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Ask the Geek: Business FiOS IPs

Ask the Geek: Business FiOS IPs

Jul 5, 2010

Q: I hope you take the time to answer this. I have been searching and searching for the right answer to this and nobody can, even Verizon. I want to go with FiOS for our new office. I need multiple IP’s. But what I got was 5 IP’s with a 255.255.255.0 subnet mask. It should have been 255.255.255.248. This concerns me. I need to host email,...

The Ooma Telo VoIP System

The Ooma Telo VoIP System

Jun 22, 2010

Ooma launched in 2007 as VoIP service targeting non-commercial home users.  The company directly targets Vonage and Skype users, as well as traditional home phone services from the “baby Bells.” Ooma’s flagship product is the Ooma Telo.  The Telo provides the following features: VoIP Internet Phone Service Instant Second Line Up to four...

Hosting on Verizon FiOS

Hosting on Verizon FiOS

Jan 10, 2010

I was recently browsing some user posts at WebhostingTalk.com and found an interesting debate going on about whether Verizon’s FiOS was a stable and capable Internet connection for hosting your own servers, rather than pulling a DS-3 or other business class service (or hosting your server at colocation data center). Here’s a sampling of some of...