Monday, December 31, 2012

Downsides of VoIP

Internet phones are the emerging way of communicating over long distances and for business. It offers great telecommunicating solutions with features such as call forwarding and call logs. The IP telephony is not the answer to all communication issues that might come up. Some of the disadvantages are that is can be hacked and the information exploited as well as gaining access to different parts of the network. During the recent Amphion Forum, a conference where device and mobile security experts from different disciplines gather, Ang Cui, a fifth-year grad student from the Columbia University Intrusion Detection Systems Lab, demonstrated how connected devices such as networked printers and voice-over-IP (VoIP) phones can be easily hijacked to give intruders virtually unlimited remote access to extremely sensitive information and allow them to eavesdrop on private conversations. He was also able to gain access to computers and printers. VoIP systems are useful but there are still many improvement to be made to the security.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Internet Everywhere

The FCC has proposed a plan: to get affordable to internet to all the people in America. I must admit that this is an interesting concept but I begin to wonder what the costs are to be able to have internet and what would happen to the quality of it. Since the internet will have to be affordable and available to everyone, the quality of it will decrease because it will cost a lot of money to be able to get it to all those people as well as keeping up with the web development. Also this plan will squash innovation and creation because the incentive of money will be gone. One of the advantages of this plan is the connection that Americans will have in places where there were no connections before. The communication will increase among people, whether it is through emails or internet phones.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

AB Soft IP Telephony

Internet phone services are becoming very popular because they are the cost efficient way to communicate. You are also able to get around all the long distance fees and hassles. Most people have used Skype to talk to friends and family in other countries and it is phone service like these that are able to bring people together. They are also very useful for businesses when it comes to reaching out to their customer base and being able to efficiently and productively communicate with the clients and customers. VoIP systems provide the structure for all the other features such as call forwarding, call logs, and ring out. This is where the AB Soft development company comes in: they are the ones that develop the software, the cloud, and the apps that are all used to bring the internet phone system together. RingCentral has been their partner for some years now and both companies have a global presence that enable them to succeed in the IT technology market.