More about skype hype

Okay so I subscribe to several news readers and several times each day I read about what is going on in the VOIP world of news. And something I just read made me laugh so I thought I would share it!

A Chinese company claims to have reverse-engineered the Skype protocol, allowing it to place calls over Skype's VoIP network. (read more about skype)
According to a post on the VoIPWiki blog, a user by the name of Charlie Paglee received a Skype call from a contact at an unnamed Chinese company.
The calling party used the company's own software to initiate the call, rather than the official Skype client.
The software currently only supports peer-to-peer phone calls, but the company plans to create a completely compatible Skype client including instant messaging and user status information.
Commenting on the call quality, Paglee wrote: "The first time we talked there was a noticeable echo on my end. The second time the voice quality was crystal clear."

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ISPs to enter VoIP market?

A new study of the IP telephony market in Australia has revealed that ISPs are making a strong bid to become the providers of VoIP services.

The study, titled "ISPs: The New Vanguard of Retail Voice Services" was carried out by research firm Market Clarity which surveyed 245 companies offering voice services in Australia.

The results showed an increasing percentage of companies are ISPs adding VoIP services to their product offering.

The Market Clarity survey must also dug out a large number of new providers as it reports that the VoIP service provider market is much larger than generally realised. The research identified 169 retail VoIP services and 42 wholesale VoIP services from a total of 182 VoIP service providers.

The scoop on Skype

Skype is a little bit different than most of the other VoIP providers (read more about skype) because it is a peer to peer VoIP. One of their most popular services is a free softphone that will enable you to talk to other skype users WORLDWIDE. If you have business contacts, friends and family around the world ... it will save all those long distance charges.

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Taiwan – Zero One Technology Co. Ltd has released the EzSKY-200, a VoIP adapter that can be used with basic corded or cordless phones for making regular or Skype phone calls.

The EzSKY-200 enables PSTN-to-Skype call forwarding and vice-versa. It features PSTN voice mail and realtime recording. It also supports 3-way conference calls.
The EzSKY-200 offers a 9,900-set phone book for speed dial. Communication and status log can be easily viewed.

The VoIP adapter works with PBXs, IVR systems and GSM interface.

VoIP Enables Less Face-To-Face, Gaia Pleased

Face to face meetings no longer dominate our working lives and have been replaced by virtual meetings in companies across Britain, according to independent research amongst 3,000 IT managers conducted by Vanson Bourne, commissioned by storage, voice and networking distributor, Zycko.

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So what's all the Buzz about VoIP?

Have you heard the Buzz?

If you read the news, watch television, or surf the internet, chances are that you have heard the term "VOIP". But VoIP )voice over internet protocol) is much more than a buzz word these days.

Subsribers to a VoIP service use their high speed internet connecttion (broadband or DSL) to make and receive telephone calls. But the major difference between this and the traditional bell voice line is that you won't be paying for additional services (such as voice mail and caller ID) AND you also won't be paying for long distance!

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