Tag Archives: SIP

Canadian Skype DIDs for cheap

Know what DID stands for? Direct Inward Dial. You can buy yourself DID numbers in various local exchanges around the world. Why would you want to? Well, having a DID lets you direct incoming phone calls from the POTS (Plain … Continue reading

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Google Voice free to Canada again

Woohoooo! via lifehacker.com: Makes me even more insanely glad that my original GV number diverts free to my Canadian cellphone (yes, you read that correctly, it’s not a typo!).

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Google Voice and SIP

Many of us who got GV invites during the closed private beta were very disappointed when Google withdrew SIP connectivity (apart from Gizmo5) back on 05/08/09. Magic! Here’s a story from nerdvittles.com about what happened this past weekend: http://www.gizmovoice.com/ Nerd … Continue reading

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OpenSky

Awesome! Gizmo5 are now offering OpenSky, a Skype-to-SIP gateway that actually works in both directions. Here are a few details.

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oDTV and TWiT VoIP info

A new project taking shape in the TWIT Army Canteen provides captured (raw, unedited) netcasts as downloadable videos on demand. The web site is intended for TWiTs who miss both live and rerun netcasts that they want to see, including … Continue reading

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Rogers dropped data prices – at last!

A week and a half ago, Rogers finally responded to serious competitive pressure and dropped the price of its [EDGE] data plans. Rogers data plans are still not competitive with US data plans, but they are now a lot more … Continue reading

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Fring on iPhone!!

Wow. I had almost forgotten about fring (no dice on the BlackBerry, when that was my mobile workhorse) – and now it comes out with a version for jailbroken iPhone! Yippee!! I can already confirm that SIP dialling out works … Continue reading

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