I have been looking for such an alternative for quite some time as you can read from here http://tinyurl.com/66488. But to my dismay haven't found anything really interesting. Last month I received an email referencing my post and offering some secure and politically independent hosting solution. It is called the Republic Cyberbunker and it may be an interesting alternative. CyberBunker was built as a NATO base in 1955. In 1995 it was sold to a company under the control of it's present royal
family and government but it never officially became Dutch territory. You need to evaluate it and check it yourself. At EUR 350.- per month you can get a dedicated server inside a supposedly de-militarized zone that is outside any official government territory. There is a Skype number and I have exchanged a few emails with them without trouble. You can find more info at http://www.cb3rob.net/ and http://www.republic-cyberbunker.org/
I have spent quite a bit of time on Glide Effortless, and have released a review on the day of its release 48 hours ago. I have received a 1.5 hrs live demo from them and have audio interviewed Donald Leka CEO of the company. As I have extensively written in my own article at http://tinyurl.com/e3g2z, this is really just an overly ambitious project, with, in my opinion, little solid foundation in terms of true seamless integration, true benefits for the final user, and more than anything with a failed understanding of how an online product must be marketed and sold today. Yes, I do acknowledge that their buzz campaign has been phenomenal, to the point that my trust and respect for both the New York Times and Slashdot, which has covered twice this story, has fastly decreased. With all the real good work out there, I really wonder what kind of friends and contacts this Transmedia corporation has to get all of this coverage for a tool that if you had to use today, would fall short on most any front.
You are asking a very appropriate question!
If you listen and read carefully to what Jeremy Allaire wrote not more than three months ago, you will realize that what is called here Internetworks is nothing but what Jeremy calls IP-TV.
For him IP-TV "...is generally funded and supported by large telecom providers who have undertaken the mission of creating a competitive replacement produuct for digital cable and satellite services.
IP-TV operator or carrier-led and controlled platform. There is a physical carrier that has physical pipes and infrastructure that it operates and controls. The consumer interacts directly with that operator/carrier.
As such this is an end-to-end system on semi-closed network (infrastructure is all within the carrier environment, and cannot be normally accessed to the Internet as a whole. Further to this, the deployment infrastructure and devices to access it are all managed and operated by the IP-TV carrier).
IP-TV will offer essentially the same product and programming offered by digital cable and satellite providers. Similar on-demand and pay per view products probably with some extra integration with voice, and different pricing..."
Excatly the opposite of where Jeremy's new baby, Brightcove.com is presently headed.
The Internet of Television is the new vision for Brightcove and you can read its unique profile by Jeremy Allaire here.
No it won't.
You have the option of selecting which songs that are on your hard disk you want to be broadcasted.
So you have full control of when you are broadcasting and what you are offering in your Mercora P2P radio stream.
While these are not open-source, free solutions, most of them offer a free try-out and a very cost-effective fee for their use.
Please consider:
1) Marratech
This is a fully secure collaboration space that supports both VoIP and videoconferencing. You may want to try immediately by using one of the several available test rooms. Kolabora.com Direct access from here or here (Win, Mac, Linux)
2) Flash Communication Server -FCS offers full web-based VoIP and videoconferencing across mulitiple platforms. To see how easy it is to use go ahead and test it from any major OS on anyone of these online services:
2a. Uvault Demo Rooms
2b. Megameeting
2c. E-boardroom
3) iVisit -
This is a very cost-effective audio/video application which integrates the ability to create private spaces. (Win & Mac only)
4) Convoq ASAP -
This is a web conferencing and live presentation solution. While the presenter needs to be on a PC, attendees can join from any major OS. Convoq integrates VoIP and videoconferencing using FCS.
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I have been looking for such an alternative for quite some time as you can read from here http://tinyurl.com/66488. But to my dismay haven't found anything really interesting. Last month I received an email referencing my post and offering some secure and politically independent hosting solution. It is called the Republic Cyberbunker and it may be an interesting alternative. CyberBunker was built as a NATO base in 1955. In 1995 it was sold to a company under the control of it's present royal family and government but it never officially became Dutch territory. You need to evaluate it and check it yourself. At EUR 350.- per month you can get a dedicated server inside a supposedly de-militarized zone that is outside any official government territory. There is a Skype number and I have exchanged a few emails with them without trouble. You can find more info at http://www.cb3rob.net/ and http://www.republic-cyberbunker.org/
I have spent quite a bit of time on Glide Effortless, and have released a review on the day of its release 48 hours ago. I have received a 1.5 hrs live demo from them and have audio interviewed Donald Leka CEO of the company. As I have extensively written in my own article at http://tinyurl.com/e3g2z, this is really just an overly ambitious project, with, in my opinion, little solid foundation in terms of true seamless integration, true benefits for the final user, and more than anything with a failed understanding of how an online product must be marketed and sold today. Yes, I do acknowledge that their buzz campaign has been phenomenal, to the point that my trust and respect for both the New York Times and Slashdot, which has covered twice this story, has fastly decreased. With all the real good work out there, I really wonder what kind of friends and contacts this Transmedia corporation has to get all of this coverage for a tool that if you had to use today, would fall short on most any front.
You are asking a very appropriate question! If you listen and read carefully to what Jeremy Allaire wrote not more than three months ago, you will realize that what is called here Internetworks is nothing but what Jeremy calls IP-TV. For him IP-TV "...is generally funded and supported by large telecom providers who have undertaken the mission of creating a competitive replacement produuct for digital cable and satellite services. IP-TV operator or carrier-led and controlled platform. There is a physical carrier that has physical pipes and infrastructure that it operates and controls. The consumer interacts directly with that operator/carrier. As such this is an end-to-end system on semi-closed network (infrastructure is all within the carrier environment, and cannot be normally accessed to the Internet as a whole. Further to this, the deployment infrastructure and devices to access it are all managed and operated by the IP-TV carrier). IP-TV will offer essentially the same product and programming offered by digital cable and satellite providers. Similar on-demand and pay per view products probably with some extra integration with voice, and different pricing..." Excatly the opposite of where Jeremy's new baby, Brightcove.com is presently headed. The Internet of Television is the new vision for Brightcove and you can read its unique profile by Jeremy Allaire here.
No it won't. You have the option of selecting which songs that are on your hard disk you want to be broadcasted. So you have full control of when you are broadcasting and what you are offering in your Mercora P2P radio stream.
While these are not open-source, free solutions, most of them offer a free try-out and a very cost-effective fee for their use. Please consider:
1) Marratech This is a fully secure collaboration space that supports both VoIP and videoconferencing. You may want to try immediately by using one of the several available test rooms. Kolabora.com Direct access from here or here (Win, Mac, Linux)
2) Flash Communication Server -FCS offers full web-based VoIP and videoconferencing across mulitiple platforms. To see how easy it is to use go ahead and test it from any major OS on anyone of these online services:
2a. Uvault Demo Rooms
2b. Megameeting
2c. E-boardroom
3) iVisit - This is a very cost-effective audio/video application which integrates the ability to create private spaces. (Win & Mac only)
4) Convoq ASAP - This is a web conferencing and live presentation solution. While the presenter needs to be on a PC, attendees can join from any major OS. Convoq integrates VoIP and videoconferencing using FCS.