Out of the office? Not out of touch! The basics of internet telephony By Neil G. Oberman., LL.M. Spiegel Sohmer Inc.

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1 Out of the office? Not out of touch! The basics of internet telephony By Neil G. Oberman., LL.M. Spiegel Sohmer Inc.

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3 1- MagicJack is a device that plugs into a USB port on the user's computer, and uses a standard RJ-11 phone jack into which any standard phone can be plugged. This allows the user to make phone calls to almost any phone in the U.S. and Canada. 2- It is a computer peripheral that, in combination with telephony service from the related YMAX Corporation, provides Internetbased telephone service (VoIP) to the United States and Canada. 3- The firm's primary product is a USB device that holds both the software necessary to place Internet-based telephone calls via a customer-supplied high-speed internet connection, and the electronics (technically known as a SLIC, or Subscriber Line Interface) supporting conventional landline telephones to be plugged directly into the device. The products are promoted through television infomercials and a website.

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8 1- Skype (pronounced /skaɪp/) is a software application that allows users to make voice calls and chats over the Internet. 2- Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phone can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system. 3- Skype has also become popular for its additional features which include instant messaging, file transfer, and video conferencing.

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12 Google Talk

13 1- Google Talk is a freeware Microsoft Windows (XP, Server 2003, Vista and Windows 7) instant messaging and voice over internet protocol (VoIP) client application[1] offered by Google Inc. The first beta version of the program was released on August 24, Instant messaging between the Google Talk servers and its clients uses an open protocol, XMPP, allowing users of other XMPP/Jabber clients to communicate with Google Talk users.

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15 International Cell Phones

16 WHAT YOU NEED? Unlocked phone; Patience; Pre-paid sim card; Universal plug.

17 Roaming GSM

18 GSM Sims can be purchased from a variety of suppliers; Do your homework; Identify your calling priorities?

19 Different Ways to Make Free Internet Phone Calls

20 1. Google Voice As of January 2011, Google Voice is the very best way to make free Internet phone calls. With Google Voice, you can make free phone calls, free PC to phone calls (via Google Talk browser plugin), and free PC to PC calls (also via Google Talk).- Free calls you make with Google Voice must be to numbers in the United States or Canada.

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22 2- icall: icall is another tool you can use to make free internet phone calls. With icall, you can make free calls from PC to phone using their free software. The computer that you make calls from can be anywhere in the world but for the call to be free, the number you call must be in the United States or Canada. You can't make free phone calls using icall if you're calling outside the US or Canada. icall is available as a free desktop application for Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux and as a free iphone app. Free phone calls will be disconnected after a short five minutes but you can call the number back again as many times as you want. You will also hear an advertisement before each call that's around ten seconds long. A flash-based version of icall is also available on their website but free calls here are limited to three minutes.

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24 3. Freebuzzer Another Internet phone that can be used to make free phone calls is Freebuzzer. Freebuzzer works a lot like Google Voice in that it connects your phone with the phone number you dial. Your free call is limited to a very short two minutes and you can only make three free calls per day. The good news is that free phone calls with Freebuzzer can be made to over 40 countries. Since most Internet phones restrict free calls to the US and Canada, Freebuzzer might be your only bet for free calls to certain countries.

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26 4. EvaPhone EvaPhone is yet another way to make free Internet phone calls. EvaPhone lets you make free, but incredibly short, PC to phone calls all from a Flash-based interface right on their website. What makes EvaPhone unique is that you can call nearly any phone in the entire world for free. Another thing that makes EvaPhone unique is how incredibly short that free call is. Free calls range from ten seconds to one minute in length, depending on the destination. You're also also limited to just two calls per day. After dialing a number on EvaPhone, you'll watch a short video advertisement and then your free call will begin. A countdown timer will begin so you know when you'll be disconnected.

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28 5- Tuitalk Tuitalk is another Internet phone that works much like EvaPhone. With Tuitalk, however, you have to download their free Internet phone software. Tuitalk lets allows you to make free phone calls to around 40 countries. Each country in which you make your free phone call is limited to a certain number of minutes per call and per day. For most countries, your free Internet phone call can be six minutes in length. Before your free call with Tuitalk is connected, you have to watch several seconds of a high-quality video advertisement.

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30 Thank you Stay in touch