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The Oakville Beaver W eekend, S a tu rd a y Ja n u a ry 7, 2006 - 29 To VoIP or not to VoIP: Questions and answers While VoIP might be the latest trend in telephone tech nology, it is still a term many Canadians don't understand. Here are some of the most frequently asked ^ questions about VoIP, answered by industry leader, Vonage Canada: Put simply, VoIP technolo- I gy allows you to make and 1 rj receive telephone calls over I _ . the Internet using a high I speed Internet connection. I VoIP technology turns voice I into data so a call can be sent I over the Internet instead of a I ; dedicated phone network. You simply connect a touchtone phone, Once the data reaches the person on the other end of the phone call it is converted plus your high speed Internet connection to the adapter, once you have a dial tone, you back to your voice. can make and receive phone calls the exact same way you always have. How it works There's no software to install and nothing If you sign up with a VoIP phone service provider like Vonage for your local and long to download. distance calling, you will receive a simple Advantages device called an adapter to turn your voice One reason: to save a lot of money. VoIP into data. phone service can save you from $200 to $500 per year depending on your calling patterns. With VoIP you pay a flat rate for local and long dis tance telephone service and included in this rate are all the advanced phone features you could ever want like voice mail, caller ID, call waiting, call for warding sand three-way calling. Configure the VoIP I service to meet your needs. I For example, you can have your voicemails emailed to you when you are away. You can also manage your account online so you can easily turn on, or off, features like call forwarding, or call transfer.. And, many VoIP services are fully portable, so you can take your phone service with you whenever you move or trav el, and you can make calls from anywhere in the world. More information is available online at vonage.ca. - News Canada Make sense of your digital photo collection with iPhoto on a Mac. T h e digital photo revolution is upon us. Gone are the days o f taking your film to get developed,, and then waiting to see your prints. Even the least technical-sawy o f us seem to have given up on our trusty film cameras in exchange for a new digital camera. Once you get past the giga-bytes and the mega-pixels, the advantages are clear: Shoot until your heart's content and never worry about the cost o f film again. The problems come when you try to get those photos into some useful format for enjoying them. How can you share them with friends and family? How do you organize them so that you can find them later? iPhoto to the rescue... 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