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Skype crash explanation continues! Microsoft is not to blame! 2007-08-22 20:31:00 Just when you thought you can walk away from Villu Arak, he comes back with more explanation
s like this;4. Has the bug been fixed? Should Skype
users worry about future Microsoft
Update patches and reboots? Yes,...................................If you were to casually glance at this, what do you think Villu answered YES to. Yes I thought so too. This is just after explaining that the previous explanation was not correctly heard!"Yesterday, we posted an explanation of what happened to Skype on August 16. Some reactions to the explanation, however, have reminded us of one of the basic tenets of communication: It’s not what you say. It’s what they hear. We’d therefore like to clear a few misunderstandings that emerged in yesterday’s reactions to our explanation of what transpired last week."Anyway the for the question 4, Villu answered yes to the first part. Had he made it in to two questions, it would have been clearer and I would not have a chance to make fun of the post. (Not Read more:crash
Microsoft jabs Cisco at VioceCON 2007-08-22 01:37:00 CMP's Channelweb reports;The head honchos from Microsoft
and Cisco
spent Monday playing up the collaborative nature of their relationship, particularly as it relates to unified communications, which describes integration of instant messaging, voice, and videoconferencing technologies within a single product.But in a Tuesday keynote at Voicecon Fall 2007 in San Francisco, Gurdeep Singh Pall, corporate vice president for Microsoft's Realtime Collaboration Group, dispensed with the niceties and said Microsoft is clearly better positioned in the market.Noting that Gartner had moved Cisco from the 'leaders' to the 'challengers' category in its latest Magic Quadrant for unified communications, Singh took a thinly veiled swipe at Cisco CEO John Chambers, who earlier this year claimed that his company has a three year lead over Microsoft in the unified communications space."Sometimes -- and I wont mention names -- you can have a three year lead in the wrong direction," said Pall, who rep
NetQoS VoIP Monitor ties end user to network to give better QoS 2007-08-21 23:09:00 SAN FRANCISCO (BusinessWire EON) August 20, 2007 -- NetQoS® Inc. today launched NetQoS VoIP Monitor
to help organizations gauge how well VoIP systems are delivering end-user services and pinpoint the network
causes of quality issues. By adding call setup and call quality metrics to its existing VoIP management capabilities within the NetQoS Performance Center, NetQoS now offers the most comprehensive performance monitoring solution for converged networks. NetQoS VoIP Monitor is a network-based VoIP solution that links quality of experience to network performance to speed troubleshooting, without server agents or probes. The product, working with Cisco IP Telephony systems running Cisco Unified CallManager 4.2 or later, provides insight into two of the most important components of VoIP quality: call setup operations (such as time to dial tone and post-dial delay) and audio Read more:better
iPhone MobileTerminal 2007-08-21 11:20:00 According to the developers own words, MobileTerminal.app a terminal emulator application for the iPhone
. MobileTerminal.app is NOT an SSH client, nor Telnet for that matter. It can however be used to execute a console ssh-client application. Google code MobileTerminalI learned about this at Google Code - Featured Projects: iPhone Mobile TerminalIf you want to get your hand wet on the code and turn it into the best iPhone application, the code is available at;svn checkout http://mobileterminal.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ mobileterminalA short video at utube;Tags: iPhone, iPhone App, iPhone MobileTerminal, MobileTerminal
Skype is finally back online 2007-08-18 13:36:00 Villu has posted that everything is fine. Yes heartbeat says everything is good as well. We will know the real meaning of algorithmic deficiency by Monday. Hopefully all those millions users of Skype
and begin their usual chatting and file sharing. Here is Villu's post; "Take a deep breath. Skype is back to normal.On Monday, we’ll provide a more detailed explanation of what happened. Until then, we’d like to apologize and thank you. Precisely in that order.We know how difficult and frustrating the past two days have been. And still, your good wishes kept flowing in. Thank you for the amazing patience, trust and support!"Good Luck Skype and the users!Tags: skype, skype outage, skype up, skype down Read more:online
Skype Don't trust our heartbeat! 2007-08-17 23:25:00 After taking us through all the drama such as Deficiency in algorithms Villu Arak made me laugh today. I was over at Heartbeat to check how Skype
is doing. (Heartbeat shows if all the components are in working order.) The heartbeat shows as in the image that; Sign in and registration. Problems with Skype login. Peer-to-peer network core. Problems with Skype login. Great but as I was reading Villu's post almost spilled the coffee I was drinking on the keyboard."(Update at 1:44 AM GMT: Please ignore the “Problems with Skype login” text in the Heartbeat status box above, next to “Sign-in and registration”, as well as “P2P network core”. The text should read “All working normally”.)"We know you all are working hard to fix the problems. and while at it get the heartbeat fixed as well. Tags: skype outage, skype joke, Problems with Skype login Read more:trust
MuniWireless Silicon Valley 2007 2007-08-17 19:00:00 Forget the hype. Forget the scare tactics. It’s time to get real about the potential of municipal broadband and the ways in which cities, counties and other entities can go about implementing successful deployments. This means setting clear goals, creating achievable business plans and learning from the many municipalities that have built networks that are delivering measurable results for their employees and residents. SiliconValley
is usually our largest conference of the year, and this edition will focus on the practical: Implementing critical applications such as public safety and automated meter readingUnderstanding the impact of next-generation devices, such as the iPhoneManaging the potentials “gotchas” such as mounting rights and contract negotiationsLearning how other municipalities have integrated their wireless networks with fiber infrastructureGetting the real lowdown advancements in WiMAX, mesh, fiber and all of the technologies that are shaping the present and f
Remove Skype, Uninstall Skype 2007-08-17 18:01:00 I thought I would pull up this post since many of you may have chosen other avenues to communicate with your friends and buddies. So Skype
is not needed any more and you can uninstall it!Follow this post and it has all the information and links.VOIP IP Telephony: New Skype Version is harder to detect and block, So just Uninstall
Skype.Tags: remove skype, uninstall skype, disable skype
Skype downtime or Skype outage caused by a deficiency in an algorithm 2007-08-17 15:23:00 It is Friday and Skype
is still down but keep coming up in sections. But please let me know what an algorithm
ic deficiency is? I am suffering from Alcoholic deficiency being this is Friday afternoon and been thirsty for a week! This controls the interaction between me and my friends who drive me home to prevent me from getting a DUI and have nice car for next day to run around! I end up having breakfast for lunch and call it brunch in a nearby restaurant.But the main reason I brought the alcohol up is, once I had it, I too, don't know what I am saying.I found this on the heartbeat blog by skype mentioned in my previous post on Skype outage
, The new posts will bring updated information. Hopefully not after a weekend of drinking.But I can't login;) to post a comment asking the question;what is an algorithmic deficiency?Tags: skype, skype down, skype outage, algorithmic deficiency
Teleblend is not blending well? gets B**chslapped 2007-08-17 15:05:00 InfoWorld's R. Cringely has a nice post about Teleblend with bunch of comments which as important as the post itself.Most importantly, you get to find out why one VoIP providers name stands for verklempt**"After SunRocket crashed to earth last month, Cringe fan M. K. switched over to TeleBlend. But when TeleBlend's voice service went AWOL for several days last week, he was furious. He writes: I have several projects in the works for which I should be getting calls. My clients are contacting me by cell and they are very, VERY angry. I could easily lose business. Worse, TeleBlend tried to pass the buck to its own backbone provider, Global Crossing. That apparently didn't go over too well with Global Crossing, which b*tchslapped them so hard the VoIPers put their tails between their legs and posted a public apology:"**Verklempt - choked with emotion (German verklemmt = emotionally inhibited in a convulsive way) Tags: Teleblend, VoIP providers, verklempt, SunRocket, Global Crossing
Skype outage update 2007-08-17 14:30:00 Skype home page has this message; Hello all, Here’s the latest on the sign-on problem. We’re on the road to recovery. Skype is stabilizing, but this process may continue throughout the day. An encouraging number of users can now use Skype once again. We know we’re not out of the woods yet, but we are in better shape now than we were yesterday. Finally, we’d like to dispel a couple of theories that we are still hearing. Neither Wednesday’s planned maintenance of our web-based payment services nor any form of attack was related to the current sign-on issues in any way. We’ll update you again as soon as we can. Thanks for hanging tight. Please see our Heartbeat blog for ongoing updates. UPDATED 17 August, 2007 11:00 GMT Tags: skype, skype outage Read more:Skype
VoIP Inc announces reverse stock split 2007-08-17 14:10:00 VoIP Reverse Stock Split Effective VoIP, Inc. (OTCBB: VOIC), a leading provider of turnkey Voice over Internet Protocol communications solutions, announced that the reverse stock split
of the Company’s outstanding common stock, at a ratio of 1-for-20 shares, is effective today, August 16, 2007. In addition, the Company’s stock symbol has changed to VOIC and will continue to trade on the OTC Bulletin Board. Under the terms of the split, for every twenty shares of issued and outstanding common stock, a shareholder will receive one share of common stock. No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the reverse stock split; for any fractional ownership, the Company will issue one whole share for any fractional interest. "As the Company continues to establish itself as the most innovative player in the industry, our reverse stock split lays the foundation whereby a broader ba
Skype alternatives 2, Gizmo also gives you free calls 2007-08-17 11:10:00 After giving Skype
Alternative 1, I decided to recommend Gizmo
Project as the second alternative. I have written earlier about Gizmo and Gizmocall both of which provides you with services similar to Skype if not better. I have and am using both the services and happy with the service. If you were a Skype user, I am sure you will feel home at Gizmo. It does not cost you to use the service. But Gizmo also provides services similar to Skypeout, Skypein for low fee if it is your forte. Let me give you some breakdowns on both the services;Gizmo Project Internet PhoneGizmo Project uses your Internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls
to other users.Your friends, family, and colleagues anywhere on earth are just a mouse click away. Just like Skype, you need to install a client and register with Gizmo Project. According to Gizmo project web site, You talk clearly, for as long as you want, for free other Gizmo users.And with inexpensive add-ons like Call In and Call Out, you can ta
Meraki wireless mesh may win in San francisco where Google, Earthlink and Mayor Newsom are struggling 2007-08-16 21:19:00 About eight months ago I thought that Meraki may come to San Francisco;VOIP IP Telephony: Meraki wireless mesh may come to San franciscoNow I read that it in the city now according to an article on Technology Review. Meraki a commercialized the ideas born out of MIT's RoofNET, have come to San Francisco by distributing some 200 wireless routers to city residents in the past couple of months; the routers have been accessed by more than 6,000 city residents who can pick up the Wi-Fi signal. Meraki is now offering to expand the program to give away a few thousand routers, thereby building a free Wi-Fi mesh-network system from the rooftops, balconies, and windows of anyone who wants to participate. The program is called "Free the Net."Looks like Google
is still behind the deal, (Google is an investor in Meraki), according to the same article, Michael McCarthy, a technical consultant at the Booker T. Washington Community Services Center, took up Meraki's offer in order to connect a housi Read more:Mayor
Sprint Nextel plans to spend $5 billion on WiMax 2007-08-16 20:40:00 ReutersSprint
Nextel said on Thursday it could spend as much as $5 billion
by the end of 2010 on a new network based on the emerging high-speed wireless technology known as WiMax. The No. 3 U.S. wireless service said it expects spending on the network through the end of 2008 to be at the low end of its previously announced estimates because of its agreement to connect its network with Clearwire, a small wireless service provider. WiMax is a wireless technology that Sprint wants to use to blanket entire cities, enabling wireless Internet access on everything from cell phones and laptops to video game players and cameras. The technology is expected to support Internet access at speeds up to five times faster than typical wireless networks, though it is still slower than wired broadband such as DSL. Sprint said it expects to spend $2.5 billion on the network through the end of 2008 compared with its earlier estimate of $2.5 billion to $3 billion. Sprint expects to reach a potential 100 m Read more:plans
, Sprint Nextel
Toy Recall, what to do if you think you have these toys! 2007-08-16 17:55:00 Toy Recall, what to do if you think
you have these toys! MEDDESKTOP: Toy recalls in Japan too by TomyThe above post tells you what to do with contact numbers etc.Tags: toy recall, mattel toy recall, fisher-price toy recall, CARS toy recall, mattel, fisher-price, CARS toy
Skype alternatives 1, go to Jajah for your free calls 2007-08-16 16:54:00 With all those disconnected Skype
users, who used the Skype P2P for calling others, there is a relief. Jajah allows you to make unlimited free calls
to anyone who has a free Jajah account in the United States, Canada or 35 other countries. Best of all you use your regular phone. You are not tethered to a computer if you make your Skype calles in traditional way. But you need to be online to initiate the call as the initial steps of making calls is done on a web browser. You surf over to jajah.com, if you have a Treo, BlackBerry or iPhone, at mobile.jajah.com. Once at site, you type both your numbers, your phone number and the one you’re calling, to form shown above. Make sure your calling number is also has a Jajah account.In about 10 seconds, weird as this sounds, your phone rings. So you have your free call without Skype. JAJAH Rates in USA* From landline: 2.8 cent
Jajah on a roll! Named "100 Top Private Companies for 2007". 2007-08-15 23:10:00 Ever since I wrote about Jajah; VOIP IP Telephony: Disruption in VOIP IP Telephony Field By Jajah! Or is it? it has been a stream of information about Jajah. It never slowed down. I have been following through many a steps of innovations and victories. The latest is being in the 100 Top PrivateCompanies
for 2007. It is not a small feat. To top it off, Trevor Healy, Jajah's CEO was also selected to join the distinguished AO "New Captains Of Innovation" panel.Always On editors had this to say about winners, “With the large number of promising contenders, deciding which companies make the AO100 list is always complex. To pick the final winners, AlwaysOn editors, KPMG, Bridge Bank, Merrill Corp., Level 3 Communications, and Manatt, Phelps & Phillips surveyed industry insiders and sorted through the 600-plus global company nominations. We then evaluated each company against several criteria: innovation, market opportunity, commercialization, media buzz, and stakeholder value creatio
Skype 2.7 for MAC Beta released 2007-08-15 20:12:00 Skype released Skype 2.7 for Mac beta. This is for final testing before releasing the public release. So more you use and test, and ofcourse report, better for all MAC Skype community.Following are some of the new stuff you get with this beta release.Group contacts See your Apple Address Book contacts in SkypeCreate and manage public chats by clicking on Chats in the menu bar and choosing Start Public Chat. A public-chat assistant will walk you through the necessary steps. Auto Redial for busy or unconnected calls.Easy sound-level controls – when you need to tweak the sound level during a call, use a simple slider in the call windowOverhauled file transfer – wearing a more fashionable jacket, file-transfer now looks elegant and acts even nicer, especially when receiving many files at once Download Skype 2.7 for Mac beta at skype.com/go/getskype-macosx-beta Oh, and one last thing: if the default language on your Mac is Czech or Norwegian, Skype 2.7 Mac beta will automatically fol Read more:Skype
M2Z Networks Goes to Court Against FCC 2007-08-15 12:38:00 M2Z Networks, Inc. ("M2Z") today informed the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") that it plans to seek a Writ of Mandamus from the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In seeking the Writ, M2Z will ask the D.C. Circuit to direct the FCC to come into immediate compliance with all parts of Section 7 of the Telecommunications Act by making a public interest determination on M2Z's license application, which has been pending for over 15 months.On May 5, 2006, more than 15 months ago, M2Z filed a license application that is governed, by operation of law, by Section 7's requirement that the FCC make a time-limited public interest determination about the application. M2Z's license application seeks FCC authority to provide a new wireless broadband service using advanced technologies on currently fallow spectrum in the 2155-2175 MHz band. In its application, M2Z voluntarily pledged to provide a free, fast, family friendly wireless broadband service throughout the United States
Amerilert can now Call Traditional Wired Phones, Satellite Phones, Mobile Phones, and VoIP Phones for Greater Emergency Notification 2007-08-15 11:49:00 Amerilert Version 2.4 Now Calls TraditionalWiredPhones
, Satellite
Phones, Mobile
Phones, and VoIP Phones for Greater Emergency
NotificationLEESBURG, Va., Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Omnilert(TM), LLC, maker of theleading affordable emergency notification system called Amerilert(TM),today announced the release of Amerilert version 2.4. A major newenhancement to the service includes the ability for the system to callphones and broadcast a message that recipients can listen to and reply withconfirmation that the message was received. Another new feature, calledSEED, ensures 100% alert coverage of all employees from day one - whetherthey have opted-in to the alerts or not. This new version will enable agreater broadcast of time-sensitive communication to reach all employees,members, first responders, citizens, volunteers and others whether they areat work, at home or elsewhere.Tags: Traditional Wired Phones, Satellite Phones, Mobile Phones
, VoIP Phones, emergency services
VoIP calls with DirecTV and Current's BPL 2007-08-15 11:14:00 DirecTV will team up with Current
to provide CURRENT's innovative BPL (Broadband Over Powerline) high-speed Internet service and VoIP services to it's customers. It promises to provide "multi megabit" symmetrical services that are 25 times faster/wider than current "high speed" (DSL) sevices. But I did not find any definitive number on Current's site. So if the "high spped" they are referring is 200K, you will get 5MB, or if the "high Speed" 5MB, you will endup with 100+ MB broadband service, in par with "broadband" services in other countries.Here is the News Release, DIRECTV Partners With CURRENT Group to Enable Broadband and VoIP Services to Its Customers. EL SEGUNDO, Calif., and GERMANTOWN, Md., Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DIRECTV, Inc. and CURRENT Group announced today a wholesale distribution agreement that will enable DIRECTV to offer its customers CURRENT's innovative BPL (Broadband Over Powerline) high-speed Internet service and VoIP services at the end of 2007/begi Read more:calls
, DirecTV
Asterisk 1.4.11 released 2007-08-25 23:16:00 The Asterisk development team has released version 1.4.11. This version contains numerous bug fixes. One of these is for a security issue in chan_sip. The issue is that SIP dialog history was being stored in memory regardless if the option for this was turned on or off. This could be abused to cause a system using chan_sip to run out of memory. The security issue is documented in AST-2007-020. Affected systems include any that are using chan_sip. Also, only Asterisk 1.4 is affected. Asterisk 1.2 is not vulnerable to this issue. http://downloads.digium.com/pub/asa/AST-2007-020.pdfTags: Asterisk 1.4, Asterisk 1.2, chan_sip, AST-2007-020, Asterisk 1.4.11, SIP dialog history
FreePBX Version 2.3.0 available for immediate download 2007-08-25 22:59:00 FreePBX announced that FreePBX Version 2.3.0 available
for immediate
download. After having allowed for an extended Beta program to maximize the testing efforts before final release FreePBX 2.3.0 supposed to be the most stable release ever. During the 9 weeks of the Beta Program the team have had over 3900 active installs estimated at well over 1 Million hours of testing! With the aid of such extensive testing, the developers have closed over 250 bugs that were reported on 2.3 or previous releases. Most of these were existing bugs on FreePBX 2.2 and prior releases making 2.3 the production version of choice. This is also the first release to support Asterisk 1.4 and. While admitting Asterisk 1.4 still has a ways to go before achieving the stability of version 1.2, it is also advised if you are looking for a solid system that takes full advantage of all FreePBX features, Asterisk 1.2 is your best choice at this time.Another thing you will immediately notice is the brand spanking new we
OpenSER version 1.2.2 released 2007-08-25 22:36:00 Bug fix only version
1.2.2 of OpenSER has been released to public. This is a minor release in the branch of 1.2 release series, containing only fixes to bugs found since the previous release 1.2.1.The configuration script used with any 1.2.x version is compatible. There was a change in the structure of table "active_watchers" for handling local and remote CSeq numbers -- you have to recreate this table if you are using presence module (instructions are provided here: http://openser.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/install:1.2.1-to-1.2.2).Source tarball can be downloaded from:http://www.openser.org/pub/openser/latest/src/Or from sourceforge download page:http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=139143Download page providing several options is available at:http://www.openser.org/mos/view/Download/Tags: OpenSER, OpenSER 1.2.2
How To buy a VoIP System 2007-08-25 22:20:00 What to consider in gear, costs, service options, and readiness before you ditch your telco for an Internet line.If you did not know better would think it is an ad by a phone company, wait one of the two monopolies.PC World article.Tags: VoIP, VoIP System
Passing pork barrel funding for rural telcos 2007-08-25 03:37:00 After writing (mostly directing you to what Cringely wrote,) Cringely tells us why we have crappy Broadband I was again surprised to read what (a bit old post at IP Inferno) calledBroadband Data Improvement (S.1492) "Ah, the boring but important department. What is your government doing for you? Passing pork barrel funding for rural telcos
and failing to demand better data connectivity from the protected telecom monopolies that they have created... What, you ask, is this 1984?"Please read the articleTags: broadband, Broadband Data Improvement, S.1492
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