Top rated colleges, like Stanford, Harvard, and MIT, have all successfully deployed new campus-wide voip phone systems. Service provider voip.com gives both newly minted freshmen and seasoned graduate students the top 10 reasons why voip works so well for college students.

iBasis, the global VoIP company, announced that SunRocket, one of the nation's fastest-growing Internet phone service providers, has interconnected to iBasis' global Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network to connect international calls. The deal further cements iBasis as the leading international telecommunications provider for the rapidly growing consumer VoIP industry. iBasis will be exhibiting at VON in booth #1561.

U.S. Department of Labor forecasts show that the second fastest growing occupation through 2014 is that of Network Systems and Data Communication Analysts. Jobs in this category are expected to increase by 55% compared to the employment level in 2004.

Ranked 5th in this time horizon were jobs for Computer Software Engineers-Applications, which are seen as growing by 48%. Ranked 8th, 11th and 12th, respectively, are Computer Software Engineers-Systems Software, Network and Computer Systems Administrators and Data Base Administrators.

MonkeyDoo, a free online entertainment and prank website recently launched a service that would get any true prankster excited dubbed “The Ring Prank V.2.” What the service does is basically in the name, “The Ring Prank.” The way it works is, Person A (the prankster) creates a link by filling out a form on MonkeyDoo that asks details which will be used for the prank. Person A then sends the generated link to Person B (the prankee). Person B sees “The Ring” video (as popularized in the movie) with their name superimposed in various frames (creepy). At the end of the video, Person B then receives a call. The call is coming from “000-000-0000” (if Person B had caller id). If Person B picks up the phone they will hear a creepy voice say a custom message originally defined by Person A. Usually the message is something along the lines of, “You Will Die in Seven Days.”

With lower prices and unlimited calling, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is becoming an imposing force for landlines to face. Mintel Comperemedia, a competitive intelligence service that analyzes direct mail and print media, estimates that in the first five months of the year, 77 million direct mailings were sent to U.S. consumers. This statistic has already shattered the 60 million mailings sent throughout last year.

There are five main components that make up voip quality of service (QoS): bandwidth, network equipment, packet loss, latency, and jitter, as explained by voip experts, Voip.com. Drawing from a broad base of tech experience, Voip.com is a leading voice in the voip internet phone industry.

Six Apart, the world leader in blogging software and services, announced it has created an open source modular, scalable, high performance Jabber server that enables others to integrate their services with Jabber and LJ Talk, LiveJournal's new instant messaging and voice service. The new server provides smoothly integrated IM and voice capabilities, and is now available for any company or service provider to use for free.

Broadband phone service comparison site VoipReview.org has launched an online search tool to help callers find the best international rate plans for the countries they call most. International callers can visit www.VoipReview.org to find, compare and purchase Internet phone service from more than 120 providers based on country, monthly cost, cost per minute, features and user ratings.

Brix Networks:

-- One Out Of Five Calls Found To Be Unacceptable According To Data From Brix Networks' TestYourVoIP.com Voice Quality Testing Portal

-- TestYourVoIP.com Also Now Available As Google Desktop Gadget

voip.com - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reports a 32% increase in the number of US broadband subscribers during 2005, giving the US the highest total number of broadband connections in the world.

As of June 30, 2005, the FCC has redefined broadband or high-speed lines as services that deliver connection speeds in excess of 200 kilobits per second (kbps) in at least one direction. They further expand that definition to include advanced service lines where connection speeds exceed 200 kbps in both directions. This clarification allows for more detailed data collection regarding broadband penetration and trends.

Switching from traditional phone service to a voip internet phone saves consumers an average of 50% off their monthly phone bill. Voice over IP service provider voip.com wants customers to know why.

1. Voip service has an average monthly rate of around $25, however regular phone lines usually set consumers back somewhere in the vicinity of $51 for a month's worth of service.

2. Most voip internet phone providers offer unlimited long distance in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico as a standard feature of their basic plan.

Secure Computing Corporation, the experts in securing connections between people, applications and networks, warn that familiar phishing attacks have now evolved into phone scams. Secure Computing engineers have been tracking news group sites and open disclosure discussion groups that have been buzzing with talk about a new technique called "vishing." This new method exploits the low cost of VoIP and combines it with the social engineering aspects of phishing to extract financial information from unsuspecting credit card and banking customers.

Here are 10 steps for helping you, "to determine if voice over IP is the right move for your organization is a tough call, literally."

"Vendors would like you to believe that VoIP is as simple as plugging a phone into the network, but that couldn't be farther from the truth. There is a complex thought process that needs to occur before you commit to moving your users from traditional phone lines."

JAJAH announced free phone-to-phone calls on a global scale. The JAJAH Free Global Calling Plan applies to both landline and mobile phones to many of the most-called places in the world.

"JAJAH's Free Global Calling Plan is the further realization of JAJAH's vision of breaking down the barriers to global communication," said JAJAH co-founder Roman Scharf. "People have been predicting free phone calls for years, now JAJAH is the first to actually make free phone calls a reality. With JAJAH, you place a regular call and talk on your phone the way you always have; we simply ask that you dial the call from our website."

Here are some of the latest VoIP Service Provider deals I've seen pop up.

Viatalk VOIP service (Reviews) is offering 2 years of unlimited VOIP service for $199. Valid for the first 1000 signups.

Sunrocket has a buy 1 year at $199, get 1 year free until 9pm Pacific time. Unlimited calling to the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.

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