Category - The Home Phone Blog

Read blog posts about timeless topics for the Home Phone. There are tens of millions of customers already using or that will move to a VoIP solution. That is because a VoIP home phone offers unbeatable cost savings and amazing service elasticity. Learn how a modern-day VoIP-based home phone differs from a traditional landline. Find the Best and the Home Phone providers to avoid. Consult useful resources and checklists.

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Don’t Sign That Contract!

Large businesses spend an extraordinary amount of their marketing budget on messaging and re-packaging aimed at selling stale products and services. R&D is expensive, as is maintaining a surplus. More often than not, innovation occurs within the sales and marketing department, as opposed to product development and engineering. Enticing new prospects...

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Scam Artists Taking Advantage of VoIP’s Popularity

As it happens with every industry you’ll always have those high points, in where providers offer incredible advantages and truly break the monopoly of the traditional telecom companies. Though the low points do also exist; in where fraudsters or scam artists take advantage of the popularity of the industry for less than honest objectives. In Canada we...

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Canada’s Top VoIP Home Phone Providers

In its 1st year, Canada’s Top VoIP 25  Home Phone providers project is a national competition to determine which Providers lead the industry in offering exceptional value for their customers. We don’t mind if votes come from providers, family and friends so please vote! Our 2014 Top 25 List will be announced on September 21, 2014. To Cast your...

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Canada’s Home Phone Comparison March 2014

We are almost done with the winter, or so we expect eh? With the hope the best spring days lie ahead we have our updated Home Phone Comparison. Last summer we got a lot of attention when we published the first Home Phone Comparison, and for this March 2014 Edition, we see new pricing reflected in VoIP providers. We are seeing a lot of more attention to the...

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Telecom: The industry that changed the way we socialize

Ever since the first mobile call was made in 1973  the progress in telecommunications technology has never stopped. In fact, it has led to significant advancements boosting almost every industry imaginable, changing the way we interact with it other and radically changing the way we work. Whole industries have been the benefactors of the telecommunication...

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Winnipeg Goes VoIP!

The City of Winnipeg is going VoIP and by doing so the Winnipeg Public Service estimates they’ll be saving about $1.5 million over a five-year period. The transition will be phased over a year and is for approximately 4,000 landline telephones to VoIP. As we know the growing popularity of VoIP is increasing at the same time high-speed internet access...

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Power Backup in a VoIP Phone Setup

It’s often mentioned the need to have power battery backup (or UPS, Uninterrupted Power Supply) as part of your VoIP set-up. This is a necessity; a small investment which will enable keep your internet and phone service operating during power blackouts. Furthermore; a UPS will protect your equipment from a power surge or other power abnormality. We need...

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Do we need Landline for the home/business or just Mobile Phones are fine?

In the era of the almighty Smartphone seems a counter-intuitive question to ask. BUT it is worth examining the facts. Many homeowners who have yet to migrate to VoIP wonder if it would be easier to have their daily telecommunications needs solely based on mobile phones. For all intents, it is a very valid question, as traditional pots (non-VoIP) land-line...

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VoIP Router Tune-Ups

Holidays are supposed to be a lot of fun. But for the most part, it is also a time of stress and frustration. Pain points range from traffic to shopping frenzies and missed travel connections. You do not want to add VoIP-phone problems to this. Here are a few tips on how to fine-tune your VoIP in time for the holidays. Monitor Your VoIP Service This should...

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Canada’s Home Phone Comparison Nov 2013

Now that fall is around is a good time to look at how we could tighten the budget a little bit and see how we could be saving more dollars; more so when kids are back school and the extracurricular activities quick-in. Every dollar saved makes a difference right? check out the table below looking at the traditional providers vs VoIP providers. Who’s...