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> <channel><title>Community Guy &#187; PBX</title> <atom:link href="http://www.communityguy.ca/tag/pbx/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.communityguy.ca</link> <description>Technology product and service reviews, news, rants &#38; opinion from a community guy in Toronto</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:48:55 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Skype Reminds Users It&#8217;s not VoIP for Business</title><link>http://www.communityguy.ca/news-and-opinion/skype-reminds-users-its-not-voip-for-business/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=skype-reminds-users-its-not-voip-for-business</link> <comments>http://www.communityguy.ca/news-and-opinion/skype-reminds-users-its-not-voip-for-business/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:56:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Ben Lucier</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News and Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category> <category><![CDATA[PBX]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Phone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Skype]]></category> <category><![CDATA[VoIP]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.communityguy.ca/?p=77</guid> <description><![CDATA[Skype took a tough hit yesterday after a software bug took out its 200 million peer to peer users for more than 20 hours. With 220 million subscribers an 9 million users online at any given time, this must have been a wake-up call for hardcore Skype business users that rely on the tool to [...]<div
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.communityguy.ca/?p=69</guid> <description><![CDATA[Globe and Mail reporter, Paul Lima, asked if I would speak with him about a piece he was writing about the state of unified messaging. The article was printed in today&#8217;s Globe in the business section, titled &#8220;Here, There and Everywhere&#8220;. It&#8217;s an exciting time for me and the team at HIP. The technology we&#8217;re [...]<div
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