Tips & Resources

Flowroute certifies with Voip-Sec November 14, 2014

Flowroute is very pleased to announce our technical certification with VoipSec EasySBC, a low cost session border controller for small and medium sized businesses. Flowroute, the first pure SIP carrier…

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Reliable SIP trunking by design November 7, 2014

There’s a great variability between the reliability you can expect from different SIP trunking providers. Much of the difference has to do with the foundation laid down for a SIP…

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Building firewalls that work with SIP trunking October 22, 2014

Bad people want access to your VoIP account. And if they get it, they can crank your phone bill up into the hundreds of thousands of dollars range in no…

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Phone system buying tips from phone system buyers September 19, 2014

Making a decision on a new business phone system can be intimidating and frustrating. Luckily, there are support groups. Or, at least, other people who have already experienced the headaches…

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SIP is as secure as you make it July 23, 2014

I am going to say one thing about the negative perceptions surrounding security of SIP trunking: Security is in your hands.

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Greenwire IT: Which phone service do phone guys use? July 15, 2014

If you’re looking for phone service, who do you ask for recommendations? People who set up phone systems. So that’s exactly what we did.

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Announcing: Automated Number Porting July 11, 2014

The process of bringing your numbers over to Flowroute should be easy. But it could get cumbersome, and behind the scenes, there are a lot of steps that can hold…

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SIP registration vs Host-based routing: Which side wi... July 9, 2014

When a call comes in to your SIP trunking account, your provider needs to know where to send it. Depending on the call routing methods your provider offers, you may…

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SIP trunking providers: 4 facts IT needs to know July 2, 2014

Wes is an IT contractor who provides support to small and medium sized businesses in Chicago. He began exploring IP telephony a year ago but when a client requested a…

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VoIP over WiFi: 4 checks too many businesses forget June 5, 2014

People don’t like being tied down. To desks. In fact, because of the general migration to the open concept office, a large percentage of the modern workforce needs to take…

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5 Essential VoIP Account Fraud Controls May 21, 2014

Not all pirates sail the seas. In fact, most surf the web, looking for network vulnerabilities that grant them access to information or VoIP credentials they can use or sell…

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WebRTC your FreeSWITCH May 20, 2014

We harp on about Unified Communications quite a bit. One of the new up-and-coming technologies regarding UC is WebRTC. WebRTC can put click-to-call capabilities within reach of web developers without…

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