Smith On VoIP

If you are a hardware fan like I am, there are a few cool new things out.

Linksys WIP310 - This a new SIP based WiFi phone from Linksys. It comes with a slick color screen and it 802.11/g compliant.
SwitchVox AA60 Appliance - Digium owned SwitchVox announced their new SwitchVox appliance which will replace their tower […]

A few weeks ago I posted 11 reasons the iPhone is the worst cellphone I have ever owned.
I am not writing you today to retract those statements. I still think the iPhone is the worst cellphone I have used since the early 2000’s, but with news that Apple is okay with third party developers releasing […]

I stumbled upon this great piece of link-bait today and although their blog is basically one big piece of link-bait, I thought that they did an excellent job rounding up the top 50 open source VoIP applications.
Although this is a pretty comprehensive list, the list did not include FreePBX which is great as a standalone, […]

I ran across this interesting development today will browsing the Asterisk-user’s list. It seems that Asterisk developer Chris Carey has created a way to check your Asterisk PBX voicemail using your iPhone. Using Asterisk and iUI, a iPhone user interface, Chris was successfully able to design a piece of software that sits on one’s Asterisk […]

Earlier last week, one of my favorite companies, the ultra-successful Bandwidth.com launched the first ever VoIP and data pricing engine that allows businesses to purchase Hosted VoIP, Business VoIP Lines and Data pipes all without the need to talk to a sales rep. As an ecommerce guy myself, I love this move. By making it […]

Missed this one the other day. It seems that T-Mobile is now offering residential VoIP service for $10 a month with any cellular plan. This is not the same voice offering that T-Mobile launched last year through their WiFi service, but is a last mile service delivered over an existing internet connection. The offering (or […]

The folks at Digium shot me over a release this morning that detailed their new warranty program. The new initiative is in response to Digium’s goal to ensure that it’s products are the most reliable in the industry. Branded the “Digium Exceptional Satisfaction Program (ESP)” it is touted as the most comprehensive and aggressive product […]