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Fri, 29 Apr 2005
NodePhone - Voice over Broadband
Internode plan to launch NodePhone services during May 2005.
From the press release
Internode will recommend a range of standards-compliant telephone attachment hardware tested with the service and supported by Internode. This will include an Integrated Access Device (IAD) option, eliminating the traditional "rats nest" of boxes, cables and power-packs. The IAD does this by placing two simultaneously available voice lines, an ADSL1/ADSL2/ADSL2+ firewall-equipped router, a 54Mbps wireless access point and a four-port 100-megabit switch in a single compact box. Another supported option will be a single line phone attachment device that is plugged into an existing broadband connection.
This is the first mention I know of for a router plus VoIP gateway box (plus VoIP service) being sold by an ISP in Australia.
Who Sets the Standards for VoIP?
From the article:
In summary, an understanding of the underlying standards should help network managers sort through the various systems and products that they are considering for VoIP deployment on their network. Products that adhere to ITU-T standards, such as H.323, are most likely to have originated from a telephony and circuit switching perspective. Conversely, products that adhere to IETF standards, such as SIP, are most likely to have originated from the data and packet switching side of the house. Both are quite workable, but approach technical issues such as connection setup/disconnect in different ways. Adopting an architecture that leans in one standards direction or the other, however, can help focus all product decisions down the same road, and thus bypass some of the interoperability challenges that you would prefer to read about, rather than experience first hand.
So it's like choosing Microsoft file and print or Netware file and print. Both methods provide similar functionality to the users, but are different underneath to deploy and manage. Both have different vendor lock-in, etc. Choose one or the other rather than both simultaneously plus glue.
PS. Avoid choosing some non-standard that looks similar, but is doomed to fade away.
Sipura make ATAs and IP phones.
Sipura SPA-2100 dual analog ATA and home router.
Sipura SPA-3000 (with PSTN gateway). Dual analog ports can be used in FXS or FXO / VoIP Line Sharing mode.
Friday, 08 April 2005 - Sipura SPA-841 Phone Review
Thursday, 14 April 2005 - Sipura SPA-1001 ATA Review
April 26, 2005 - Cisco announce purchase of Sipura for its Linksys division.