Monthly Archives: July 2010
ChatCalls Can Be So Useful
Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 4:29 PM EST
I have just recently learned all about Phone.com ChatCalls. They are a very interesting feature that I’ve never seen on any other phone service. Basically you type in your message and then input the recipients name and phone number. What’s really nice is that you can have multiple recipients of the same message and send [...]
One Phone number or Many?
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 9:45 PM EST
By: Alon Cohen While companies like Google and Phone.com have a feature that enables you to have one phone number that rings in many places, I find that the real value is actually with another feature that only Phone.com has, which is the ability to manage multiple numbers from one user interface. When I started [...]
The Phone.com Top Ten Tips & Tricks
Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 5:36 PM EST
Here at Phone.com we strive to give you the best and most useful service we can. We are always working to enhance our offering and last week someone suggested I write a Tips and Tricks blog post showing off some of our great features that some people may not know about. Some of these are [...]
What does it mean to only have one number for your office?
Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 12:53 PM EST
I have asked the question a few times now to different small and medium size business owners, “What does it mean to only have 1 number for your office?”. Each and every one of them said that it’s important and they’d like it if they didn’t already have it. One in particular already does, he [...]
SMS (Text Messaging) tip from a customer
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 at 1:09 PM EST
Today we got a nice post on our customer forum from a customer who wanted to share how they use the Phone.com SMS (Text Messaging) feature: “I wanted to share some success using the new phone.com SMS (text message) feature. We get voicemails daily / weekly asking for information. We have been using the SMS [...]
Faxing and VoIP- How does it Work?
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 at 1:08 PM EST
Faxing with a Fax Machine over VoIP Faxing from a fax machine with VoIP works as if operating from a standard telephone line as far as the end-user can tell, but behind the scenes, information is digitized and sent via an internet protocol line, reassembled and arrives at the fax machine of another company or [...]
Virtual Businesses – Cell Phone, VoIP, or Both?
Monday, July 19th, 2010 at 11:33 AM EST
Many individuals are saying goodbye to their standard phone lines and opting to use the cell phones alone. However, does that mean that it would be wise for a small business to do the same? Cell Phone Alone – There are many things that cell phones can offer that standard lines cannot. The first is [...]
iPhone using VoIP on Phone.com
Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 4:15 PM EST
I learned something new today about the iPhone Mobile VoIP app from Phone.com. I learned that it will work over 3G as well as wifi. A friend, let’s call him Andy, is a chip reseller and spends a lot of time in Japan and he has an iPhone, but can’t afford to spend hundreds of [...]
VoIP Solutions For Non Profit Start Ups
Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 2:52 PM EST
There is no question that VoIP providers are making moves to make their services friendlier for companies of all sizes, but what about the non-profit companies? While the same cannot be said of all VoIP providers, Phone.com is making large strides for this niche as well. Recently, a partnership was formed between Phone.com and a [...]
3 Things You Need to Know Now About Enhancing the Voice Quality of VoIP
Thursday, July 15th, 2010 at 6:47 PM EST
Based on Bandwidth The most important element that can affect VoIP voice quality is bandwidth. For instance, if the service is being run over a dial up service, then one should not expect voice quality. The bandwidth cannot handle large bundles of information. Therefore, the voice quality will be unsatisfactory. Virtually all home based high [...]