Asterisk VOIP Tips

Everything seems to be going mobile these days – and why not? With the fast pace of life that most of us are living, it is just right to have the proper tools to continue with our daily tasks wherever we may be. I was just thinking about the people I see on my way to work everyday. Every where I look, I see people fiddling with their mobile phones, their PDAs, their notebooks, etc. Our society has indeed become a mobile one – so what does this have to do with VOIP?

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One of the biggest things that VOIP has going for it is the fact that is costs way cheaper than traditional telephony and one of the main reasons for this low cost is the fact that VOIP services are not subject to the same taxes and charges that traditional telecommunications providers are. So what happens if VOIP providers become taxed? In Los Angeles, California, it seems that they are taking this route. Steve Stanek writes in Heartland:

Los Angeles voters have imposed a 9 percent tax on Internet phone calls, known as VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol). VoIP calls had been tax-free in the city. Voters also enacted a 1 percentage point reduction in the tax on all other phone calls, from 10 percent to 9 percent. Most phone calls are still made over traditional wireline or wireless phones, but Internet phone service is a rapidly growing segment of the telephone market.

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Perhaps the main attraction of VOIP services is the fact that making calls cost much less than traditional phone calls. Anyone who has tried calling overseas both using the traditional phone line and a VOIP line would know the considerable difference between the two and, in all probability, would stick to making VOIP calls. What some people might not know is the fact that there is a clear reason as to why VOIP calls are way cheaper than traditional telephone calls.

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For those who have not heard, Russell Shaw, one of the leading authorities in the VOIP world, passed away last March 14. He passed away in a hotel room in San Jose – what the reason was, remains unclear. According to a post at ZDNet, Russell’s girlfriend said “that Russell’s funeral will be a week from today (March 23) in Florida, but didn’t have much more detail than that at the moment. It’s also unclear what caused Russell’s death, but “he wasn’t feeling well at all Thursday night” and “he thought he could sleep it off.” We’ll pass along more details about the funeral home and other items as we get them.”

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Did you know that they can spam VOIP just like they spam e-mails? Whoever “they” may be, the threat may very well be quite real and has actually been given a name. “Spit” stands for spam attacks against internet telephony connections. Alright, I do not know who coined this term and whether I think it is clever or just plain silly. Still, that is beside the point – it might exist and might pose a problem in the future.

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