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My sister (I may have mentioned her before) loves to communicate. As a teenager in the 1970s, she would talk on the phone for hours. Literally. She is a great communicator and has always been extremely social. She makes friends easily and is always the last one to leave the party.

So I was surprised at how difficult it was to get her to text. She just didn’t recognize the necessity. It wasn’t a cost issue. There are great apps, like Voxox, that let you text for free. Why would this extreme extrovert want to limit her communication options?

 

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, iPhone, Voxox, VoIP, Android

Here are some words you never want to hear when you’re in a college relationship and it’s time to register for the next semester: “Babe, I’m going to an out-of-state school this semester.”

First, there’s the distinct feeling that you just swallowed a huge rock. Then, your panicked response: “You’re going to school … out of state? What about us?”

Topics: Voice Communication, iPhone, Voxox, Messaging, VoIP, Android

Companies both big and small have long relied on sophisticated phone systems, as well as mobile devices, to fulfill their business communication needs. For many years, they worked with clunky, outdated in-office equipment and toted around several mobile devices to keep in touch with business partners, clients and team members – not because it was convenient, but because it was the only option available.

In the digital age, where there are more savvy options on the market, if your company is still dealing with costly landlines and pockets full of mobile phones, we have to ask you – have you looked into OTT communication? Chances are the answer is no.

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, OTT

Time for a pop quiz

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, iPhone, Voxox, VoIP, Android

Meet George Jetson. In 1962 America met the Jetsons, the first show to air in color on ABC. It was set in 2062, 100 years into the future. The greatest thing about looking back at futuristic TV shows and movies is seeing what was once fantasy becoming today’s real technology.

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, iPhone, Voxox, VoIP, Android

The fax machine is alive and well. Just look around. Notice the scarcity of trees? Okay, you probably don’t live in a forest and aren’t watching the destruction of over ten million trees daily, but it’s happening around the world. About 35 percent of cut trees are used for making paper. Here in the United States, we are the top consumers, with each American using an average of over one-third ton of paper each year.¹

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, iPhone, Voxox, VoIP, Android

As a business owner, it’s important that you invest in your business infrastructure. One of the first things a business owner implements within a new office space is their phone service. However this topic brings forth a host of questions; do you purchase, or lease a hard wired phone system, do you need an on-site PBX, or do you utilize the power of the Internet, and get a virtual office phone service. Most small businesses do not have the human manpower to continually maintain and upgrade an in-house wired phone solution. Fortunately, there is an alternative solution. Small businesses can take advantage of a cloud based hosted phone solution that can make their business look, and sound like a fortune 500 business without the overhead cost of an on-premise phone system.

Topics: Voice Communication, VoIP, Cost Savings, Hosted PBX, Business

In October of 2012, Solenne San Jose received a bit of a shock.

Solenne, who lives near the Bordeaux wine country in France, had terminated her service contract with Telecom Bouygues to change to a different provider. She was told by her old carrier that she would be required to pay a cancellation fee on the following month’s bill.

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, iPhone, Voxox, VoIP, Android

What’s the one thing you spend the most time with every day? If you answered your smartphone, then you’re in the majority. In fact, a recent IDC study shows 79% of people have their smartphones with them 22 hours a day!

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, Telecommunication Trends, Voxox, Cost Savings, OTT

My stepfather, Bob, is 89 years old. To get your brain around what it means to be 89, consider this: As a young adult, he was one of the brave soldiers who landed in the D-Day invasion at Normandy.

He is literally a part of history. He’s also an “early adopter.” Which is why he was the first person — way back in the 1990s — from whom I’d ever heard the term “VoIP.”

Topics: Voice Communication, Communication, iPhone, Voxox, VoIP, Android