[geeks] IP telephony

Big Endian bigendian at mac.com
Fri Jan 18 09:35:23 CST 2002


>I haven't really been interested, nor have I been following this field for
>a while, since I have always had the gut feeling that when this gets good
>enough the phone companies will kill it, and currently it isn't good
>enough... (am I mistaken?)... Case in point, I have the marketing head
>asking me about IP telephony for his house.  He does have cable modem
>services, and is looking for a standalone type of device.  Is there a
>really good vendor for this market and an existing product I can
>recommend?  Most IP telephony I'm familiar with requires a large equipment
>outlay, and is suitable for large providers.  (I'm also only vaguely
>familiar with said equipment)

My old office used to use 3com ethernet/IP phones... really strage to 
have a 4u Phone switch on the network rack.

daniel
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