Vbuzzer

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Vbuzzer

Developed by	Softroute Corporation
OS	Windows
Type	VoIP / Instant messaging client
License	Proprietary freeware
Website	www.Vbuzzer.com

Vbuzzer or Vbuzzer Messenger, is a voice over IP and instant messaging software and service, based on open protocols of XMPP (for instant messaging) and Session Initiation Protocol (for voice over IP). It competes against proprietary protocol based software like Skype, Yahoo! Voice, as well as other open standard based VoIP software. Vbuzzer offers free basic offers PC-PC, Phone-to-PC calling service as well as a paid PC-Phone service.

1 Technology
2 Features
3 Security
4 Other issues
5 Compatible software
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

Technology

Vbuzzer is a closed source software developed by Softroute Corporation located in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It adopts the common server-client architecture to route the calls and exchange text messages. Vbuzzer text messaging employs the popular Jabber protocol and its internet telephony employs the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Until now Vbuzzer has only released versions that run on Windows XP operating system. The current release is Vbuzzer Messenger 2.5.072.

Features

Vbuzzer allow users to exchange text messaging, call/fax to the PSTN and reveive incoming PSTN calls/faxes.
Vbuzzer also offers free Voicemail, Call forward, Caller ID, Chat history logs and RSS Feeds.
Version 2.0.282 and up can work with Windows Live Messenger (WLM).^{[citation needed]}
Receive a US or Canada phone number for unlimited incoming calls.
Free Faxing within US, Canada and China
Works with Nokia E61,E51,N95 cell phone SIP client^{[citation needed]}

Security

Vbuzzer is based on open standards Jabber (XMPP) and Session Initiation Protocol as its communication protocols, no security concerns have been reported so far.^{[citation needed]}

Other issues

In June 2005, Vbuzzer was reported to be using source code from the open source instant messaging software Miranda IM; within about 4 weeks after said report, Vbuzzer had removed all of the relevant code.^[1]^{[verification needed]}