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Face it: some cell calls suck. Study cites three reasons why: Just got a note in my very early (hey it isn't quote 06:00 hours here) from a representative of Ditech Networks. Raison d'etre for this post is that Ditech (no, not the mortgage finance firm) has just announced results of a 630-million-call study of live mobile phone...; Tags: Mobile, Voice Quality, Industry, EXi, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2008-02-06
MySpeed PC VoIP (exe): MySpeed PC VoIP simulates VoIP traffic over your Internet connection and provides an analysis of the voice quality, along with a report of the consistency of bandwidth provided by your ISP. The key measures of connection quality for VoIP are not broadband speeds as many would think, but Jitter and...; Tags: Voice Quality, MySpeed PC VoIP, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Networking, Internet; Software downloads 2007-12-28
Vonage's new pricing plans: more reality distortion field: Vonage's new pricing plans: more reality distortion fieldWorldnetI have ATT Worldnet. I am no great fan of AT&T, but I have to say the VOIP has been 100% perfection for a year and a half now.The voice quality is outstanding. Literally at least as good as copper.When I...; Tags: Telephony, Pricing, VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, voice quality, Vonage Holdings Corp., reality Distortion Field, pricing strategy, Comcast Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-09-11
VoIP's "four obstacles" are listed and described: VoIP's "four obstacles" are listed and describedVoIP not ready for the bigtimeI had Vonage for my home phone service. Vonage--the company--itself was a nightmare (I'm back with Verizon now). But the Vonage VoIP service was almost as bad. Voice quality was ok, but not as clear as...; Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, voice quality, VoIP, Vonage Holdings Corp., Verizon Communications Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-05-12
PC2TelePhone (zip): Get ready for new experience in Internet Calls, with no delay and crystal clear voice quality. With our software you can make International calls from anywhere in the world, for as low as 1.9 cents per minute.; Tags: Voice Quality, Internet, Tools & Techniques, Management; Software downloads 2006-07-17

Placing some Fonality on the PBX Business with Linux: Placing some Fonality on the PBX Business with LinuxResponse from Fonality CEODana - you asked two questions at the closure of your blog and I have replied to them below:> Once everything moves to the Internet,> is a PBX really anything more than a very> limited operating system?The answer is:...; Tags: Telephony, VOIP, INTERNET, OPEN SOURCE, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Fonality, Asterisk, PBX, voice quality; Discussion threads 2006-01-30
Due Monday: the Linksys-Skype cordless phone: Due Monday: the Linksys-Skype cordless phoneSkype certified is a question mark now!i've already got one to try.. Linksys's dect phone seriously downgrade the Skpye voice quality to landline voice quality and which to a existing skype user is UNACCEPTABLE!!! still don't understand why skype proved this phone!Skype certified is now...; Tags: Home networking, Telecom & Utilities, phone, Skype Technologies S.A., voice quality, Linksys Inc., Skype Certified; Discussion threads 2005-10-14
CQPhone (exe): CQPhone is an easy to use PC-to-PC phone, that allows voice chat, video chat and text chat. In addition, you can easily share pictures and web links by simply dragging them onto the window. Once you install the software, you are automatically assigned a private phone number. No registration or...; Tags: Phone, Voice Quality, Video, CQPhone, Corporate Communications, Modems, Telecom & Utilities, Cable, Marketing, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2005-02-11
Patent watch: a way for cops to intercept VoIP calls: Yesterday, I posted descriptions of three VoIP related U.S. patent applications published in the last three months.There are a total of nine. I promised you three more. Here they are:Stealth interception of calls within a VoIP network:Folks, this is a real biggie.You are not a bad person, but bad people...; Tags: VoIP; Blog posts 2004-12-08
End-to-End voice quality - The Impact of VoIP Cable Telephony in the Triple Play: In this paper, Lucent presents QoS option, analyze various impairment factors impacting voice quality in the PacketCable architecture, identify their sources, and discuss guidelines to provide end-to-end QoS for cable telephony. In addition, it discusses how QoS can be monitored on an ongoing basis and the proactive steps that can...; Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., Cable Telephony, QoS, Telephony, Voice Quality, Alcatel, Cable, Broadband Internet, VOIP, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking; White papers 2004-04-01
Windows CE gets call for Net phones: Windows CE gets call for Net phones"stripped-down version of the Windows operating system"Now is that really a stripped down version of Windows; You know, without IE and Media player;OR is it a totally different Windows version?I don't know the evolution of the two, and I'm Just Curious.I can't wait.....for...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, VOIP, Operating systems, voice quality, Microsoft Windows CE, Internet phone, phone, Microsoft Windows, adapter; Discussion threads 2004-03-31
PVQM - Proactive voice quality Monitoring: This white paper discusses PVQM capabilities - which will allow enterprises and service providers to take voice quality management beyond traditional telephony to a level that will become the norm for next generation IP telephony networks.; Tags: Nortel Networks Corp., Voice Quality, Monitoring, Business Services, VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking; White papers 2003-06-09

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A robotic chef for your kitchen?: The European Commission has founded a project named 'Co-operative Human Robot Interaction Systems' CHRIS for a cost of €3.65 million. The project, which started in March 2008, will last 4 years. It is based at Bristol Robotics Lab BRL which will work with the University of the West of England...; Tags: Project, CHRIS, Service Robot, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Yahoo! frees the Monkey, and announces prizes for a Developer Challenge: In conversation with Yahoo! Research's Peter Mika last week, I jokingly suggested that Yahoo! Search's open developer platform, SearchMonkey, might open its doors to developers this week. Well, they just did, and went a step further by announcing a month-long Developer Challenge and prizes of up to $10,000 for innovative...; Tags: Developer, Yahoo! Inc., Infobars, Search, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Aliph releases new Jawbone that is 50% smaller than the original: IMHO, one of the best Bluetooth headsets you can buy after getting the swing of putting it on and off is the Aliph Jawbone. Today the announced a new model that has several improvements that look like they actually listened to what consumer wanted changed. There should be one at...; Tags: Gram, Battery, AT&T Corp., Model, Aliph Jawbone, Battery Life, Engineering, Retail, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Mobius Seattle 2008; First impressions of the HTC Advantage X7510: As I stated in my Mobius Seattle 2008 Day one post eric lin from HTC gave each one of the attendees the new HTC Advantage 7510 device. These may not come to the U.S. due to Qualcomm import issues, but you will be able to pick them up from U.S....; Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobius, Key, HTC Advantage 7510, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move: In a move that surprises few people, Plaxo is being acquired. The surprise - at least for some - is that it is Comcast and not one of the usual suspects of Facebook or Google. Comcast is Plaxo's biggest partner and provides hosting for all Comcast email subscriber address books....; Tags: Plaxo Inc., Comcast Corp., Advertising & Promotion, E-mail, Marketing, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-14
European on-demand accounting vendors breaking the dam?: Since I am based in Europe and come from a finance background, I have a special interest in what happens in this part of the world. Over the last couple of years, I've been consistently told by 'experts' that saas/on-demand business applications and especially those that are finance related will...; Tags: On-demand, Vendor, QuickBooks Online, Smb/Sme, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Business PCs are going nowhere fast: "Everything that can be invented has been invented." If Charles Duell, in 1888 the Commissioner for the U.S. patent office, actually said that, then he would, of course, have been wrong; but I think the claim may have some applicability to the business PC in 2008....; Tags: PC, Business PC, Unix, Desktops, Hardware, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-05-14
A new take on 'Web 3.0' ?: Writing in today's Financial Times, Digital Business supplement editor Peter Whitehead offers a different interpretation on Web 3.0 to that which readers of this blog might be used... "Web 2.0 is a world in which anyone can have a go at generating content; Web 3.0...; Tags: Web, Web 3.0, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Marketing, Internet, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-14