Web-based Telepresence: Too good to be true?
With Vidyo's appliance—and the right cameras and Internet links—small businesses can affordably achieve video conferencing quality similar to broadcast HDTV.

8x8 Virtual Office
VoIPplanet.com tests a small-business hosted PBX service that truly doesn't require a VAR or consultant to set up.

Review: magicJack
An inexpensive one-time purchase gives you a year's worth of portable, free phone service.

Jazinga: PBX for the Technically Challenged?
Here's an inexpensive telephony system designed from the get-go to provide sophisticated communications features without sophisticated management.

IPEVO WiFi Skype Desktop Phone S0-10W
A great solution for Skype power users who’d like to cut loose from the PC.

Zoom X6v VoIP Gateway
This all-in-one device for the home network supports both wired and wireless PC connections and ADSL-based SIP voice service.

IPEVO So-20 WiFi Phone for Skype
This slender phone can happily travel in your pocket, giving you Skype access on WEP- and WPA-protected WLANs.

Toktumi: hosted IP PBX
Affordable small-business phone service with all the essentials.

VoIPowering Your Office: Driving the Big Green trixbox, part 1
What started life as Asterisk for amateurs is now available as a flashy plug-and-play VoIP appliance. Here's a first look.

Yugma: CoIP (Collaboration over IP)
Yugma conference participants can share desktops and control of applications, mark up documents, and record the whole session.

Softphones Reviewed: Global IP Solutions' REX
REX is specifically designed to function well in difficult environments—as in, over the public Internet.

Propel Personal Bandwidth Manager
Want to automatically prioritize Internet bandwidth for your VoIP calls? This management utility may be the answer.

Zoom Model 5900 Phone Adapter for Skype
Zoom's Skype phone adapter works flawlessly—as long as you limit yourself to its basic calling functions.

See Me, Hear Me
$40,000 to $400,000 for videoconferencing? Not any more. We look at inexpensive IP-based alternatives.