New York Times reports on effectiveness of Voicent software to fight illegal signs

Posted on June 3, 2012 | By Voicent Customer Service

The news media continue to be intrigued by the use of Voicent software to fight crime. The latest story about Voicent software being used to control illegal signs is in today’s New York Times.

One of the questions reporters often ask is “how many communities are using Voicent software to fight illegal signs?”

And we can’t answer that question, simply because there are so many uses for BroadcastByPhone, we can’t be sure which ones a particular customer is choosing.

From issuing meeting notices to emergency alert broadcasting to tax bill reminders to school and office weather closings to, well, you get the idea.

Voicent software really has an unlimited number of uses.

Posted in Business, technology, Voicent |

You’re impressed by power of VoIP tools? You ain’t seen nothing yet!

Posted on May 14, 2012 | By Voicent Customer Service

Last week’s national media exposure for Voicent’s BroadcastByPhone software got us thinking about the innovative side of VoIP technology.

We suspect that, where use is concerned, the innovation hasn’t even begun yet!

Many people use tools such as BroadcastByPhone to save time dialing numbers and dealing with busy, signals, answering machines and other black holes of productivity.

Tools like BroadcastByPhone will do the dialing for you, then hand you the phone when an actual human being finally answers.

As last week’s Associated Press story about Voicent indicated, there are many other uses for such tools:

  • Delivering payment or delivery reminders
  • Keeping volunteers up to date on projects
  • Managing event invitations and RSVP reminders

Last week’s story noted the success communities are having using Voicent’s BroadcastByPhone to police illegal roadside signs.

We’re sure there are many more uses yet to be discovered.

How are you using BroadcastByPhone?

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Challenge dismissed, Voicent continues to ‘patrol’ the clean streets of Hollywood

Posted on May 11, 2012 | By Voicent Customer Service

Yesterday, the City of Hollywood, Florida’s use of Voicent’s BroadcastByPhone software was the subject of an Associated Press story. Produced for print and broadcast media by AP’s Miami Bureau, the story received national publicity.

Coincidentally, on the same day, the Broward County Sun-Sentinel newspaper was reporting on a challenge to the legality of City of Hollywood Mayor Peter Bober’s program using Voicent’s BroadcastByPhone to barrage the owners of illegally posted signs with phone calls.

The verdict: Keep on calling!

The complaint, filed with the city’s ethics commission, was dismissed for “legal insufficiency.”

The commission noted that the inexpensive and highly-efficient program was not unethical.

Posted in Communication Best Practices, technology, Voicent |