Re: [Asterisk-Users] InfoWeek Article on VOIP

2005-07-16 Thread trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com
On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 16:12 -0700, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > It's sometimes called comfort noise... As far as I'm aware, it's only > done in VoIP. > > I spent 15 years working with digital switches/T1 channel banks. I > guess it might have been built in and I just didn't know about it, but > we we

Re: [Asterisk-Users] InfoWeek Article on VOIP

2005-07-16 Thread Bruce Ferrell
trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com wrote: On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 17:05 -0500, Michael Graves wrote: I agree with others who have chimed in that IP-to-IP calls can sound better than PSTN calls. I have a co-worker who has a SipGate account in the UK. Calls to him via SipGate go out through my FreeW

Re: [Asterisk-Users] InfoWeek Article on VOIP

2005-07-16 Thread trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com
On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 17:05 -0500, Michael Graves wrote: > I agree with others who have chimed in that IP-to-IP calls can sound > better than PSTN calls. I have a co-worker who has a SipGate account in > the UK. Calls to him via SipGate go out through my FreeWorldDialup > account. They sound great.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] InfoWeek Article on VOIP

2005-07-16 Thread Michael Graves
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:10:29 -0700, Bruce Ferrell wrote: >Michael Graves wrote: >> Here's t >> link: >> >> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JUEFVG >> ENEA01YQSNDBCCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=165702588 >> >> The bottom line is that they compare retail VOIP providers l

Re: [Asterisk-Users] InfoWeek Article on VOIP

2005-07-16 Thread trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com
On Sat, 2005-07-16 at 10:12 -0700, Michael D Schelin wrote: > I agree with you but not 100% with them. An IP to Ip call on an ATA flat > out is better . Now don't even get me started about cellular. My Service > dosen't drop calls in the middle of conversations. VoIP is a notch > better than Cel

Re: [Asterisk-Users] InfoWeek Article on VOIP

2005-07-16 Thread Michael D Schelin
I agree with you but not 100% with them. An IP to Ip call on an ATA flat out is better . Now don't even get me started about cellular. My Service dosen't drop calls in the middle of conversations. VoIP is a notch better than Cellular. Michael Graves wrote: Here's t link: http://www.informa

Re: [Asterisk-Users] InfoWeek Article on VOIP

2005-07-16 Thread Bruce Ferrell
Michael Graves wrote: Here's t link: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JUEFVG ENEA01YQSNDBCCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=165702588 The bottom line is that they compare retail VOIP providers like Comcast Cable, Time-Warner Cable, AT&T, Vonage, Packet8 et al. Their metho