Google has released VoIP calls for their Google+ Hangouts, but for the moment is only available to iOS users. Looks like Android users will have to wait until Android 4.4 (KitKat) is out. KitKat will ask users to select an SMS application, possibly adding the foundation so Google+ Hangouts incorporates SMS/MMS support. The VoIP calling support in Hangouts...
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The Best VoIP Apps When Traveling
It has become increasingly popular the use of Smartphone apps, known as dialer apps to make phone calls. In part that is due to the increasing popularity of Facebook’s Messanger app that now includes VOIP (Voice-Over IP) calling and the ever-popular Skype or WhatsApp. The utilization in itself is in fact just a further confirmation the Smartphone has...
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The Truth About Unlimited Calling
It has become common to use the term Unlimited Calling (or unlimited data for Internet) BUT is it truly unlimited? What’ve seen is that in the majority of the cases in the term of service there is a clause reserved for fair utilization and in there is spelled out the actual limits. With that said it’s fair to understand VOIP Providers have a reason to...
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We don’t need Verizon.. we’ve got VoIP!
As we approach the inevitable end of summer we are learning of another inevitable reality; that Verizon after all that buzz may not be coming to Canada after all. Much of the summer we heard of the plans Verizon had by acquiring Wind and possibly Mobilicity, if we are to believe media reports.., of entering Canadian telecom space. The usual suspects;...
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Avoid embarrassing VoIP disruptions
Today’s business world is made up of high tech teams that are connected virtually and CEOs are now allowing work-from-home situations. In fact, did you know that 21 percent of video-conference business use is for customer/client meetings or to close a business deal, and 16 percent is for job interviews? Video-conferencing with an important person always...
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Call Centric Announces Canadian DID Expansion and FREE Porting
For all of you who were waiting for this announcement, the wait is over. It’s official Call Centric announced on July the 3rd they have available numbers in all Canadian provinces and territories. In addition Call Centric announced they are waiving the number portability fee for Canadian customers, which is a $25 waived. So if you had been thinking to...
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Canada tops the list in unfair Telecom rates
Canadians are well aware that the country is # in…. sometimes having very unfair mobile calling rates. How can we spend as little as possible on mobile calling charges each month – and hack your household mobile call spending? This topic is especially timely, given how Canada’s mobile calling rates are one of the world’s worst. This may...
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Troubleshooting VoIP Problems: Packet Delay
There are a number of issues arising from network connections that affect the VoIP user experience. Of these, packet delay has the most perceptible effect on user experience. Delays result in high latency – defined as the amount of time a packet takes to reach its destination – which then causes echo and/ or feedback. Voice call quality is...
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VoIP Spear: Leading the Way to Better VoIP
One of the best things to happen to telecommunications is VoIP. In the span of less than a decade, it has overtaken mobile and traditional telephony as the preferred means of communication. It owes to the technologies that support it, such as internet connectivity, as well as the gadgets and devices that enable its usage. This dependency on other...
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Free VoIP Calling
We often get asked how and where we can find ‘free’ VoIP calling? While there are services that offer FREE calling; there’s always a catch. More often than not there’s a catch; either offer is tied-up to ads, or the provider is re-selling or sharing your personal information with ‘partners’ meaning you may start to get more spam emails and even...