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You Don't Know Jack about VoIP

Posted by michael on from the single-purpose-phone-lines-so-old-skool dept.

gManZboy writes "Phil Sherburne and Cary Fitzgerald, two senior technologists over at Cisco, have written an in-depth overview of VoIP for developers and the like (not for everyone who's ever used a phone). Like Queue's earlier You Don't Know Jack about Disks, this article covers the history, the basic technologies, how they work, and where they're headed. If you found the blog post yesterday lacking, check this one out."

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  1. Re:wheres the link:"you don't know jack about disk by grub · · Score: 5, Informative


    here you go

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    Trolling is a art,
  2. Test your connection... by fiji · · Score: 5, Informative

    Before you waste time trying to get VoIP (or paying for VoIP from a provider) going it is worth testing your connection to see if it can support VoIP calls at a reasonable quality. You might want to test your line at various times during the day... I get crappier calls in the evening.

    Anyway, http://testyourvoip.com/ provides a decent free testing serice just using a web browser.

    -ben