Voip Tips
Disable your Call Waiting
Disable your Call Waiting. Should you need to disable your Call Waiting at any time you have two options. Read More »
Understand voip restrictions while traveling internationally
Although you can technically plug your voip internet phone adapter into any broadband connection and use it as if you were still at home, not every country is voip-friendly. Read More »
Figure out international calling codes
Voip provides you incredibly low international calling rates. If you don’t already know how to call other countries, the process can be a little confusing. Read More »
Analyze your broadband regularly.
Your broadband can make or break the quality of a voip call. Even if you’re paying through the nose for “really fast” service, that doesn’t mean you’re getting it reliably enough for high quality calls. Read More »
Get a toll-free voip number.
You don’t have to be a big corporation to get your very own toll-free number. Read More »
Make sure you’re getting the voip.com newsletter.
Voip.com just launched a brand new newsletter bringing you up-to-the minute news; useful tips to help you get the most out of your voip; profiles of other voip.com members and must-have gadget reviews. Read More »
Get your SoftPhone back up faster
Unexpected disconnects are a pain in the rear. If you lose your connection, SoftPhone will automatically try to pick it up again. Read More »
Enjoy holiday traditions over voip
You can’t always be together over the holidays, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on important family traditions. Inexpensive voip rates and video over voip let you do things together even when you can’t be together. Read More »
Make your voip.com SoftPhone easier to access
If you’re tired of scrolling through menus to get to your voip.com SoftPhone, there’s an easier way to make sure it’s always there when you want it. Set it to start whenever Windows is loaded. Read More »
Check voicemail messages from your SoftPhone
Checking your voicemail from the voip.com SoftPhone is a snap. After SoftPhone launches, click the Voicemail tab and you’ll immediately see a listing of all your most recent voicemail messages. Read More »
Skin your voip.com SoftPhone
Customize your SoftPhone with one of four voip.com phone skins. Skinnable software lets you change the way a program looks — it only takes a few mouseclicks. Read More »
Talk to the US, Canada and Puerto Rico for free!
With a voip.com Unlimited Monthly account, you can talk to anyone in the US, Canada or Puerto Rico for free. Read More »
Make in-network calls for free!
Voip.com customers call each other free even internationally. Read More »
Get rid of telemarketers for good!
Turn on your voip phone’s Anonymous Call Rejection feature to avoid unwanted calls from telemarketers. Read More »
Making a conference call
You can talk to two parties at the same time using your voip phone’s Three-Way calling feature. Read More »
Control your international long distance bills
If you need to limit how much you pay for your international calls, you can set your account so that your voip phone can’t make international calls. Read More »
Waiting for an important phone call?
Sometimes you have to leave the house when you’re waiting for an important phone call that you just can’t miss. If that’s the case, log into your voip.com account and click the Call Features tab. Read More »
Plan ahead for holiday travel
It’s easy to find out where you’ll have WiFi access for web browsing and wireless voip calls during your next holiday trip. JWire has a comprehensive online listing of public hotspots. Read More »
Forward incoming voip calls to your cell phone
If you’re on the road and still want to be able to take your voip calls, just login to your voip.com account and forward your calls to your cell. Read More »
The difference between a virtual number and a toll free number
Virtual numbers are local to a specific, limited area, while toll free numbers are considered local to the entire US. Read More »
Get a virtual number
Virtual numbers let you set up a phone number that’s local to a particular area, even if you happen to live thousands of miles from that location. Read More »
Can I make calls from my voip number to regular numbers?
You can call any phone number with your voip number. Read More »
Set up Call Forwarding
You can set your phone up to automatically forward incoming calls to another phone number, only forward when your line is busy, forward when you don’t pick up, or only forward a select group of numbers. Read More »
How do I check my voicemail?
You can reach your voicemail a number of ways, including from your web browser, by telephone, and via email. Read More »
What Do I Have to Do to Receive Voip Calls?
Pick up the phone when it rings. Most people have a hard time telling if a call was made on a traditional line, or voip. Read More »
Can I Use My Computer as a Phone?
Yes, you can. Download the voip.com SoftPhone program and use your computer as a virtual phone; Read More »
How Do I Set My Phone to No Ring?
Sometimes you don't want to hear the phone ring. Maybe it's the baby's naptime or annoyingly chipper telemarketers have you up early on a Saturday morning Read More »
What about Voip and Online Gaming Systems?
You can use your voip phone while surfing the web and playing online games with your computer or console gaming system, like Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo, Read More »
Can I Use Voip with a Regular Phone?
Absolutely. You can use a voip internet phone adapter, often supplied by your service provider, to convert the analog signals your existing phone puts out into digital signals that will be sent over the internet. Read More »