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FAQ: Demystifying VoIP
August 11, 2005
As use of Net telephony increases, so does the number of questions about it. Here are answers to some of the common ones.
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EarthLink offers new VoIP service
January 30, 2006
Company serves up Internet telephony service designed to look and feel like traditional phone service.
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Covad Communications Group Inc.
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BellSouth, 8x8 launch VoIP service
December 10, 2005
Carrier is the latest big phone company to offer home services powered by voice over Internet Protocol.
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VoIP providers band together
November 3, 2005
Net telephony companies are meeting up to promote the technology and spur adoption.
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EarthLink Inc.
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America Online Inc.
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Yahoo! Inc.
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Microsoft Corp.
SBC joins the VoIP party
November 16, 2004
The local phone giant going after "young and wireless" crowd in 2005 with Internet phone plan.
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SBC Communications Inc.
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Federal appeals court weighs Internet phone taxes
February 9, 2007
Vonage and an industry group argue that new rules imposed by the FCC discriminate against voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
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Pharming and other security woes hector VoIP
June 6, 2005
With hackers now focusing on Net phone calls, security needs to be tightened, say executives gathered in Chicago for Supercomm 2005.
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Gartner Inc.
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VoIP wants to cut the computer cord
September 26, 2005
So-called softphone technology could let everything from an iPod to a PDA act like a telephone.
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Time Warner Inc.
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Google Inc.
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PDA
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Yahoo! Inc.
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digital camera
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CEO
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Apple iPod
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USB
The FCC's invite to Big Brother
August 15, 2005
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why you'll be tracked wherever you go if the federal government has its way.
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VoIP is no threat, says British telecom giant
November 29, 2004
Voice over IP is no longer a flea on BT's elephantine hide; the telco says it is now taking the technology seriously.
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Yahoo makes its telecom play
December 8, 2005
Yahoo to offer two new fee-based voice over IP services so customers can make PC-to-phone calls.
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Time Warner Inc.
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Germany
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U.S.
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Google Inc.
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FCC extends E911 deadline for VoIP users
August 26, 2005
VoIP providers now have until Sept. 28 to notify customers of 911 limitations. Customers must acknowledge by then, or lose service.
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Vonage files for IPO
February 8, 2006
One of the leaders in Internet Protocol telephony, Vonage will try to raise $250 million by going public.
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Mexico telephone operator under VoIP fire
April 25, 2005
Telmex accused of unfair practices, including blocking Web sites that VoIP operators use to register new customers.
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AT&T Corp.
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Commentary: Net calls? Not so fast
March 8, 2005
VoIP services have snagged early adopters, but consumers are looking for greater savings before they switch.
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Forrester Research Inc.
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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Year in review: VoIP's voice gets stronger
January 5, 2005
year in review After nearly a decade in gestation, Net phone service became the telecom story of the year.
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Cablevision Systems Corp.
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subscriber
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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voice
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cable company
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Time Warner Inc.
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IP
Telcos' evolving response to Net phone services
May 30, 2007
While Verizon fights Vonage in court, Deutsche Telekom makes a strategic investment in another Internet calling company.
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Skype
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eBay Inc.
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start-up
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Verizon Communications
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broadband
Bells ringing in Net phone 911
March 7, 2005
Meetings between nation's local phone elite and Net phone providers are spurring action to ease major VoIP concern.
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Intrado Inc.
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BellSouth Corp.
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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call
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VoIP service
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AT&T Corp.
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IP
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U.S.
New taxes could run rural broadband
November 17, 2005
The Universal Service Fund could use taxes on VoIP and broadband to fund rural high-speed Net access.
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