth pursuing.
A VoIP system is ideal for your business if
It is affordable.
One of the greatest strengths of a VoIP system is its cost. You can pay a flat fee every month or per-minute charges for long-distance or international phone calls. Moreover, plenty of providers already have their own plans, with add-ons, which you can compare to determine who among them offers the best value for money.
It offers excellent voice quality.
It’s critical for VoIP systems to have the least delay in connection. Thus, find providers that possess several points of presence that can greatly reduce latency. Fortunately, you can already measure the voice quality of VoIP through means opinion score test (MOS test).
Voice quality is also often used as one of the criteria for reliability. Like other types of technology, VoIP systems can experience glitches, but the overall failure rate must be within the acceptable range.
It’s scalable.
As your business grows, so should your technologies utilized such as VoIP systems. This is one huge benefit of dealing with already established providers since they usually already have the architecture in place, which you can easily tap once you’re ready for additional configurations.
It’s usable.
Simply put, you as well as your employees, especially your IT staff, must not have any trouble accessing, implementing, training, and securing your VoIP network.
Aug 26, 2011 | All About VoIP
When VoIP came along, a lot of its pundits believed it’s going to be the end of the long-distance phone companies—there would be no more monopoly.
And for a while, it worked, because companies such as Vonage became the It star not only in communications but also in IT industry. However, only a few years passed, and a lot of them had already shut down. Others shifted their focus to more lucrative customers: the different businesses.
In spite of the advantages of using VoIP mainly for personal use, there are 2 main issues that plague it, bringing it to its dying phase:
1. Mobile phones and even tablet PCs came around. Though voice quality and cost are two deciding factors in choosing a communication system, a lot of people are now giving more weight to mobility. It’s a value tablet PCs and mobile phones can give to users immediately. Worse, many carriers are already offering affordable rates, as well as pre-paid plans, which give users plenty of control over calling costs.
2. Telephone companies transformed themselves. The main competitors of these VoIP providers felt the effects of the newest service, but instead of pulling themselves behind, they pushed themselves forward by innovating. Because they already have the technology and capital, they have conveniently and quickly transformed themselves into Internet and mobile firms.
But can we already say it was a good run for consumer VoIP? Not yet. It’s not officially dead. As long as these providers are also willing to embrace mobility and take advantage of new technologies such as tablet PCs, it can still compete.
Customers need mobility therefore Services Providers must ensure customers can connect to their VoIP Service wherever they go. iPad can be used to make phone calls using IPsmarx Breeze Mobile Softphone. Customers can access Breeze from their Iphone, Ipod Touch and also the Android Phones. The advantage is great savings for both clients and service providers. For example, Calling Card Providers no longer need to print actual cards. They can offer PINless services virtually and VoIP Residential Service Providers no longer need to provider hardware devices like IP phones or adaptors which range from $30-$150 per unit. Now clients can connect to their accounts using Breeze and their cellphones and access their service anytime and anywhere!
The old long distance companies realized that there was more money to be made in wireless and Internet and abandoned their old “long distance” focus. They have transformed themselves into cellular and Internet companies. It turns out that the future may not be about making VoIP calls over wired lines after all. Consumers speak with their wallets and they seem to be screaming for mobility
Aug 26, 2011 | All About VoIP, HowTo
You’ve finally decided to use VoIP for your business and are definitely ready to implement it. But what steps should you take?
Here’s a simple guide on how to begin using VoIP:
1. Check your computer first. Not all can run VoIP services, and one of the primary reasons is their computer. You should have a very fast Internet connection that can handle the demands of a VoIP. It’s also essential that your PC can install and run several codecs for video and audio.
2. Find the right VoIP vendor. Though there are several VoIP providers online and offline, you’re still going to spend a good amount of time looking for one. You have so many factors to consider, such as costs, reliability, scalability, usability of the system, and voice quality. You may even have to factor in the accessories or additional features that come with the package. Are they available for free?
Nevertheless, to speed up the selection process, choose at least 5 of your preferred vendors and request them to perform a live demo.
3. Install the hardware provided. Providers can give you a VoIP phone, compatible router, softphone, and an adaptor. These are the basic ones. Some will include accessories such as headsets or handsets.
Providers hand these devices over along with kits and instruction manuals. But if you’re doubtful of your installation capabilities, you can always ask for technical help.
4. Choose your number. Can you keep your existing numbers? Yes, you can. But sometimes it’s ideal to use a different area code to reduce costs. For instance, if you’re bringing business to New York and you’re in Florida, matching your VoIP area code to that of New York can help you save from long-distance fees.
Apr 17, 2011 | All About VoIP, SIP TRUNKING
It is hardly surprising that VoIP phone service, often referred to as internet phone service, is taking the world by storm. In addition to the substantial cost savings, a VoIP phone service delivers a tremendous array of features all included in the low monthly fee.
We here have a comparison of some of our competitor’s services with our services. Selecting an ideal VoIP provider can help you to save up to 75% on expected annual charges.
This comparison will help you in Comparing VoIP providers, product features, finding cheapest VoIP provider, Wholesale DID origination, SIP trunking, VoIP DIDs, Inbound DIDs
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Apr 5, 2011 | All About VoIP, HowTo, SIP TRUNKING
To Get the best quality of VoIP services one should have Static IP address. But there are situations where customers does not have static IP and they have to change the IP in Manage IP to keep the service active. Now you don’t have to make a change in Manage IP. You can create a Virtual DNS name for you IP with third party services (free) and use that virtual name to for ward the calls.
Create an account with www.dyndns.com
Click on MY ACCOUNT
Click on MY HOSTS
Click on ADD NEW HOST
Choose your HOSTNAME (say you choose “abc”)
Choose your domain name (say you choose “homedns.org”)
Choose Service Type HOST WITH IP ADDRESS
Add any IP address in the IP ADDRESS field.
Click ADD TO CART
Click “PROCEED TO CHECKOUT”
Click “ACTIVATE SERVICES”
https://www.dyndns.com/support/kb/using_inadyn_with_dyndns_services.html
Download the most recent version of INADYN
cd /usr/local/
wget http://cdn.dyndns.com/inadyn.zip
unzip inadyn.zip
cd inadyn
make
It will install the program in
/usr/local/inadyn/bin/linux/
Configuration File
Inadyn can be configured by command line options or by a configuration file. A default configuration file is /etc/inadyn.conf under Unix systems. The location of the config file can be given to inadyn via –input_file option.
Update the /etc/inadyn.conf file with the following. Make sure to update the USERNAME and PASSWORD for the dyndns.org account information.
## inadyn configuration file
update_period_sec 600 # Check for a new IP every 600 seconds
# DynDNS username and password here
username ##YOUR USERNAME##
password ##YOUR PASSWORD##
dyndns_system dyndns@dyndns.org
## Dynamic DNS hosts
alias abc.homedns.org
Run the program
cd /usr/local/inadyn/bin/linux/
./inadyn –input_file /etc/inadyn.conf –background
if you have reboot the machine, run the same command again.
Now this script will check if the IP is changed every 10 minutes. If there is any change in IP your DNS record will be update automatically.
Now you can use your new DNS name in Manage IP field and our system will automatically forward calls to new IP as so as our system sees new IP for your DNS Name.
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