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VoIP Predictions for 2005

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the treating-the-Bells-as-censorship dept.

phoneboy writes "There was much progress in the VoIP world in 2004, though not as much as Voxilla predicted exactly one year ago. Will 2005 accelerate the pace of change? We at Voxilla think so. In our One Look Back, Two Steps Forward article, we take a peek back at our predicitions we made in 2004 and don the swami cap as we look boldly into the near future of the phone."

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  1. Mirror by FinchWorld · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just incase... ...Here

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  2. Re:Progress by jrcamp · · Score: 4, Informative

    Why? As I recall, MP3, ogg vorbis, and the like aren't meant for compressing voice data. They're much better at dealing with music.

    There are codecs specifically meant for speech, such as http://www.speex.org/.

  3. Vonage prices have been dropping... by PornMaster · · Score: 4, Informative

    I signed up with Vonage a bit under a year ago. When I did, it was $34.99/mo for unlimited US&Can calling. Twice since then, they've dropped it $5/mo. I don't know if it's a matter of their costs dropping with economies of scale or to compete with the cable companies rolling out their own, but I must say that I love the reduction in cost without any reduction in wonderful service.

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  4. Re:Turnkey opportunity by JPriest · · Score: 5, Informative
    Perhaps not exactly the pre-packages solution you are looking for, but you may want to check out Asterisk Management Portal, the OSS non commercial version of Voxbox (with screenshots) and Flash Operator Panel, it runs on AMP and gives a realtime look at call activity through the PBX.

    I believe Voxbox, from a software point, does pretty much what you are looking for, now if you can just find someone to package it with small hardware platform for a decent price...

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  5. Re:I'm happy... by JPriest · · Score: 3, Informative

    Vonage offers 30, 50, and 90Kbits/sec. I use the 50 Kbps setting and I don't notice much difference over my land line. I have to say that I am also pretty happy with their service. My phone bill was $58/mo with no long distance, I save $43/mo with vonage, that alone covers the cost of my cable modem.

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