Anything and everything tech related – with an extra helping of VoIP
Makai Communications is now offering SIP Trunking for the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
Here are some of the details of the service:
Protocols supported – SIP, IAX2
Codecs supported – G.729, G.711
Can and existing numbers be ported – Yes
Are tollfree numbers supported – Yes
For rates and setup information please call 808-356-0022.
Yealink recently added the T18P entry level phone.
The phone is best suited for areas that do not need the pass through Ethernet jack to connect a computer, like a break room, lobby, or courtesy phone.
Because of the target market of the phone I was surprised when I saw was that is supports wideband audio – G.722.
Here are the detailed specs of the phone:
Here is a link to the Yealink site
If you use Skype you should check out this software.
“Finally, there’s an easy way to save those precious Skype calls on your PC. Record phone calls, video chats, conference calls, voice mail – anything that you can see or hear within Skype!
Unlike other solutions, Replay Telecorder is a 100% digital Skype recorder. This means no messing around with audio hardware settings or video capture windows. Just click “Record”, and you get a perfect digital recording of your voice and/or video conversation every time.”
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“Tuesday the 27th, at Interop in Vegas, sandwiched between network stalwarts, HP (Marius Haas) and Cisco (Brett Galloway), Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy will take the stage and talk about Avaya, the network vendor.
Avaya a network vendor? That’s about as crazy as Microsoft being in the voice business or Cisco selling servers! But here we are, Avaya with a keynote at Interop. For details on what products Avaya is announcing, you can check out Eric Krapf’s blog here. What I want to discuss is more of the market impact and Avaya’s chance of success.
When Avaya first announced the acquisition of Nortel’s enterprise business I thought that they should sell the data business to a real network vendor and not be a UC vendor that pretends to be a network vendor. When Avaya management told me their intention to keep the business and invest in it, I was convinced that the network business at Avaya would be nothing more than an enabler for UC. However, after meeting with some of the Avaya data team (that still sounds strange) in Billerica, MA a couple of weeks ago, I’m convinced now that the former Nortel data business has cheated death and has a better than punchers chance at returning to being a major network vendor for the following reasons:”
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“The Telework Improvements Act of 2009, which would allow more federal workers to telecommute, has been kicking around Congress for several years now. But this month, it moved out of committee in the House of Representatives and was recommended for a vote on the floor.
Back when it was the Telework Improvements Act of 2008, the bill was actually passed by the House. However, when that session of Congress ended, it was cleared from the books with all the other legislation that was not passed into law.”
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