The endless pursuit for perfection - VoIP Telephony and the paradox of Usability and Security

IP communications present many obvious security concerns for users, providers and network operators alike.
Whether the victim of malicious activity or of a monetary loss through fraud, there is an obvious correlation between the immediate cash value and delayed value due to the damage of reputation throughout the service chain.

With this in mind, the balance of usability and security is paramount if not for a singular reason:

VoiceHost is launching VoIP encryption support over our network after a successful beta, so here is a timely synopsis on the topic.

Tesco's Internet Phone service was handled by Freshtel UK, whose demise prompted Tesco to drop the service. The phone numbers issued to Tesco customers came from Freshtel UK, now out of the picture, with Cable & Wireless routing the calls to Freshtel and thus having no responsibility for the end customers. So there's no one available to forward the calls and the numbers are now orphaned.

VoiceHost worked tirelessly to help stranded customers from the defunct service and was able to negotiate a new home.