TelEvolution In The News

Gigaom: Business 2.0 senior writer Om Malik
If you use a service like Vonage then 1. You lose reliability of the phone system. 2. You sacrifice quality. 3. You lose 911 service... the better option is TelEvolutions PhoneGnome, a small gizmo that meshes your VoIP, SIP, Skype and your regular phone line, always picking the lowest cost (or free) option to route the calls.

BusinessWeek: Seven Ways to Get Cheap Calls
"Those looking to save money without giving up a landline should look at PhoneGnome. Plug any standard phone into the little $120 PhoneGnome box, and it will make calls over Skype or another VOIP network while using your existing home phone number.

That means people can call you as they always have, but when you call them, the call will be routed over the Internet, saving you money."

Entrepreneur magazine: Going Gnome
"PhoneGnome is a low-cost way to see how VoIP fits your company before you start incurring monthly fees. The wallet-size device lets you make free internet phone calls without any change to your current phone numbers, services or handsets."
"There are new ways to make internet calls coming out every day. PhoneGnome is one that asks for very little of your time or money."

"Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline" TelEvolution Founder & CEO, David Beckemeyer appears on the "Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline" radio program. Listen to the audio (MP3).

PCMAG: PhoneGnome Aims to Make VOIP Cheap and Easy
"For low-tech types who approach VOIP with trepidation, TelEvolution presents the PhoneGnome, a plug-and-play box about the size of two decks of cards that turns regular phone service into a full-fledged voice over IP service."

InfoWorld: VoIP gear highlighted at CES
"PhoneGnome went a step further than many similar systems at the show by requiring only a broadband Internet connection, no computer, no monthly service fees, subscriptions or activation. PhoneGnome also determines how to direct calls, so users don't have to try to figure out for themselves whether the person on the other end of the line uses VoIP or not. It also allows users to continue using their own phone number, make 911 emergency calls as normal, and it works during power or Internet outages."

Mark Gibbs: Connecting existing phones to VoIP
"PhoneGnome comes with lots of useful features... At $120 PhoneGnome provides an interesting, sophisticated and powerful single-line, standards-based VoIP service."

The Mercury News: The PhoneGnome - barn-burner or longshot?
"This could be big, if it lives up to its promise. It melds the Internet with your regular phone, using a simplicity that looks oh so sweet."

Computer Power User: VoIP Gear Is Finally Here
"PhoneGnome -- a little box that sits between your router, wall phone jack, and analog phone -- is a killer product. Rather than try to replace your POTS service, PhoneGnome works on top of it, intelligently sensing which calls are being placed to another PhoneGnome or a compatible, open SIP service. PhoneGnome is truly a best-of-both-worlds deal and deserves to be one of the hot consumer VoIP products of 2006. "
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