Before we get started, what exactly is Quality of Service (QoS)? According to Wikipedia it is:
In the fields of packet-switched networks and computer networking, the traffic engineering term Quality of Service (QoS) refers to the probability of the telecommunication network meeting a given traffic contract, or in many cases is used informally to refer [...]
Garrett Smith has a post about a strange looking communications device called a Duo, by a company named Mvox. It’s being labelled by Mvox as the world’s first wearable Smart Communicator. It has one-touch voice dialing, has hands-free headset, and claims a 100% voice recognition rate. What’s more, you can use its Bluetooth wireless or [...]
Primus, a company that original started out in the early 90s (late 80s?) when telecoms were hit by the regulation smackdown. They sold bundled long distance minutes in blocks. I think I may have even used them way back in the mid-90s, when my long-distance bills were $600-800/m. But now, with so much free VoIP [...]
AT&T have announced their own downloadable soft VoIP app developed in association with CounterPath. According to the press release I grabbed from CounterPath, one can see that this will be based on SIP and will have Caller ID, Voicemail, Call Logs etc. There’s no definitive word on whether CallVantage will be available for [...]
All you Mac users who might be feeling as if VoIP soft phones for the Mac are more of an afterthought may want to check out the Megafon. It’s a soft phone in beta and it’s free. Well, only until Jun 2007. After that, it’ll cost US$79. Prepaid calling subscriptions go for $49. The software [...]