VoIP Now: VoIP Roundup - Mon Sep 25/06

September 25, 2006

VoIP Roundup - Mon Sep 25/06

Universities Banning Skype
A number of universities have decided to ban Skype, stating that it consumes bandwidth and supposedly is an "illegal" waste of resources. (Illegal? Seriously?) Grid computing apps are also included in the ban at several California universities including University of California Santa Barbara, San Jose State University, and California State University Dominguez Hills. They are not banning Gizmo Project or Wengo. [via Ars Technica] Several countries also ban/ block Skype, including Korea and the UAE (United Arab Emirates).

Telrex CallRex VoIP Call Recording For Cisco
Telrex claims that their CallRex version 3.1 is the first VoIP call-recording solution to be certified for encrypting Cisco Unified CallManager 5.0 calls. [via Business Wire]

SIP Trunking Makes VoIP Telephony More Flexible
Rich Tehrani reflects on how SIP trunking has made IP telephony more flexible by reducing the amount of proprietary hardware. He points out that not all IP PBXes are connected to SIP trunks; that over half of them (some used by IP-based call centers) are still using PSTN trunk lines.

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September 25, 2006 in Networks, Regulation, Standards | Permalink