Ooma VoIP outage caused by power failure

Posted on August 19, 2011 | By Voicent Customer Service

VoIP service provider Ooma’s 3-hour service outage was caused by a power failure and then worsened by what appeared to be a Denial of Service Attack but was actually just a massive number of visits to Ooma’s website by concerned customers.

The company said a “rare” power failure at its datacenter provider started the trouble. Then, what appeared as a coordinated DDOS attack proved to simply be a wave of visitors looking for website information about the outage.

The nationwide service outage began early Thursday morning and lasted about three hours.

The company said the service was restored by the time most West Coast customers arrived at work, according to the company’s corporate blog.

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VoIP provider VoX introduces Android app

Posted on August 19, 2011 | By Voicent Customer Service

Wholesale VoIP provider VoX Communications has introduced a mobile VoIP app for use on Android mobile phones.

VoX, a subsidiary of Pervasip Corp., formerly used other companies to provide mobile VoIP application to an Android device.

Now, consumers can install a VoX app directly on an Android tablet or smartphone with a simple download.  According to VoX, it will eventually automate this download so that it can be purchased anywhere in the world from mobile VoIP app websites.

“We are very excited about being able to deliver a mobile VoIP app viaGoogle’s incredibly popular Android Market,” said Pervasip’s Chief Information Officer Mark Richards in a release. “We believe that this venue will give our VoIP services unprecedented exposure, as this app will be available to over 50 million Android smartphones in the U.S. alone.”

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VoIP wholesaler expands dialer footprint

Posted on August 19, 2011 | By Voicent Customer Service

Alcazar Networks has announced that it has expanded its dialer termination footprint to cover all of Canada which includes over 26,400 routes.

The Canada routes are added the company’s nearly 141,000-route US48 dialer termination deck.

Alcazar is a  nationwide wholesale VoIP provider.

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