Ashton Kutcher–keep your day job as an actor. After my initial negative reaction to Ooma–more negative than I’ve had for a product in a long time–I still think this product is dead-on-arrival, but I have slightly different reasons than before. The crux of my hatred centered around their “Peer-to-Peer” method of making phone calls. Basically […]

I can’t believe anyone is actually taking the whole idea of Ooma seriously. The more I think about how this product reportedly works, the more I simply cannot see why anyone thinks this is even remotely a good idea. Granted, I am not immune to changing my mind. I certainly wasn’t a fan of GrandCentral […]

If there’s any doubt about how I feel about Ooma, let me stay it again: it’s a stupid idea. Feel free to try and change as my mind as I felt the same way about GrandCentral initially, but now I love it. However, GrandCentral is free. This is not.GigaOm gives us the scoop on the […]

Truphone, a company we’ve covered on VoIP Weblog previously, has recently won a preliminary injunction against T-Mobile UK. T-Mobile customers in the UK were being prevented from connecting to Truphone telephone numbers. The main issue boils down to the fact the two companies could not agree on the cost of terminating these calls.This past Monday, […]

With apologies to Steely Dan, the danger of losing that number you got through your VoIP provider–or worse: ported to your VoIP provider from somewhere else–is very real, as Andy Abramson points out.My experience with most of these VoIP providers, however, is not so great. If they support number portability, they will often let you […]

Seeing a rumor that Sunrocket was acquired by Pluto, I decided to go peek at the Sunrocket site again. Whereas before I was unable to sign up for service, now I am. I didn’t go through the signup process beyond selecting a plan, of course, but I wasn’t able to get that far earlier. Hm…This […]

The other day I told you about Raketu starting one of the lowest Global SMS Text Service and now the company has gone ahead and slashed its RakOut dial out calling rates by around sixty six percent but these mouth watering rates will only be available till 30th of June, 2007. Also RakOut customers can […]

You all must be aware of the fact that Linksys WIP300 retails for somewhere over two hundred bucks but now VoIP supply has worked out a deal with Linksys for offering this same phone at $119.99 which represents a saving of around $90. It's a deal which you certainly cannot miss. Check out the features […]

A number of VoIP pyramid schemes have been operating in US for a number of years and scores of gullible people have been falling for it. Under this scheme false promises are made regarding earning millions of bucks through recruitment of sales representatives who would further recruit more people forming a chain. They make you

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Wal-Mart which is the world's largest retailer has entered into a deal with Skype under which it would be offering Skype certified products at its eighteen hundred stores. It will include Skype certified web cams, handsets, headsets and pre-paid cards for Skype VoIP calls. The card will retail for $8.85 with Skype credit worth $20 […]