Why would any corporate or community establishment make the choice to use GlobaLinx Videophone as opposed to an option like, let’s say it, Skype? The number one reason is network security. Simply, network security shields from identity and data theft.
The high risk of security and privacy concerns, which means the high possibility of confidential, top secret information leaking, is the utmost threat for a corporate network which uses Skype. Find out why:
Skype requires all computers to download specific software to conduct a call. This computer will then serve as a communication switch. Allowing a district computer to conduct unsecured communication is a significant security risk.
How does GLOBALINX compare? GLOBALINX Videophones allow a district computer to conduct communication through a secured switch. The traffic moves encrypted data from the Videophone through the internet and into GLOBALINX’s switching station. From this point, the switch converts the data so it can be sent to another Videophone or telephone source.
Another point: Skype requires a large number of ports to be opened. The sources of data traffic through these ports will vary and not be easily monitored. GLOBALINX, on the other hand, limits the number of ports that are required to be opened. Once the range of ports is opened, specific IP addresses can be assigned to these ports. This significantly reduces any network security risks for a district.
It is given that Skype’s identifiable component is it’s effortless ability to transmit calls right through firewalls and Network Address Translation (NAT) systems. That component is also it’s weakest point. The voice stream, which is simply data, can be use by hackers to evade firewalls, set off an attack and generate a huge mess on the corporate network. When this happens, it can break down the entire corporate network in just minutes.
For community institutions or major corporations, like hospitals that deal with your vital background information or banks that deal with your financial details, that is a foremost cause for alarm. Imagine someone getting hold of your school records and replicating them as their own, or some crook obtaining your bank details to steal from your bank account.
If it has that ability to break down big networks, imagine what it can do to the ordinary folks? Regular people like us, common households and small businesses that only have the simple forms of computer security installed.
Skype makes it so easy for anyone to transfer and download bulk files. As you do business or simply chat over someone on another Skype channel, do you realize that you can possibly send out this much information about you through a widely open and fragile 
portal?
- Complete Name
- Location details: Country, street address, state, city, zip code
- Phone number, mobile number, fax number
- Birth details
- Business or work details
- Email address
- Passwords
- Gender
- Chat history
- Photos, personal files
- Financial details
Scary, huh? Would you risk passing all that through a software program that’s unverified and where anyone can so easily find a way around your secure firewall? Well, I hope I’ve made a point.
GlobaLinx uses the SIP standard, a published standard that is generally accepted. All call controls are handled through a central server.
Skype’s free calls are only limited to Skype-to-Skype users, if you want to make calls to actual phone numbers then subsequent charges are applied. While GlobaLinx videophones charge a flat rate of 29.95 for it’s unlimited home video plan, that’s still a lot cheaper than what you would pay for a traditional phone service. For one low monthly cost you can expect to get the following: UNLIMITED local, long distance and mobile calls anywhere in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands, UNLIMITED land line calls to 75 calling areas throughout the world, unlimited local and long distance calls to other GLOBALINX customers in any location worldwide, plus all of the benefits of the videophone features such as voice mail, caller ID, to mention just a few. With the GLOBALINX Videophone you can see and talk all you want with anyone around the world as you can interconnect with any SIP compatible VoIP system. Calls can be made using a wide variety of devices including a standard touch-tone phone.
For it’s supremacy in network security, GlobaLinx is the clear-cut choice if you want VoIP technology to work for you. It should be your alternative to Skype.
GlobaLinx is a leading VoIP telecommunications company providing cutting-edge VoIP services for residential and business clients. It’s parent company, 5Linx, has been included in the INC500 Magazine as one of the fastest-growing privately-held companies in the country for 4 successive years now. For more information or for any purchase on VoIP, please visit Perfect Pitch Marketing Group or contact your 5Linx National Director, Jason Grilli.
