IP Telephony Drives in Power over Ethernet

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 19, 2005 @01:20PM from the but-it's-not-wireless dept.

GuitarNeophyte writes "The Channel Register states that although the idea for Power Over Ethernet has been around for a long time, the stage may finally be set for it to become an essential factor in our technical lives. One of the main reasons is because of the emergence of ip telephony. 'Telephones need to work in an emergency including when there is a power failure. Traditional telephones do, but IP phones will only do so if there is an uninterrupted power supply (UPS). The only practical way of guaranteeing power supply to a large number of IP phones is PoE.' Will IP telephones bring in PoE?"

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Re:No 911? Quote the VOIP reseller... by Jah-Wren+Ryel · 2005-07-19 15:13 · Score: 0, Offtopic

A real man makes his obscure post and leaves it to the wise to mod it up or explain it to the unwise. When you do it yourself, it is like riding a bicycle with training wheels.

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Re:No 911? Quote the VOIP reseller... by TimTheFoolMan · 2005-07-19 15:16 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I guess I can dispense with the testosterone treatments and Enzyte prescription. I'm clearly not fooling anyone.

Tim