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Here is the video that brought up the issue of AT&T trying to be the net police that might hurt VoIP IP Telephony and Unified Communications due to inherent fact that it will slow down the network, disregarding the other issues that this brings out such as net neutrality. I am on an AT&T network because I have been happy with my services since I joined them in the days of Pacbell, about 20 years ago, and at least 12 years of broadband services.
I think the VoIP News has a very good article on this same issue so I will guide you over there. Here is the infamous movie made by Richard Blakeley, and Joel Johnson of Boing Boing doing the interview.

Now you seen the movie, here is the story at VoIP News.

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Even though some people might laugh at this post, all 50000 of them, there are about 15 million behind me. I am happy with this and hope to go further. May be it is time to find a designer to create a better theme for VoIP IP Telephony! The VoIP News site.
It was also VOIP IP Telephony: VoIP-News Top 25 Blogs of 2007!
Wish me luck!
Ravenii for SnapVoip

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INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine has recognized it’s annual awards recipients, the most innovative products in the VoIP IP Telephony world. INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine honors these companies, by bestowing this prestigious award to the most deserving companies. The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY selects the companies which in their view demonstrate the vision, leadership and attention to detail.

“We are proud to recognize the greatest achievements in the advancement of VoIP and IP telecommunications technologies in 2007,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. “These companies have proven they are dedicated to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace.”
Ravenii, my partner is a very ardent fan of INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine and he alway touts that he has been reading it ever since the inception. Infact he asked me to post about the awards from Las Vegas, where he is now attending CES 2008.
So go find the list of the award recipients here.

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Happy New Year and hope to see all of you in new year.
RavenII

tag: VoIP IP Telephony

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Rebtel, the people’s global communications company, today announced low cost and free international calling to and from China.

Starting Friday, December 21, residents of Shanghai can use their mobile phones to call any phone, anywhere in the world for just pennies per minute, and make free calls to friends, family, and work colleagues in 39 countries.

"Entering the Chinese market was not easy, but we’re finally in — just in time for ex-pats to call home for the holidays — and we plan to open service in more Chinese cities in the New Year," said Hjalmar Winbladh, Rebtel’s co-founder and CEO.

More than 18 million people live in Shanghai. And that doesn’t include the city’s 6 million migrant workers, making Shanghai one of the most populous cities in the world.

Rebtel’s low-cost calls from Shanghai to the United States, for example, will cost just $0.018 per minute; $0.019 per minute from the U.S. to Shanghai. By comparison, AT&T charges $3.50 per minute to call a mobile phone in China from a mobile phone in the U.S.

Rebtel calls from Shanghai will cost $0.019 to U.K. landlines, and $0.18 to U.K. mobile phones. Using Rebtel to call Shanghai from London will be the same as from the U.S.: $0.019 per minute. In contrast, Vodafone charges $3.33 per minute to call Shanghai from the U.K.

"There are more than 10 million mobile phone subscribers in Shanghai alone, so serving just a small percentage of that market should be a good test for rolling out service to the rest of the country," said Winbladh.

Rebtel services can be used with any mobile phone without modification or software downloads. There is no charge to set up a Rebtel account. All new comers get a free 10 minute call to test the service. Thereafter, subscribers only pay for the minutes they use. Smart Calls between the 40 counties served by Rebtel are always free and only one of the two people on a call must be a Rebtel subscriber.

For more information, or to start using Rebtel services, go to http://www.rebtel.com
tag: VoIP, VoIP IP Telephony, VoIP Solution, Rebtel,

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Tallina Ülikool, Talinn University (TLU) has done away with old form of lined notebooks and rickety desks and chairs, for teaching classes. The university which is also known as E-Stonia, (I know a quite a lot of university students that would love to be stonia state) they teach classes utilizing, yes the everyday VoIP IP Telephony tool, Skype.
Once the summer holiday destination of Tzars, Estonia is the center of academic activity now, due to the fusion of numerous university and research institutes such as the Tallinn Pedagogical University and the Estonian Academic Library.
Created within the ‘EU Phare’ project, the Masters course taught at this university is a joint program with the Finnish University of Tampere. So what is better about a trans-European collaboration for a trans-European program? Travelling to take some lectures in Finland and elsewhere would have been a big problem for Estonian students, so they used the technology available to solve the problem. If Skype has reduced the distance between friends spread all over the globe, business people in every country big and small, why not use the same for teaching?
Now the professors appear, not behind a lectern, but directly on TV, your computer, on any screen!. Furthermore the sessions are recorded and used for reference. So students do not feel really bad if the miss one lecture, it is easy to catch up!

The article in Italian and in English on CafeBabel

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I know it is a small feat but let me gloat on it! (Those people with large numbers, don’t laugh but you can smile!) The blog just reached Authority 100 on Technorati. I am very thankful all the people that helped me to reach this milestone. I will try my best in the future. May be next target is to reach a rank of 50,000! I know all these are volatile but with help from Sol@rion, I might be able to keep up.

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With VoIP IP Telephony services taking over the world,(Just Kidding). Jokes aside the VoIP is set to become part of the day to day life like telephone and TV did a while ago in our society. As with any service or product that is going to be used every house hold, VoIP reseller business opportunities are increasing along with it. The general populace is bitting into VoIP IP Telephony, bite at a time due to rich bundled capabilities of the service.
So how do I get in to this VoIP IP Telephony Business? TMCNet, a longtime VoIP and Internet Telephony expert house, tell you how to.
Follow The best way to step into the field of VoIP.

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A few weeks ago I questioned about VoIP IP Telephony training. But then I just remembered about INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO East 2008 (ITEXPO). ITEXPO has been a premier training venue for all things VoIP IP Temlephony.
TMCNet and my favorite VoIP magazine, Internet Telephony just announced the upcoming event and the associated programs. The conference and trade show will be held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida, January 23-25, 2008.
So what are the programs people could expect to encounter at ITEXPO East?

* Unified Communications
* Enterprise Solutions
* VoIP for SMB
* Service Provider Solutions
* Essential Issues
* Open Source
* SIP Trunking Seminar
* Wireless/Mobility
* SIP Solutions
* IPTV Solutions
* Call Center 2.0 at ITEXPO
* Reseller Solutions Day
* TMC University SIP Courses
So mark your Calendars and select appropriate programs that appeal to you.
The entire program schedule can be viewed at the event’s Web site, http://www.itexpo.com.

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The Appliance for Linux by Pika Technologies is the second member of Pika’s Warp family, following last month’s release of Appliance for Asterisk,
Pika Technologies has introduced a compact, customizable, Linux-based IP-PBX appliance. Based on the company’s host media processing software, "Pika Warp, the Appliance for Linux," is said to provide IP-PBX (IP-based private branch exchange) functionality along with integrated voice response (IVR), predictive dialing, and appointment reminders.
Announced features and specs of the Appliance for Linux include:

Processor — AMCC Power PC 440EP, clocked at 533MHz (upgradeable to 666MHz)Memory — 256MB RAM; 64MB flash (on SD card)Display — 2 x 20 backlit LCD display, with API-controlled front-panel scroll buttonEthernet and USB ports (number and type unspecified)Music-on-hold audio in; paging system audio outIP and analog telephony I/O:up to 100 IP trunk/station interfacesone standard FXS (foreign exchange subscriber) interfaceup to eight additional FXO/FXS (foreign exchange office/subscriber) interfacesPower failure transfer RJ11 jack(s)Dynamic thermal managementOperating system — Denx ELDK, with a 2.6.19.2 Linux kernel
Linux Devices has complete detail.

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Vonage Settles the patent lawsuit with Verizon as well. May be this was inspired by the settlement Vonage did earlier with Sprint Nextel Company. I hope the can also address the AT&T lawsuit and move on to do real VoIP IP Telephony business.

Following is the news release;

HOLMDEL, N.J., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — In June 2006, Verizon Services Corp. brought a lawsuit against Vonage Holdings Corp. to enforce several Verizon patents relating to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services.

In March 2007, a jury held that Vonage is infringing three valid Verizon patents. The jury awarded $58 million in damages. The trial judge subsequently issued an injunction which was stayed pending Vonage’s appeal.

In September 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the trial court’s decisions on infringement, validity, and injunction as to two of the Verizon patents (the ‘574 and ‘711) and remanded as to the third patent (the ‘880). Vonage filed a petition for rehearing which is pending in the Court of Appeals.

Today the parties have agreed to resolve the patent lawsuit. The terms of the resolution depend on how the Court of Appeals decides Vonage’s pending petition for rehearing regarding two of the Verizon patents (the ‘574 and ‘711). If Vonage wins rehearing on either the ‘574 or ‘711 patent or if the injunction is vacated as to the ‘574 or ‘711 patent, Vonage will pay Verizon $80 million. If Vonage does not win rehearing on either the ‘574 or ‘711 patent, or if the stay is lifted reinstating the injunction, Vonage will pay Verizon $117.5 million.

The parties are pleased to have resolved this matter.

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Vonage Settles the patent lawsuit with Verizon as well. May be this was inspired by the settlement Vonage did earlier with Sprint Nextel Company. I hope the can also address the AT&T lawsuit and move on to do real VoIP IP Telephony business.

Following is the news release;

HOLMDEL, N.J., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — In June 2006, Verizon Services Corp. brought a lawsuit against Vonage Holdings Corp. to enforce several Verizon patents relating to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services.

In March 2007, a jury held that Vonage is infringing three valid Verizon patents. The jury awarded $58 million in damages. The trial judge subsequently issued an injunction which was stayed pending Vonage’s appeal.

In September 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the trial court’s decisions on infringement, validity, and injunction as to two of the Verizon patents (the ‘574 and ‘711) and remanded as to the third patent (the ‘880). Vonage filed a petition for rehearing which is pending in the Court of Appeals.

Today the parties have agreed to resolve the patent lawsuit. The terms of the resolution depend on how the Court of Appeals decides Vonage’s pending petition for rehearing regarding two of the Verizon patents (the ‘574 and ‘711). If Vonage wins rehearing on either the ‘574 or ‘711 patent or if the injunction is vacated as to the ‘574 or ‘711 patent, Vonage will pay Verizon $80 million. If Vonage does not win rehearing on either the ‘574 or ‘711 patent, or if the stay is lifted reinstating the injunction, Vonage will pay Verizon $117.5 million.

The parties are pleased to have resolved this matter.