Free World Dialup Is No Longer Free
According to various reports after over a decade Free World Dialup is moving to a paid service model. I can’t help but feel that something is being lost in this transition. I’ve had a FWD account for...
View ArticlePaying Up For Free World Dialup
Luca Filigheddu reminds me to consider things carefully before making a decision. After some reflection I agree that FWD Deserves our Praise. Jeff’s leadership in the community has been remarkable over...
View ArticleTwo Cases Of Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is
This weekend I faced two instances of living up to things that I’ve written or said. Firstly, I ordered a couple of Polycom SoundPoint IP650s to replace the hardware that I’ve had on loan for review...
View ArticleFWD Wiki On SIP Phone Configuration
In September 2007 the folks at FWD put up a wiki in the hope of getting users to document how to configure various hardware & software SIP clients for use with the service. At the time I was...
View ArticleWideband Voice And Free World Dialup
For the past few weeks I’ve been hunting for a soft phone with specific wideband voice capabilities. I’ve found a couple but there arises complications. Wideband-capable hard phones usually support...
View ArticleFWD Refocuses On Wideband Voice
This just in…. Please update the SIP domain for connecting to FWD from fwd.pulver.com to sip.fwdi.net before March 31, 2009. FWD is moving to a new SIP platform as a part of a focus on HD voice. The...
View ArticleSTUN’d Into Silence
I’ve been traveling a lot lately so the phones around my home office have been idle. Even so, I was a little surprised to find that my snom m3 was not making or receiving calls this morning. Well, it...
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