By Sharla Sikes
VoIP has been under the gun in regards to its security, but some say that’s not the case.
Security concerns about VoIP networks are exaggerated, according to industry consultants.

By Sharla Sikes
Verizon plans to lure in more business customers with new features beginning next month.
The new features, designed to “increase functionality and add choice,” include Foreign Telephone Number Assignment, or the option to assign a U.S. phone number outside the local calling area. This would allow a customer to choose a phone number in [...]

By Sharla Sikes
I think I am, but at the same time they give me so much to write about. It’s like the celebrity gossip of the VoIP world.
OK, that was nerdy.
Anyway, this summer has been like a ping-pong match with lawsuits  bouncing all over the place. I can’t even keep track of them anymore.

By Sharla Sikes
Apple’s outstanding marketing turned the iPhone into The Gadget to Have for the summer of 2007. And, of course, it was immediately hacked.
The first hack only opened the iPhone to some basic applications, such as a “hello world” welcome screen.
More recently, however, a teenager from New Jersey earned national renown for [...]

By Sharla SikesLast week’s Skype outage left 220 million of its users temporarily without service, but even after the service was restored, the outage continues to haunt the peer-to-peer VoIP provider.
Yahoo!’s own VoIP service and other VoIP providers enjoyed boosted usage following Skype’s little boo boo.
Beyond that, the outage put a smear on the name [...]

By Sharla Sikes
Infrastructure systems giant EMC recently released VOIP management software designed to optimize system management and performance.
For businesses that depend on a fully functional, capable communications system, EMC offers two packages: The VoIP Performance Manager and Smarts VoIP Performance Reporter.

By Sharla Sikes
It’s so easy to do. The software behemoth makes such an easy target for all of the computing world’s ills. But this time, we actually CAN blame Microsoft—indirectly, at least—for leaving 220 million Skype users without service.
The peer-to-peer VoIP service, based in Luxembourg, says that massive numbers of users restarting their PCs after [...]

By Sharla Sikes
The summer of 2007 has been a tough one for independent VoIP providers. We’ve discussed the fall of SunRocket ad nauseum, but now Skype has joined the ranks of beleaguered VoIP services.
A software fault allegedly brought about the outage that the company is still working to fix.

By Sharla Sikes
VoIP has plenty of pros and cons for both the personal and business user. It’s low-priced and feature-packed, but also faces drawbacks in reliability, 911 access and security.
There’s a few techniques to making it work for you and your specific needs.

By Sharla Sikes
DirecTV will enter the VoIP and broadband markets this fall, after signing a wholesale distribution agreement with CURRENT Group.  
DirecTV plans to have the service available to Dallas/Fort Worth customers by the end of this year or in early 2008. It plans to market the services as a bundle with its digital satellite TV [...]