Comments on: How to do VoIP over the Internet http://bennett.com/blog/2006/08/how-to-do-voip-over-the-internet/ A regular old blog Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: max http://bennett.com/blog/2006/08/how-to-do-voip-over-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-328969 max Fri, 11 Aug 2006 04:00:26 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/index.php/archives/2006/08/09/how-to-do-voip-over-the-internet/#comment-328969 <blockquote>So the ban on the sale of QoS would benefit ITXC because it would force us to use their proprietary crap. Does anyone take him seriously? Of course he wants to ban alternatives to his stuff. </blockquote> Both This company and Acerisis are "lawyerware" Telcos built on the carcasses of fail CLECs. They basically go around suing people. E.G. "Softswitch Technology" patent pushers. These claims are vague and as dubious as many of the more questionable software patents. They aren't engineering driven organizations by any stretch of the imagination.

So the ban on the sale of QoS would benefit ITXC because it would force us to use their proprietary crap. Does anyone take him seriously? Of course he wants to ban alternatives to his stuff.

Both This company and Acerisis are “lawyerware” Telcos built on the carcasses of fail CLECs. They basically go around suing people. E.G. “Softswitch Technology” patent pushers. These claims are vague and as dubious as many of the more questionable software patents.

They aren’t engineering driven organizations by any stretch of the imagination.

]]> By: The Original Blog » Blog Archive » The Rise of the Self-Contradictory Network http://bennett.com/blog/2006/08/how-to-do-voip-over-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-328862 The Original Blog » Blog Archive » The Rise of the Self-Contradictory Network Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:25:34 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/index.php/archives/2006/08/09/how-to-do-voip-over-the-internet/#comment-328862 [...] The Original Blog Established July 4, 1996 by Richard Bennett « How to do VoIP over the Internet [...] [...] The Original Blog Established July 4, 1996 by Richard Bennett « How to do VoIP over the Internet [...]

]]> By: Richard http://bennett.com/blog/2006/08/how-to-do-voip-over-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-328539 Richard Thu, 10 Aug 2006 08:28:06 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/index.php/archives/2006/08/09/how-to-do-voip-over-the-internet/#comment-328539 Evslin sold ITXC to Teleglobe in 2003, just after the bubble burst and nearly-free pipes went away; it's now owned by an Indian NSP, VSNL, and he's clipping coupons and writing crime novels. Presumably the service that ITXC provided would be unnecessary with the kind of MPLS-labeled service tiering they do at Global Crossing. So it was strictly a temporary workaround until the NSPs jumped into QoS with both feet. Evslin's description of ITXC as an "end-point service" is grossly misleading, of course, as it was really an infrastructure upgrade placed inside the Internet. I don't know whether to write that off to ignorance or mendacity. He sure doesn't sound like an engineer, but he has his name on some of their patents. Evslin sold ITXC to Teleglobe in 2003, just after the bubble burst and nearly-free pipes went away; it’s now owned by an Indian NSP, VSNL, and he’s clipping coupons and writing crime novels. Presumably the service that ITXC provided would be unnecessary with the kind of MPLS-labeled service tiering they do at Global Crossing. So it was strictly a temporary workaround until the NSPs jumped into QoS with both feet.

Evslin’s description of ITXC as an “end-point service” is grossly misleading, of course, as it was really an infrastructure upgrade placed inside the Internet. I don’t know whether to write that off to ignorance or mendacity. He sure doesn’t sound like an engineer, but he has his name on some of their patents.

]]> By: George Ou http://bennett.com/blog/2006/08/how-to-do-voip-over-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-328478 George Ou Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:18:44 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/index.php/archives/2006/08/09/how-to-do-voip-over-the-internet/#comment-328478 So the ban on the sale of QoS would benefit ITXC because it would force us to use their proprietary crap. Does anyone take him seriously? Of course he wants to ban alternatives to his stuff. So the ban on the sale of QoS would benefit ITXC because it would force us to use their proprietary crap. Does anyone take him seriously? Of course he wants to ban alternatives to his stuff.

]]> By: Richard http://bennett.com/blog/2006/08/how-to-do-voip-over-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-328460 Richard Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:46:30 +0000 http://bennett.com/blog/index.php/archives/2006/08/09/how-to-do-voip-over-the-internet/#comment-328460 So it turns out that IPR banditry is a bigger barrier to VoIP than telco greed. Interesting. So it turns out that IPR banditry is a bigger barrier to VoIP than telco greed. Interesting.

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