Category: Internet
-
/
Video: My Talk on “How IPv6 Will Kill Telecom” from eComm2011
Continue Reading: Video: My Talk on “How IPv6 Will Kill Telecom” from eComm2011At eComm 2011 this year, I spoke on “How IPv6 Will Kill Telecom – And What We Need To Do About It“. I enjoyed giving the talk and have received great feedback about the session (including being asked to give a similar session at other conferences). Organizer Lee Dryburgh has now posted the video:
If you are interested in learning more about IPv6, I put together an IPv6 Resource Page over on Voxeo’s Speaking of Standards blog. Enjoy!
P.S. And yes, those of you who have seen previous videos of my presentations will note that my running has paid off… 🙂
If you found this post interesting or useful, please consider either:
-
/
Video Interview: What Is The Future of Real-Time Communications?
Continue Reading: Video Interview: What Is The Future of Real-Time Communications?As I posted over on the Voxeo Talks blog recently, über-geek Chris Pirillo recently interviewed VoIP industry veteran Jeff Pulver and Voxeo CEO Jonathan Taylor on the topic of the future of real-time communications. It was a wide ranging interview talking about the history of communication apps, how VoIP has evolved, the role of standards, issues around bandwidth caps, the role of individuals and so much more. Chris explained a bit more on his site.. The video is now available on YouTube:
As a producer of video interviews, I was personally intrigued by Chris’ use of a Google+ “Hangout” to conduct the interview. I’m going to have to try it at some point.
Enjoy the video!
If you found this post interesting or useful, please consider either:
-
/
The 2 Big, Glaring Failures of the “Voice 3.0” Manifesto
Continue Reading: The 2 Big, Glaring Failures of the “Voice 3.0” ManifestoToday Alec Saunders posted a truly brilliant piece: Voice 3.0: The Emergence of the Voice Web. It’s a much-needed update to his 2005 “Voice 2.0 Manifesto” and very nicely brings together much of the thinking about telecom today. (And yes, I had a chance to review it and provided feedback before it went live.)It’s brilliant. It’s long. You really need to go and read it. It includes many of the themes we’ll be talking about next week at eComm. It’s right about so many things.
IT’S ALSO VERY WRONG.
The document as written has two big, glaring omissions.
Voice Doesn’t Matter… As Much
First off… the piece is all about voice. Which is great. But here’s a reality check:
People do NOT want to communicate by ONLY voice.
I spend my day communicating with people all over the world… in pretty much constant “real-time” communication. But almost NONE of it is by voice.
Instead it is by IM… by Twitter… by Facebook… by SMS… even by email. All text-based mediums.
No voice.
Now occasionally I do actually speak with someone – and usually get startled when my phone or Skype actually rings. But the majority of my…
-
/
How Does IPv6 Impact Telecom Networks? Join This Free Online Session Tomorrow To Learn…
Continue Reading: How Does IPv6 Impact Telecom Networks? Join This Free Online Session Tomorrow To Learn…How does IPv6 impact telecommunications networks? How will IPv6 affect the SIP protocol? If you work in telecom, what should you be aware of with regard to IPv6? With World IPv6 Day only a week away, if you have been wondering about these kind of questions, please feel free to join me live in a free session hosted by the US Telecommunications Association:IPv6 and Telecom Networks
Thursday, June 2, 2011
1:00pm US EasternRegistration is free and if you are unable to attend it will be recorded for later viewing. (And if you register now, you’ll be notified when the archive is available for viewing.) The description of the session is:
The networks that make up the Internet and IP communications are in the middle of a sea-change with the transition to IPv6. What impact will IPv6 have on telecom and communications networks?
Join USTelecom and Voxeo for a look at the various challenges that telecom and broadband services providers face in keeping their communication services working while transitioning to IPv6.
I’ll be explaining briefly why there is all the attention on IPv6 then getting into the basics of IPv6 addressing. After a brief overview, I’ll then dive into…
-
/
Another Hotel Fails To Support Skype – Here’s Why Skype’s P2P Connection Model Breaks Their System
Continue Reading: Another Hotel Fails To Support Skype – Here’s Why Skype’s P2P Connection Model Breaks Their SystemUPDATE: When I stayed at this same hotel in August 2010, I no longer had the issue with Skype being blocked. Presumably they got a smarter network monitoring system. While this specific hotel now works with Skype, the same issue will undoubtedly be out there for many other hotels and locations.
Summary: Hotels restricting the number of simultaneous network connections per user may wind up blocking legitimate usage of Skype. Skype’s peer-to-peer network model uses a high number of network connections to synchronize multi-party group chats.
Read on for the full story, network diagrams, etc….
Two weeks ago on a visit to Voxeo’s corporate headquarters in Orlando, FL, I stayed at the Grand Bohemian Hotel, conveniently located only a block or so away. Arriving in the early evening, I checked in, got to my room and immediately plugged my laptop into the Ethernet port to catch up on what had happened while I’d been offline traveling. As is the case in many hotels, I was asked to login and pay through a system from “Nomadix”. I did so… and very quickly started to see Skype coming online, my other IM client (Adium) coming online, email starting to flow in and…
-
/
For a brief bit – Skype video calls from 30,000+ feet on Southwest Air WiFi!
Continue Reading: For a brief bit – Skype video calls from 30,000+ feet on Southwest Air WiFi!Upon entering the Southwest Airlines plane this morning on my flight to Orlando to visit Voxeo’s headquarters, I immediately noticed a “WiFi zone” sign on a column by the entry door. Naturally, I had to pull out my Macbook Pro and give it a whirl… and, given the issue of Skype-blocking last summer… try out Skype.To my great surprise and pleasure, it worked great. (For a little while – see below.) Here’s Bruce Lowekamp:
As you may or may not be able to see in the graphic, our call had been up for 3 minutes and 33 seconds when I snapped the picture.
Unfortunately, I didn’t have easy access to my headset, so I couldn’t really have a great conversation. The ambient background noise in the plane was really too much for my voice to be heard unless I bent down toward the microphone… and likewise even with the MacBook Pro volume up all the way it was a bit hard to hear Bruce unless I bent down toward the laptop.
And, of course, I didn’t really want to annoy my fellow passengers. 🙂
You can see on the right the technical stats for the call. Packet loss was…
-
/
Is the new “.tel” domain more than just a pretty face on top of DNS?
Continue Reading: Is the new “.tel” domain more than just a pretty face on top of DNS?Is the new “.tel” domain launching today more than just a pretty web interface to DNS? Is it something really unique? Is it a new service that couldn’t be easily replicated elsewhere?In case you haven’t been following the subject, a company called Telnic has launched a new top-level DNS domain “.tel” today. Today, December 3rd, is the launch of the “Sunrise” period where companies can (for a high price) obtain the “.tel” domain associated with their trademark.
The point of “.tel”, though, is to not just be “yet-another-top-level-domain” but rather to be a global directory of information – with users/companies having control of their own information.
With the first part of the launch happening today there has been predictably been a good bit of coverage in the blogosphere. Danielle Belopotosky had a great piece up on the NY Times Bits blog, Techmeme has a flow of links to stories and I am sure more will be appearing.
I would, though, suggest people wanting to understand the goals of the service go back and listen to our Squawk Box conversation on September 9th with Telnic’s Justin Hayward (www.justin.tel). The part about .tel starts at about the 17:50 minute…