VoIP In Detail

Wi-Fi internet connections have changed the way we live our lives and spend our time online. Only a few years ago, we were shackled to our desks or wired laptop PCs when we wanted to access the Internet

VoxOx from TelCentris lets users make calls from PC to PC, as well as from PCs to landlines and mobile phones. The Web application, geared to compete with Skype and Google Voice, also enables video, instant messaging and two-way text messaging, file sharing and social networking into one platform. Unlike Skype or Google Voice, VoxOx lets users send instant messages to other social networks, including Skype, Facebook and MySpace

Google Voice is now blocking calls to less than 100 numbers it believes are adult chat lines or free conference call services looking to exploit traffic-pumping schemes, Google told the Federal Communications Commission. The question remains whether this will satisfy the FCC and quell the grousing from Google’s new telecom nemesis AT T, which in September accused the Google Voice service of blocking calls to certain rural areas and asked the FCC to look into whether Google was violating network neutrality rules. – Google Voice is now blocking calls to less than 100 numbers it believes are adult chat lines or free conference call services looking to exploit traffic-pumping schemes, Google told the Federal Communications Commission in a letter Oct.

Charter Communications has announced new PowerBoost technology that will increase Internet download speeds and enable a more rapid page loading process for its customers.

Cox Communications recently rolled out 23 additional HD channels for their customers in James City County, Virginia. These new HD channels will be available to Cox cable TV customers for no additional monthly charge.

In a recent interview with BusinessWeek magazine, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski shared his thoughts on the nationalization of broadband internet, as well as net neutrality. As a person who holds great influence over the consumer electronics industry, Genachowski is the principal decision maker in terms of setting rules for both the wired and wireless forms of the internet.

Time Warner Cable and U.S.

Comcast has announced that it has put the finishing touches on its comprehensive security program aimed to protect its high-speed Internet customers. The new Internet security program, called “Constant Guard”, helps protect Comcast customers from bots, viruses, and other sophisticated online security threats.

Time Warner Cable will officially launch the Time Warner Cable 4G mobile network in Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh North Carolina on December 1, 2009.

ATandT tells the Federal Communications Commission that Google Voice blocks calls to health clinics, congressmen, and nuns. The telephone carrier alleges Google Voice does enable PSTN-to-PSTN calls, so regardless of how Google Voice is ultimately classified, the Commission has ample jurisdiction to order Google to stop blocking.