Rumour: Snom 820
Just this afternoon I heard that I might be able to lay hands on one of the new snom 820 handsets for my own little field trial. Funny how things come full circle. The very first SIP desk phone I…
www.VoIP-INFO.org Offers Free Ads to FOSS Projects
This is really nice. In a post today the admin at the VoIP Wiki offers free ad space to FOSS projects. It's great idea. Here are the terms: Voip-info.org offers free ads for open source VOIP projects. The project just…
Jazinga Screenshot Galleries
Here are a couple of slide shows in support of the December 19, 2008 VoIP Users Conference call. They augment a slide show already available at Small Net Builder.
New Wideband Codecs In Freeswitch
Over the past couple of days the Freeswitch developers have announced support for several newer wideband capable codecs. Thier first announcement was support for the Polycom Siren(tm) 7 and Siren(tm) 14, aka G.722.1 and G.722.1 Annex C. These provide sample…
snom has joined the Twitterverse
..or is the correct term "Twittersphere?" In any case, I noticed that snom is officially on Twitter as @ snom. This is nice as it gives a direct channel to/from them. I've been exchanging occasional emails with some of their…
Broadband Reform In The US: Turner, Isen & Obama
I just finished listening to Brough Turner’s Ecomm 2008 presentation called “Own The Network.” His talk is available for download from IT Conversations, the accompanying slides and notes are available from his blog.
Mr Turner’s key assertion is that we insist upon owning the dark fiber to our homes & businesses. This is very similar to David Isen’s idea of “Fiber From The Home.” It’s a principle that I can completely get behind.