What is Skype?
To my grandson, Skype is this cool electronic thingie that his dad has. All he has to say is “Skype Gamma” and his dad will pick it up and call his “gamma”. He can then talk to me, and hear my voice. Skype does more than that. Think of it as an instant message program [...]
Skype Gramma
“Skype Gamma!” Skype gramma is not a word you’d expect a 2 year old to be using. That is my grandson. He wasn’t in a hurry to talk, preferred to use sign language. But once he learned how communicating to others his wants got results, he is quickly adding to his vocabulary every day. “Milk” [...]
SunRocket Closes Their Doors
Sunrocket VOIP customers found themselves without service. Phones no longer working. Calls to Sunrocket wouldn’t go through. Sunrocket’s website is still up, not a peep to their clients. Savy customers logged into the internet, searching for Sunrocket news and found headlines such as: SunRocket Reportedly Closes Shop SunRocket disappoints workers, customers SunRocket crashes Sunrocket is [...]
VOIP
VOIP Voice over IP is another kind of phone service. I like my VOIP phone service. Instead of plugging my phone into the local phone company’s line, it plugs into my cable internet. I didn’t even have to buy a new phone to be able to use the service. You need a quality high speed [...]
2006 Phone Tax Rebate from IRS
We’ve all been paying that 3% surcharge on our phone bill through last August. Now that the feds have determined it shouldn’t have been charged, there is a one time refund on your US 2006 income tax. Read about it on Snopes or check out IRS’s telephone tax rebate. Yes, Virgina, not only is there [...]
