Monthly Archives: September 2011
What’s On The Menu
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 at 5:07 PM EST
While I write about the business of technology for a living, for fun I blog about cooking. Thus if someone asks me “what’s on the menu,” the chances are good my answer will be something like “non-dairy creamy potato leek soup,” a recipe I’m busy developing and testing the same day that I’m writing this [...]
Every Small Business Needs WiFi
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011 at 12:48 PM EST
today I had to spend an hour at my mechanic to get some work done on my wife’s car. I didn’t want to lose an hour just sitting there reading Twitter on my phone so I brought along my laptop and expected to be able to get on wifi. I was shocked when I asked [...]
FCC Rules On Net Neutrality to Take Effect Soon
Monday, September 26th, 2011 at 2:04 AM EST
It’s been almost a year since the FCC narrowly ruled 3-2 on the Net Neutrality Rules that basically say internet service providers may not block or throttle internet speeds of legal traffic. It’s obviously much more complex then that but fixed broadband providers are being forced starting November 20 of this year to abide by [...]
Watch New Video Interviews of Phone.com Executives at #ITEXPO
Friday, September 23rd, 2011 at 10:04 AM EST
At the recent ITExpo in Austin, Texas our VP of Channel Development Joel Maloff was interviewed by TMC. Joel talks about Phone.com’s growth, prediction of the decline of traditional telephone services and partnering with Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton to help small businesses grow and thrive. Joel also talked about how even after 3 natural [...]
Save Money And Stay Mobile
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011 at 3:54 PM EST
Everyone wants to save money these days and staying mobile and flexible is very important for many. Desktop phones are great and almost a necessity if you spend a lot of time on speaker phone or just make a lot of phone calls. But if you need to save money in your small business you [...]
Alon Cohen Is Participating In The Unified Communications Think Tank
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011 at 7:41 PM EST
Phone.com’s very own CTO Alon Cohen, one of the founders of the VOIP industry has been asked to participate in a think tank event at the W Hotel at Union Square in New York City on September 21st. Alon has a long history in communications and specifically in voice over the internet, he was awarded [...]
FCC Rules Could Make VoIP Telephony Even Better
Sunday, September 18th, 2011 at 7:20 PM EST
The comment and reply period is closing imminently on proposed new Federal Communications Commission rules that could significantly benefit users of VoIP phone service. Under the new rules, broadband providers would have to provide the FCC with details of service outages, just as phone companies now must do for traditional TDM-based phone systems. The relatively [...]
Phone.com’s Call Handling Rules Brought My Father In Law Home Safe
Thursday, September 15th, 2011 at 10:11 PM EST
I’d like to talk to you today as a grateful Phone.com user and not as an employee. Yesterday was a bit harrowing for my family. My father in law has Dementia and it’s sadly progressing quickly. Yesterday afternoon we couldn’t reach him. We called the home phone and cell phone again and again and got [...]
One Month Free On New Global Numbers!
Thursday, September 15th, 2011 at 1:55 AM EST
We’re happy to introduce our latest deal, get one month free when signing up for a Global Number. Do you have any customers outside the US? Or a family member? Have you ever considered getting a phone number in a foreign country? Well now’s the time to get 1 month for free. Phone.com will give [...]
Phone.com Will Be At ITExpo West This Week
Monday, September 12th, 2011 at 10:39 PM EST
This week is ITExpo West in Austin, Texas. It’s widely known as the premier event for internet telephony world wide. Phone.com’s CEO Ari Rabban will be there and he’s been asked to participate as an expert on the Social Media Monitoring Best Practices panel. It’s being led by a friend that I’ve been looking forward [...]