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SIP is the future of telecommunications

SIP is the future of telecommunicationsahhh no mention of IAX(2)?IAX(2) is better than SIP... they just want to focus on what they have and not what they should be using.I cisco, but at times like this... it makes me wonder.RE: SIP is the future of telecommunicationsYep, you can buy a...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), IAX2, telecommunications, SIP, Asterisk, IAX

Discussion threads 2008-09-22

The great open source VoIP debate

Two weeks ago at the Internet Telephony Conference & Expo in Miami, I had the pleasure of moderating the open source and telephony roundtable discussion with some of the key players in the business. The panel included Mark Spencer, creator of Asterisk and CEO of Digium; Bill Rich, CEO of...

Tags: SIP, IAX, Asterisk, telephony

Blog posts 2005-03-09

VoIP and open source, the next great frontier

VoIP and open source, the next great frontierYour comments are welcomeHello,This is our new forum section for ZDNet blogs. You are invited comment here.SIP vs. IAXFirst, Jay Batson should mention in his message that he in fact founded the company Pingtel that spawned SIPfoundry.org, and in addition is chairman...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), open source, VoIP, SIP, IAX

Discussion threads 2005-01-11

VoIP and open source, the next great frontier

As the commoditization and open sourcing of operating systems and applications continue to disrupt the software companies, telephony vendors have so far enjoyed a relative calm in the closed and proprietary phone systems market with substantial profit margins. That could now all be turned on its head with the proliferation...

Tags: IAX, Asterisk

Blog posts 2005-01-10

Additional Resources

SwitchVox 4.0: A Lesson in How Voice 2.0 Can Transform the SMB

Digium introduced a new version of it's Asterisk-based, IP PBX, SwitchVox  today. The new release is a great example of the kinds of features that Voice 2.0 makes avaqilable to even the smallest organizations. Through mashups and application integrations, SMBs gain screen pops with mapping and weather infomration, presence status,...

Tags: Phone, Voice, IVR, Small And Medium Business, Switchvox Switchboard, Unified Messaging enhancements-IMAP Integration, Switchvox Notifier-A Windows Desktop Client, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Smb/Sme, Fax, VOIP, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-02-02

Voix Phone 1.0.2 (Mac)

Voix Phone Is a multiplatform IAX soft phone, its engine derives from Voix Manager, the powerful Asterisk call manager interface, from wich it inherits stability and robustness. Voix Phone has been thought with simplicity in mind, all feature needed by the user, fast and easy usable, with the minimum configurations,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Phone, Voix Phone, IAX, Telecom & Utilities, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2008-05-27

The one thing Asterisk has been missing

The one thing Asterisk has been missingAll well and good......if you don't mind living with potential GUI limitations and the vendor's restriction on access to *.conf and other Linux configuration settings for a 'turn-key' system.If you want the flexibility to configure any way you want (e.g., your hardware, your Linux...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Asterisk

Discussion threads 2008-04-11

Digium: as of this a.m., one million Asterisk downloads this year

Just a quick note this a.m. to mark that Digium The Asterisk Company has just announced its one millionth download in 2007 of its open-source  Internet telephony solution. This has been an upbeat year for Huntsville, Alabama-based Digium.  Four possible quarters this year now marks 24...

Tags: Solution, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Emerging Technologies, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-19

Four reasons why: Skype is minor bandwidth hog compared to torrents and file-hosters

Germany-based Internet traffic management systems solutions provider ipoque has found that in much of the world excluding North America: via BusinessWeek Skype accounts for 95 percent of all VoIP traffic, but that in the evening hours, Peer-to-peer accounts for more...

Tags: Bandwidth, Skype Technologies S.A., Internet, Telephony, VOIP, Peer To Peer (P2P), Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-10

Voix Phone 1.0.2 (Windows)

Voix Phone Is a multiplatform IAX soft phone, its engine derives from Voix Manager, the powerful Asterisk call manager interface, from wich it inherits stability and robustness. Voix Phone has been thought with simplicity in mind, all feature needed by the user, fast and easy usable, with the minimum configurations,...

Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows, Voix Phone, IAX, Telecom & Utilities, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2007-10-05

Worldwide Skype outage

Worldwide Skype outageWell, obviously Marc...... it must be a scalability problem cause by all of the new users generated by your recommendations. IOW, it's your fault. Such is the price of fame. :^)America Offline?I do remember one day back in the '90s when AOL was having servere problems with their...

Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Skype Technologies S.A., Internet, Marc, denial of service, phone, VoIP

Discussion threads 2007-08-16

Microsoft vs. open source now spreading to VoIP?

Microsoft vs. open source now spreading to VoIP?MS voip playsRussell,i think MS has quietly gone about building a full blown IP comms stack. i think we're about to see a major move by them into this space. heres some more evidence of it in action.http://www.microsoft.com/responsepoint/default.mspxyou combine that with the ICA...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, open source, IP telephony, Microsoft Corp., VoIP, Google Inc., QoS

Discussion threads 2007-05-14

VoIP's "four obstacles" are listed and described

On our sister site TechRepublic, technology consultant Deb Shinder lists four obstacles to implementing VoIP.The four obstacles are reliability concerns, network quality of service, complexity and confusion, and security.Many of you may already be versed in the details for each of these issues. But just in case you are...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, VoIP, Deb Shinder, jargon

Blog posts 2007-05-12

74 Open Source VoIP apps- all in one place

VoIP blogger Linda Goin has taken the time and devoted the patience to gathering a linked list of 74 open source VoIP apps.As she describes it, her list includes SIP, H.323, IAX, and RTP protocols, with clients, libraries, gatekeepers, and any other open source resource available for those specific...

Tags: Software, General

Blog posts 2007-04-17

Idefisk 2 (Windows)

IDEFISK 2.0 Free SIP and IAX / IAX2 phone is a user-friendly softphone, compatible with Asterisk or any other SIP or IAX capable system, offering high-quality VoIP calling experience. NEW features include: SIP + IAX/IAX 2 protocols, STUN support, STUN server per account, Echo cancellation, DTMF tones sending, Support for...

Tags: Asteriskguru, SIP, Cancellation, Microsoft Windows, Audio Device, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Emerging Technologies

Software downloads 2007-04-13

AsteriskControl 1.0.5 (Windows)

If you have an Asterisk VoIP server this software will allow you to connect in and view and control calls using a Windows based computer. Connect into your Asterisk server using the Manager interface: view and disconnect calls including SIP / IAX.

Tags: Fruk, Microsoft Windows, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Emerging Technologies, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-04-27

Report: Vonage to open their SIP credentials

Report: Vonage to open their SIP credentialsBring it on!I couldn't stomach paying another 10 bucks a month for a novelty. However, people that are confined to a bed from disabilities have to juggle computer and telephone and television. I have long wanted to combine these to help the less fortunate...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., Asterisk, SIP, phone

Discussion threads 2006-02-08

I comment on Ted's Top Ten VoIP Gifts Roundup

That's Santa's Sleigh Phone, as shown on the totally cool site Claus.com. Although Santa's probably not on VoIP just yet, that's a good way to transition us to fellow VoIP blogger Ted Wallingford's Top Ten VoIP Gifts Roundup.Thought I would run his list, with my Comments.Ted's list is...

Tags: headset, VoIP

Blog posts 2005-12-16

Where is open source innovation?

Where is open source innovation?Is there even any inovation at all? That is the real question.Amaya started in 1996 http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ This predates FrontPage.Mozilla actually was started with NS 5.0 code by Netscape. Netscape predates MSIE. XUL predates XAML and Mozilla has had plans to intergrate SVG with...

Tags: Web browsers, Apache Software Foundation, SVG, XUL, open source, commercial open source, Mozilla Corp., sponsored project, content management, Microsoft Corp., innovation, Netscape Communications Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-11-25

I take the Bandwidth.com VoIP test- and you can, too

I take the Bandwidth.com VoIP test- and you can, tooTongue-in-cheek?Forgive me but I can't tell if you're tone is tongue-in-cheek or not. I can't help bringing a bunch of healthy skepticism to these thinly-veiled marketing vehicles. I'm not gonna argue that a T1 is bad but depending upon your organization...

Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, IAX2, Voice-over-IP Service Provider, VoIP, Bandwidth.com VoIP test, Bandwidth.com

Discussion threads 2005-10-19