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What is a "Virtual Number"?

April 15, 2010

You can think of a virtual telephone number as a number in the cloud. When that number is called, the caller is directed to another telephone number where it is answered. This is known as a remote...

Dangling Phone Numbers

December 02, 2009

How many telephone numbers do you have? In my family we personally have three telephone numbers: Home Telephone Number and two Cellular Telephones. We do have the home telephone number forwarding to...

Be cautious with unknown callers

September 24, 2009

A recent story from the San Antonio news channel 4 is alarming. The lesson learned here is to NOT enter a code into your phone when calling people you do not know. The scam allows others to take...

America Unwired

August 17, 2009

The Economist's recent article on the condition of the life remaining for landline telephone service is sad. The article starts off like this, "IF YOU want to save money, cut the cord. In these...

Is Google Voice a Privacy Nightmare?

June 28, 2009

The internet has been buzzing in anticipation for the public release of Google Voice. The service never completely opened up last week but invites have began to slowly trickle out. There is not doubt...