VoIP Forums: Letting Your Fingers do the Talking

VoIP or Voice Over Internet Protocol has been the buzz word for communication technology enthusiasts all over the world. While to some, there is nothing special about being able to talk over a telephone that used the internet instead of regular phone cables, the few knowledgeable people find the topic such a remarkable one. VoIP is a very useful tool in today’s world when communication is considered as a vital utility, as important as electricity or water. This dynamic industry, while still at its infancy, has triggered the formation many offshoots. Among the popular manifestations of the subculture forming from VoIp are VoIP forums. The presence of these venues for exchange of ideas show how hot the topic of VoIP is in today’s world.

Here are two existing VoIP forums in the internet.

First stop is the VoIP forum of VoIPOnline.com. This company has been around for six years already as one of the aspiring leaders of internet telephony, providing relevant applications for the VoIP industry. The forum itself can easily be accessed as it rather a visible part of the company website. The forum also has its own domain name and can be visited through http://voipforums.com. The forum is a simple one with only three major sections. The main Forums section is a venue for discussing general VoIP issues. It contains the VoIP Termination thread – where termination requests and issues are posted, the VoIP Topics thread – where other topics apart from termination are discussed, the VoIp Fraud thread – where incidents about and warnings against fraud are addressed, and the VoIP technical thread – where technical issues are expounded. The equipment area is the venue for posting equipment needs, it both has major threads for selling and acquiring equipment for VoIP systems. Lastly, the support area, which has only one thread, is the venue for obtaining help when confusions about VoIP come about. This is also the area to give suggestions and complaints.

The Vonage VoIP forum is where news, reviews and discussions of the company’s service. The forum itself is not managed by the company, but instead being run by 4Sight Media LLC. The main forum area gives a background on Vonage itself on the first thread. The second thread is an archive of postings which are 60 days or older. The next threads post the latest news in the main markets of Vonage – Canada and the US plus the UK. Next is a thread that discusses some functions of Vonage’s service – fax, Tivo, and alarms. The Hardwiring – Installation thread provides information on how to integrate the VoIP with existing home or office phone system. The LNP or Local Number Portability thread discusses the speed and reliability of transferring phone numbers to Vonage. The Vonage SoftPhone thread discusses how to use Vonage’s computer screen-based program. The VoIP Feature wish list is the venue to say certain requests for the company. The Open Topic area allows subscribers to post non-related topics. It is also the forum to give suggestions and comments.

There are numerous other VoIP forums online each having its own sets threads, but generally all provide extra information that is usefull in using VoIP. The existence of these forums and the number of the people who post topics on them show how VoIP is fast becoming an important component of information technology.

To learn more about VoIP and VoIP forums, information about the topics can be found online. VoIP is a dynamic innovation in today’s world.