Broadband telephone service enables you to consolidate all of your voice and data service to run over a single fast Internet connection. The problem is that home telephone wiring was not designed with broadband in mind. Here’s how you can fix this

Independent analysis of the IP communications sector – VoIP, Mobile Broadband, IPTV, Unified Communications, Telepresence, Mashups, Web 2.0, Social Media, etc. My views on what it all means for service providers, solutions providers, developers, investors and you and me. Plus, my thoughts on all the other things I enjoy during the rest of the day like the Red Sox and great music.

Imagine you have a phone number so callers can reach you whether you're near or far; walking with a mobile phone, at home or the office, using VoIP or a regular phone line. And even more, this number is not in the country where you live.
Possible?

I commandeered her phone and, with the group surrounding my laptop, logged into Junction Networks. I set up Maddie's TruPhone address as an 'External SIP' address in the Junction Networks OnSIP interface. Next, I gave her an extension on our PBX. I went to my phone and dialed her extension. Her iPod Touch, running TruPhone, rang. Next, I purchased a phone number and set the destination for that phone number to her external TruPhone SIP address that I had already put into the system. Then, I had my son call that number from his cell phone. Maddie's iPod touch rang and they talked. It hit me. Without a cellular contract, without a data contract, and without even a 'cell' phone, Maddie was talking. She was very excited.