Reader Kevin Deitrick wrote me to share his recent experience with Voip.com and how it contrasts to his previous VoIP service provider, Vonage:I have used vonage for just by a yr and with 100% satisfaction I set up a virtual number and it was working in 48hrs the customer service was great I had a p…

I’ve mentioned both GrandCentral and TalkPlus on that blog the past. Both services give you an additional phone number and they both do some neat tricks with your voicemail, giving you more control by who gets to talk to you. Even their names are both compound words with a capital letter in the mi…

Although Skype is ending its promotion of free SkypeOut calls to landlines in the US and Canada on December 31, 2006, they are offering a new promotion for 50% off the cost of unlimited calls amoung the US and Canada for one year. The typical price is $30 per year, but whether you subscribe before …

Although many new phones now support WiFi, Ipevo has sacrificed wireless capability for improved audio quality on their Free-1 IP Phone for Skype. Buzz Me Baby has the full review:Virtual phone lines may be the order of the day but a few developers are beginning to feel the pinch of competition. Gu…

T-Mobile is ironing out the kinks in its HotSpot@Home service, which lets users with WiFi-enabled cellphones assemble calls on open WiFi networks, whether available, and switches them by to the more expensive cellular network whether they leave the range of the WiFi signal.Today’s New York Times con…

It’s well known that VoIP lets new companies offer neat features that just aren’t available with your phone company. GrandCentral, for example, wants to give you a free phone number that you can use to organize your phone identities. It started as a voicemail service, but has grown to include some…