Maybe I should say IP Telephony, not VoIP. How many uncompressed, toll-quality calls can you push out simultaneously over a T1??? Have you done the math? 24? Maybe 23 on a good day. Sure, if you use compression you can squeeze in quite a bit more, but you can't deny that IPT is bandwidth-hungry, with streaming MOH, voicemail audio streams, the calls themselves. Believe me, VoIP is absolutely a bandwidth-hungry app. No one who understands the technology would deny that.
Joe -----Original Message----- From: Nathan Chessin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 1:56 AM To: 'Joe'; 'Albert Lu'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Cisco ExecNet 1) Since when is VoIP a "bandwidth-hungry app" Nate > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Joe > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 8:42 PM > To: 'Albert Lu'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Cisco ExecNet > > > Technology isn't necessarily heading in that direction - Cisco is > driving it there. Bottom line is this: Cisco is traditionally a > router and switch manufacturer, and no one buys routers and switches > these days, at least not enough to provide continued growth for Cisco. > Company infrastructures are already built, have been for > years, and are > running for the most part nowhere near capacity. These technology > applications, besides generating hardware sales directly, will also > increase bandwidth consumption, thereby causing indirect > hardware sales > when customers upgrade their routers and switches to support the new > bandwidth-hungry apps like VoIP. If Cisco can drive the customers' > purchases in that direction, they win. > > My two cents. > > Joe > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of > Albert Lu > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 8:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: OT: Cisco ExecNet > > > Hello Group, > > Has anyone checked out the Cisco ExecNet, which is basically thoughts > about where technology is heading in the future from the VPs at Cisco. > > http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/tln/execnet/ > > >From what they are saying (specifically Mike Volpi), the > direction for > technology is heading towards: CDN, Security, Wireless, IP Telephony, > VPN. Reegineering business processes to best utilise these > technologies in order to improve productivity and reduce cost for > enterprises. > > Does anyone have any comments about this, and where money > will be spent > in the future for technologies? > > Regards, > > Albert Lu > CCIE #8705 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=55571&t=55571 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]