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The growing number of VoIP softphone applications for mobile phones is very exciting. Now, if you’re asking the question, ‘Why the heck would I want to download another phone on my… phone?’ bear with me for a moment while I explain.

We've noticed a growing interest in cordless VoIP phones. A number of our customers have asked about DECT (Digitally Enhanced Cordless Technology/Telecommunications) hardware, and whether or not these devices are any good with our service. Since we do focus on being a business phone service provider, we don't always recommend DECT phones because they are mainly aimed at a consumer market. That means they're often slim on features that businesses need; great for talking around the house, but not so great if you want to get fancy.

From TechCrunch:

Remember Google’s Hell-froze-over, critically acclaimed Super Bowl ad Parisian Love? The one that managed to use a series of basic search queries to tell a touching love story? Now you’ve got a chance to tell a story of your own.

We’re proud to announce the upcoming release of the brand new OnSIP IP phone, simply called the OnSIP One. Based on customer feedback, and in collaboration with one of our partner IP phone providers, we have designed the OnSIP One to be the optimal IP phone for OnSIP service. Of course, we will keep our service open to all SIP capable phones; however, we don’t doubt you’ll see the benefits of the OnSIP One, detailed in the below review.

The History of the OnSIP One

Today marks the 134th birthday of the telephone. On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell shouted into the phone mouthpiece, “Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you,” [source]. After which, assistant Thomas Watson walked to Alexander and said he heard him.

Service outages happen. Sometimes it’s the result of something you did, but more often than not it’s caused by factors completely out of your control. If you’re in the business of providing a hosted service over the Internet, then chances are that this unfortunate situation will happen to you at one point or another. We would all love to say that it has been XX months or X years since we’ve had any problems, but the fact of the matter is that when something like this happens (and it most likely will), what’s most important is how you deal with it.

It's the time of year for giving! This year, the OnSIP team is getting into the holiday spirit by hosting our first holiday giveaway.

Enter on Twitter and you could be one of the lucky ones starting 2010 with a brand new Netbook. Tweet us an interesting story about your business phone or phone system and you'll double your chances of winning.

The team here at Junction Networks is proud to say OnSIP has recently become one of Polycom’s VoIP Field Verified (VFV) Partners. Polycom’s VFV Program “enables call control providers who have successfully integrated with Polycom’s VOIP family of phones to complete certification and resell Polycom phones.”

You should use Site Specific Browsers. Here's why.

As we mentioned in an earlier post, the Internet is changing. HTML5 and Javascript performance improvements, among other things, are allowing the web browser to do things that used to be only possible with software that you ran on your desktop. Sites like Gmail, Pandora, the upcoming Google Wave, and dare I say it, my.Onsip, are doing things that exhibit the potential of the new Internet web browser, and hopefully its just the tip of the iceberg.

New Javascript performance improvements and HTML5 are allowing web applications to do things that used to be only possible with desktop software. Unfortunately, IE, which is still the most widely-used browser, really isn’t up to speed, meaning that a lot of developers will probably have to devote a huge portion of their time making sure their apps are IE compatible instead of actually developing. The Junction Networks team is certainly no stranger to the woes of running outdated versions of IE.