Polycom White Paper On Wideband Voice Codecs
As I prepared for my travels this week I stuffed a bunch of papers into my bag not really noticing what was in the stack. As I am presently on an airplane en route from San Francisco to Seattle I…
Power Over Ethernet @ Asterisk Users Mailing List
There was a recent thread over on the very busy Asterisk Users Mailing List where someone asked for recommendations with respect to network switches that provide power-over-ethernet. There were a number of good replies. One especially caught my attention. Jim…
Considering ATA Devices
I've been thinking a lot about analog telephone adapters (aka ATAs) recently. I truly feel that these devices are remnants of an earlier stage in the development of VoIP services. We still have one installed and running in our house,…
TMCNet Reviews snom m3
This morning I see that TMC Net's Tom Keating has posted a review of the snom m3. Tom says; The snom m3 SIP wireless (DECT) phone is one of my favorite VoIP phones. I've been testing and reviewing it for…
Snom m3 Running v1.19 Beta Firmware
Today I took a few minutes to load the beta of v1.19 into my snom m3 SIP/DECT system. Happily, the phone loaded the firmware without issue and seems to be running well. I found the menu setting where it provides…
TechWiseTV Episode #37: Redefining the Remote Office
After my last post about Cisco’s TechWise TV I was a little surprised to be contacted by someone from Cisco offering me a pre-release look at the new episode that is due out later today. It’s episode #37 and all about “Redefining the Remote Office.” As a long time home-office dweller this sounded potentially interesting so I had a look.
The show covers a lot of ground including voice, data, VPNs, security, energy efficiency, SLAs, etc. There were some cool ideas in there. I especially like the idea of scheduled power-off/on of devices based on time of day, controlled by logic in the switch providing POE. That’s pretty cool for SOHO sites, and something I should do around my office.