Advantages and Disadvantages of VoIP: Know Them Before Switching to VoIP Service

Author : Juzaily Ramli

Today, more and more people are consciously making an effort to learn about Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP. One thing that they all look for is whether or not VoIP can act as an alternative to the good ol telephone service, which has made such an impact in the lives. Can VoIP replace the humble telephone for good? One way to find out is to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of VoIP.VoIP offers many advantages for you. Among them are:1. VoIP is a whole lot cheaper compared to your normal landline telephone. With a residential VoIP plan you only need to pay about $9.95 for the most basic service up to about $39.95. For a business VoIP plan, the cost would be somewhere about $49.95 to $99.95 and comes inclusive with a separate fax number.2. The VoIP modem (which is free) is delivered to you in only 5 to 10 days. Or you could buy it at your local store for same day service and get the VoIP provider to credit it against your bill.3. The services which are considered as extras in your regular landline telephone service, such as Caller ID, Call Waiting, Call Forwarding, Voice Mail, 3-Way Conferencing, Repeat Dialling, and Call Block are now standard services with your VoIP. In short, you dont have to pay extra for these extra services. They come free with the package, including the most sought after service: unlimited calling, either local or long distance.4. With VoIP service, there is no charge for any incoming calls, which cannot be said for US cellular service providers. The same also holds true for outgoing local calls, which depends on your talk plan.5. With VoIP service in North America, local is always inclusive of US, Canada, some countries in Western Europe, parts of Asia, and parts of Latin America. For countries which are not already included, there are international plans available which cost a lot less than that offered by the standard long distance services providers. Another way is for you to make occasional calls without a plan, but for far lower charges per-minute compared to the usual long distance plans. For VoIP services in Europe, Asia and elsewhere around the globe, this also applies (more or less) in reverse.6. With VoIP service, you dont need to have a computer. Just take your average phone cable from your VoIP modem and plug it into your regular desktop or portable phone.7. With VoIP service, you can activate every phone jack in the house. First, disconnect your house internal phone wiring from the regular telephone service at the phone box outside (most probably on your front wall). Then, simply take the VoIP modem and plug it into any existing wall jack inside your house. However, this option is not available for those who live in apartments.8. With VoIP service, you can choose your own virtual phone number in almost any area code that you wish for at a very low price (around $5). This way you can have friends and family dial a local number that will then ring on your phone. The drawback is that you cant make outgoing calls, as its not considered as a real line phone line.9. With VoIP service you can have low cost 800 numbers. This way it will be free for people to call you and yet will not be too hard on your pockets. There are monthly rates fixed for you, but they vary according to the provider. Generally it could cost you about $5 for the first 100 minutes per month, and somewhere about 4.5 cents per minute beyond that.10. Some VoIP service providers offer a service that could locate you called Find Me at other numbers that you provide, either in sequence or simultaneously, should you fail to answer your call. If you still dont answer, your call will then go to your Voice Mail which can be retrieved later.11. And finally, the icing on the cake: You can take your home or office phone with you wherever you go. Just bring your VoIP modem with you, and when you get to your destination, plug it into any high-speed internet connection. You could be in a hotel room in the Caribbean, at your friends or relatives house in Paris or even at the airport. No matter where you are, one youre plugged in, you can make as well as receive calls on your regular phone number. Charges are based on your home location. You could be in New Zealand and if anybody were to call your office or home number in Atlanta, they would never know that youre not really there. And if you make calls, your regular caller ID still shows.As with everything else, with advantages there are certain disadvantages, even for VoIP services:1. If you utilise a cable connection for your Internet, your upline is 2 to 10 times slower than your downline. This means that, although you can hear crystal clear what the other person is saying, they may not necessarily hear you. This could lead them to hang up (as they dont know youre on the line), or to them telling you to call from a regular phone and to get off the speaker phone.Even though VoIP companies insist that 256K should be sufficient for a clear signal, it does not seem to be the case. Thankfully there are ways to overcome this obstacle if you have a very knowledgeable VoIP support tech. Consult your VoIP service providers about this.2. The quality of high-speed connections may vary, as it is dependant on many factors, including the number of other users on your cable line, or your distance from the nearest DSL booster node. This means that the VoIP quality may vary daily or during each call.3. During your calls, when there is no one speaking, there is a silence that could lead the other person to think that the line has gone dead. This is especially true for those who have become so used to hearing a slight buzz when using a regular telephone. Instead of being bombarded with many people asking are you still on the line? you should first explain this silence that you will encounter at the very beginning of your conversation.4. When using VoIP service, you may not be able to activate a new credit card, as the computer at the other end will claim that you are not calling from a home phone. The reason for this is yet unknown as VoIP providers have yet to answer this.5. While conversing, you should never allow anyone to put you on silent hold, as the VoIP service may disconnect you when it doesnt hear anything. It assumes that you are no longer on the line, thus disconnecting you after a while.6. If you have an upline signal that is not capable of relaying your call, and when you cannot get through, all that youll be hearing is a recording stating that Your call cannot be completed at this time, which can be very annoying if it happens often.7. Sometimes, your VoIP service will just cease to work. How to solve this depends on your provider. Mostly it will take some unplugging and replugging of various connections: VoIP modem, router, cable connection, DSL connection. It all depends on your provider and the solution (and sequence) that they provide you with.8. And finally, in what is the worst disadvantage among all, if you lose your Internet connection for whatever reason imaginable, you lose your telephone service. Should you decide to depend almost entirely on VoIP service, then you are strongly advised to have a cell phone with you at all times. This also works in your favour as you can set your VoIP service to call your cell automatically should you not answer your VoIP line.The verdict? Commercial VoIP service is an actual telephone service, compared to the likes of messenger services (computer-based) or Skype (which insists that it is not a telephone service). Of course it has its disadvantages, it has no video (at the moment that is) and has some minor glitches. Yet these glitches can be put up with when you realize that you can save anywhere from $30 to $100 a month. These glitches may be a big issue if you plan to use VoIP for your office, but if you have a cell phone with you for back up, youd have no problems at all. You may find yourself joining the huge number of users who have gone 100% VoIP, with the intention of never again using the telephone. Juzaily Ramli is the owner of VoIP Tutorial website that discusses on all things VoIP including

Postcard marketing for tourism industry - The great cheap marketing tool

Author : David Kan

As a travel agent marketer, or a hotel promotion, all you need
is a good marketing tool is a cheap cost and high effect,
contribute to the brand building and create a good relation with
your visitors.

These things can be obtained when you use postcard to market
your services in the local community. And here are the reasons:

1)Postcard is a low cost marketing tool but high visible.

Postcard marketing is very affordable. Postcard cost less than 2
cent each to produce I you print them using your own computer or
have them printed professionally for about 7 or 8 cents each.

You can print 4x6 inch postcard on your own computer for less
than 2 cents each. Or you can reduce the cost down to about 1
cent each if you print 4 at a time on 8 ½ x11 sheets of card
stock and then cut the sheet into quarters.

In fact, standard sized postcard is 38% cheaper than using
regular size letters.

2)Postcard can be created very easily.

You can use your own photos illustrating your services, your
hotel image, designed with Adobe Photoshop, or Adobe Image Ready
to create a good helpful collection of your own postcard. This
collection will be very good for you to build your brand, or
will be cost effective if you rotate it in your postcard
marketing campaign.

There are many ready packages of postcard organization some
professional website, so if we do not want to design by
ourselves, we can buy these postcards with a reasonable price.
Try to find a good supply on Net by Google or Yahoo! Search
tools.

3)Postcard is cheap and easy to send.

The current postage for mailing a postcard in the US is just 23
cents. That is 38% cheaper than the postage for selling a letter.

This reduce the postage rate applies to postcard that are at
least 3 ½ x5 inches but not over 4 ¼ x6 inches.

Now, there are services online which can complete all the
process of postcard marketing for your company with an
appropriate rate. Visit www.usps.com/mailingonline to use its
cheap services and reduces your cost into 90%.

4)Everybody read postcard

Postcard doesn't waste time of people. There are no envelops,
just a picture and your message. Almost 90% receivers will read
it and feel friendly than any other kinds of advertising. It is
because postcard is delivered "ready to read"... especially if
you keep it brief and look like a message from a friend to
friend. And postcard doesn't take up a lot of space. Your
customer can carry them in their pockets easily...

5)Big respond

This high rate of readership is the main reason why postcard
postcards produce a bigger responds than other type of direct
marketing. With other types of direct marketing you often lose
prospects that would have respond to your offer-but they never
saw it.

Postcard are an excellent low-cost alternative to email when
there are junk mail are sent to prospects everyday, your
prospects will often delete them without read even an legitimate
one. Postcard is not, no one receives too much postcard that
they even don't want to read!

6)Your competitors can not know your postcard marketing campaign.

A new marketing campaign often imitated by your competitor
because it is visible on multi-media lines. But postcard is the
contact between you and your prospects. It is difficult for your
competitor study anything from yours, unless you want them get
over you by sending postcard to their office or their private
house.

7)Get immediate result

Because postcard is simple and easy to use, they produce results
quickly. You can finish your postcard marketing campaign from
designing to sending within a week and starting get replies 2 or
3 days later. One of the benefits of using first class postage
for a regular size postcard is that it will be mailed back to
the sender if it has a bad address, which can help you update
your list.

You can ask the receivers to bring the card into your office for
special discount, there for you can calculate the respond rate.

Your postcard can brand you and your business in ways that most
marketing material cannot. If you start and stick to a regular
postcard marketing program, you and your business will gain a
quite a reputation, perhaps even a little notoriety.

8)Postcard marketing is rather targeted.

You can send it to chosen prospects, and gain the highest
effective. Postcard enables you to spend your entire advertising
budget on your best prospects. You don have to pay for
advertising to a large audience in order to reach a few good
prospects.

Here are some ways to use postcard.

1) Referrals-send postcards regularly to your friend, your
frequent clients or other best contacts and ask them for their
referrals.

2) Thankyou notes - use postcard to say Thankyou for business,
referrals or information and say that you appreciate their
helps. Your postcard receiver will be so surprised and please
that you took the time. 3) A follow - up offer or services -
after the client use or buy your services, send them a discount
offer for a related services or product within 30 - 60 days. Don
not miss the opportunity for an after - sale contact.

4) You can also announce a price - increase time and encourage
your customer check in to use it at current price.

5) Gift certification or coupons: show your best customers that
you appreciate them by sending a gift certificate that they can
use anytime in the next year. You should leave a space on the
postcard and encourage they fill out their friend or colleagues
name and give it to someone else to introduce them to your
business.

6) Announce an event - send postcard to let your prospects know
about events like a seminar in your hotels...

7) Introduce new services such as a new city tour for children
traveling over many educational sites in your city...

8) Build your website traffic- use postcard mailing to tell
people your site is there and when you make significant
additional which can give them many interesting information.

9) Recognition- sends out a postcard to let people know your
good news about accomplishments and awards or reviews you have
received.

10) Just stay in touch. People like to be remembered and
postcard is economical and easy way to say " thinking of you "

11) Remember special days of your clients: send a holiday
greeting a Thankyou not for Thanksgiving. If you keep track of
special dates in your customer lives like birthdays or
anniversaries, you can send them a colorful postcard letting
them know you are thinking of them.

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Category : Hunting

Why You Should Never Quit Your MLM

Author : Robert Borhi

Listen to this and tell me if it sounds familiar to you. You've
looked over all the material and decided to join a new mlm
company, maybe your first one, maybe not. The products look
great, the company looks professional, the promo material is
slick, and the website has a flash presentation. This is going
to be great! Surely everyone I talk to will be interested and
I'll be able to quit my day job in no time!

But then reality sets in. Your first product order costs you
$125, and every month you have to order an additional $125 in
products to stay qualified. You're buying leads every month for
$50. You are spending another $25 per month in pay per click
ads. On top of the money, you have to spend time away from your
family going to meetings, doing presentations, and working the
business online. After a few months your spouse is getting
grumpy at all the time and money you spend on the 'new venture'.
The pressure mounts, your downline isn't growing, more money
goes out than comes in, and you decide to quit.

What's wrong with this picture? And what do I mean when I say
you should never quit your MLM?

Truthfully, most people who are involved in mlm, whether they
are a success yet or not, have had the above experience. It is
actually a common scenario, because mlm is an easy come, easy go
situation. People can get started for a relatively small cost
compared to starting another business, but the reason they join
in the first place is usually because they don't have enough
money in their lives. So if they aren't making money quick, most
people will either quit mlm entirely or move on to the next
opportunity, hoping that one will be the big, quick, easy
money-maker. And it's easy to quit an mlm, you just stop buying
the products or press a button on the company website, and easy
go.

Here is the reason you should never quit. For the average person
with a day job, MLM is the easiest, most cost-effective way to
have your own business that can grow over time to give you an
unlimited, passive income. And you can do it in your spare time
while keeping your day job.

If you are planning on joining an mlm, or evaluating your
present company, here are some things to think about.

If done right, you should be buying products every month that
you or your family use, at a price you can afford every month.
Perhaps join an mlm that has products you are already buying
locally. That way, you are just shifting the same money around.
Or better yet, find a way to sell enough products to customers
to stay qualified every month. Many people hate selling, but
these days you can sell online and avoid the face to face
presentation, at least until you overcome the fear.

If done right, you should be marketing your business every week,
or every day if possible. Set an advertising budget you can
afford and stick to it. Look for inexpensive ways to advertise.
Some ideas are business cards, a sticker of your website url on
your car, a small classified ad in your weekly newspaper, and
free online advertising.

At a minimum, plan on doing your mlm for at least 3 years
without making the big money. This means, make a decision to
commit to the business no matter what until you find a way to
make it work. Be realistic in how much it will cost you. If you
achieve success sooner, then great! If not, after three years of
really working the business you will learn enough to keep going,
and more importantly, know why you should keep going.

Over time, if you are working the business, the right people
will show up and join you. You will be using great products
every month at a price you can afford, and you will be doing
something to build your business every day. Network marketing is
not a get rich quick scheme; it is really a way for you to put a
little effort in over a long period of time to reap the rewards.
I've heard in said that in mlm you will get paid in the future
for the work you are doing today, which is much different than a
traditional job. But the rewards will be much more lucrative!
Never quit!

Category : Software

How to Catch Bass Fish Successfully Every Time

Author : Baalaji Baashyam

Bass fishing is an enthralling sport. Every one will aspire to come out successfully in any sport or game. To be a good ang Text | Downloadler one should know the information that is discussed below.Depth of the waterAny water body will have three layers. They are deep layer, middle layer and surface layer. The surface layer will be warmer than the middle layer and the middle layer will be warmer than the deep layer. Before heading for the bass fishing you need to know the existence of the three layers and should be able to find out the temperature of the three layers. Thermometers can be used effectively to measure the temperature of the different layers of water.Bass fish prefers comfortable temperature. Hence in hot weather condition the bass fish will remain in the deep layer as it will be cold. During cold weather condition the bass fish will try to remain in the middle or top layer.Temperature of the waterThe metabolism of the bass fish is influenced by temperature of the water. There is no second opinion that bass fish can withstand temperature fluctuations better.Bass fishing can be done thorough out the year when the temperature of the water is around 70 -75 degree Celsius. The bass fishing is possible even when the temperature is around 32-39 degree Celsius. When the temperature of the water becomes cold the movement of the bass fish is getting slower. This piece of information will help the anglers immensely to get big boog is possible even when the temperature is around 32-39 degree Celsius. Try and know as much as possible about the nature and habitat of e fish you can successfully select the place for bass fishing. Once the place is selected thinking in the lines of bass fish will increase you chance of enjoying a successful bass fishingMapKnowing preferred habitats of the bass fish is possible though the map that contains the complete details of the place selected for the bass fishing. You need to find and select a map that has even minute details like length, depth and slope of the surface of the water body. Any beginner who goes follow the above mentioned process will surely know where and how to catch the bass with success every time he ventures into water. Signup now at Bass fishing Tackle Guide and receive a FREE copy of our best selling e-book "A complete guide to bass fishing"

Category : General Hobbies

Nsauditor: Network Security Auditor

Author : Varuzhan Kankanyan

Conducting a network security audit isn't very easy the first
time you do it. You've got to either purchase a commercial audit
package and learn how it works or assemble your own adhoc
toolkit from open source offerings. Either way, you're looking
at hours of effort to get even a quick look at the security
condition of your network.

Now you can conduct an initial audit in just minutes, with a
total cash investment of only $37, thanks to Nsasoft's Nsauditor.

Nsauditor is a network security scanner that allows to audit and
monitor network computers for possible vulnerabilities , to see
all open ports on your system and owner program names, including
the process loaded modules, kernel objects, memory details,
remote address and state of connections, dns name, country where
from, service associated with connection, possible trojans
associated with port and service description. All the mentioned
features are provided with a user friendly graphical
interface.The product contains a built-in database of known
vulnerabilities, which allows you to select the items for
scanning and add custom entries. Nsauditor can reveal and
catalog a variety of information, including installed software,
shares, users, drives, hotfixes, NetBios, RPC, SQL and SNMP
information, open ports. It can also audit password and security
policies as well as make a variety of attack probes, such as
stealth port scans, HTTP/CGI server auditing, registry auditing.
In addition, over 35 network tools for scanning, sniffing,
enumerating and gaining access to machines, dns and whois
lookups, Finger, e-mail validate, Traffic emulator, HTTP traffic
generator and intrusion detection system based on security
events log analyzer are included. The program can sniff and use
brute-force and dictionary attacks on LM and NTLM password
hashes and expose the insecure ones. Nsauditor does OS detection
and automatically creates OS fingerprints which are not included
in database. The outputs of scanned reports are in HTML and XML
formats.

http://www.nsauditor.com

Category : Meditation

Cialis Some points to take care

Author : Steve Jackson

If the male organ does not get enough blood during sexual intercourse, the erection of the organ does not become strong and sustained. This inability in erection is a sexual dysfunction which affects the Mens health and leads a male person to impotence. Some times the problem is called the erectile dysfunction condition.There are a number of methods in vogue to tackle this problem. However, the best and easiest non surgical taken treatment for erectile dysfunction condition is to use any kind of PDE-5 Inhibitor oral drug. There are a number of effective drugs available in the market all of them are equally effective to fight erectile dysfunction conditions.Tadalafil Phosphate, whose brand name is Cialis, is one of the best medicines in this category. Use of Cialis, blocks the enzyme called PDE-5 (Phosphodiesterase-5) which ultimately increases blood flow through the sex organs and causes firm and sustained erection.The medicine should be taken orally one hour before sex. This medicine may be taken with or without food. To get better effect of the medicine some sort of sexual excitement will be required for easy and quick erection. Before treatment of erectile dysfunction condition, you must visit a doctor who should thoroughly check up your body conditions.Your doctor will not allow you to take Cialis if you are already using a nitrate drug for chest pain or heart problems. Because, taking Cialis with a nitrate medicine can cause a serious decrease in blood pressure, leading to fainting, stroke, or heart attack. The medicine is not be allowed in case of patients having Kidney, prostate or heart problem. During your sexual activities after taking Cialis, if you become dizzy or nauseated, or have pain or any other problem you should immediately stop the activities and call your doctor right away. Cialis should be taken only once a day. Minimum 24 hours should be allowed between doses. Some times erections become painful after taking Cialis and in this situation stop all sexual activities and immediately seek help of your doctor. Some times erections last longer than 4 hours. But a prolonged erection can damage the penis. In this situation immediately take help of your doctor. We have pointed out the above problems which some times may happen to persons using Cialis. As such we will always suggest to buy Cialis only if your doctor prescribes for you. You should find a Cialis pharmacy where you can purchase the medicine against a doctors prescription. Also the medicine can be purchased from the over the counter stores. It will be Cheap Cialis and a doctor prescription may or may not be required to buy Cheap Cialis. Cheap Cialis Pharmacies are spread throughout the country in over the counter stores or in the Internet stores. Cialis online is also available through web sites. There are thousands of web sites selling cheap Cialis and you will find innumerous advertisements of these on line stores. Steve Jackson is an associated editor and a contributing author to the Eupharma.de for distinct article sites/journals. Please feel free to visit http://www.eupharma.de for more information on Cialis, Viagra.

Category : General Health

VoIP Technology - Talk is Cheap!

Author : Johnny Mayer

VoIP products are integral to the most advanced and reliable
VoIP and Voice over ATM platforms currently sold by leading VoIP
telecom and networking companies worldwide. VoIP products based
on VoIP enabled technology products employ Voice over Packet
chip processors, VoIP PCI and cPCI communication boards and VoIP
media gateway modules (PMC form factor).

VoIP companies provide voice over packet (VoIP) processors for
OEM implementations of voice communications over packet networks
or "VoIP". Each VoIP processor features low bit rate Vocoders, a
State-of-the-art Echo Canceller and T.38 compliant fax relay.
High and medium density gateways, residential gateways and
integrated access devices (IAD) are among the major users of
VoIP chip processors. These VoIP solutions power client
applications from small gateways and IP phones... An As an
indication of market size... one major VoIP provider has over 10
million ports installed and growing rapidly.

VoIP Products - Gateway Network The entire VoIP gateway network
is based on continued advances in VoIP media boards that offer
field proven solutions. Product design of proper PSTN interfaces
is a critical factors in VoIP deployment. How can small or
medium-sized gateways compete in the market? By implementing
cost-effective solutions for enterprise or small POPs and fast
market penetration into new and emerging markets. On the other
hand, large VoIP gateways are designed to meet major carriers'
operational requirements.

VoIP Products - Market Driven The rapid VoIP market expansion
for VoIP Gateways led to the large diversity in VoIP products.
Today, VoIP providers may choose from different sized gateways
for VoIP networks of different sizes. Also, Mediant VoIP
gateways enable carriers to address multi-regional requirements
and strengthen economics of deployment. For instance, providing
PSTN signaling and compression technology deployed in over 75
countries is quite a challenge. Fortunately, VoIP technology may
quickly enter new regions and conserve precious bandwidth in
hard-to-reach offices.

AudioCodes Ltd. is a market leader in voice compression
technology and is a key originator of the ITU G.723.1 standard
for the emerging VoIP market. AudioCodes enabling technology
products include VoIP, CTI and call logging communication
boards, VoIP media gateway processors and modules.

For more information on VoIP
and emerging VoIP
technology, visit AudioCodes

Category : Holidays