* When silence sounds too, well, silent * Two industry forums plan to merge * Allied Telesyn, Sphere team on enterprise VoIP * Labor group: States, unknowingly, offshore millions * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories
Engineers who first designed VoIP equipment did what engineers do best – they made their systems so efficient that no packets would be sent if no one on a VoIP call was talking. This way, those calls would take up less bandwidth, bandwidth that could be used for data or other voice calls. But what the engineers failed to do is take into account the human side; when no packets are sent, the call sounds disturbingly quiet – like the line has gone dead. So now the engineers returned to the drawing board with a new mission: to put noise back in. When silence sounds too, well, silent http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071204widernetnoise.html?net
Engineers who first designed VoIP equipment did what engineers do best – they made their systems so efficient that no packets would be sent if no one on a VoIP call was talking. This way, those calls would take up less bandwidth, bandwidth that could be used for data or other voice calls. But what the engineers failed to do is take into account the human side; when no packets are sent, the call sounds disturbingly quiet – like the line has gone dead. So now the engineers returned to the drawing board with a new mission: to put noise back in.
When silence sounds too, well, silent
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071204widernetnoise.html?net
Two industry forums plan to merge
Well, it’s about time. The MPLS & Frame Relay Alliance and the ATM Forum are joining forces, putting all the WAN standards groups under one banner. The trick is going to be what to call it, as all the acronyms involved could make for a pretty thick alphabet soup.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0715forums.html?net
Allied Telesyn, Sphere team on enterprise VoIP
Allied Telesyn and Sphere Communications this week announced a deal where the two vendors will jointly sell and support Ethernet LAN and IP telephony products.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0715sphere.html?net
Labor group: States, unknowingly, offshore millions
U.S. state governments are granting public contracts to foreign outsourcing firms and funneling millions of state taxpayer dollars offshore, in many cases without being aware of it, according to a study released Wednesday by the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers in Seattle.
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0715laborgroup.html?net
Today on Layer 8, where it’s a dark day for us CSI fans:
U.K. students reprimanded for pointing out network flaws; singer George Michael not a fan of online forums; video games for farmer wannabes; and state strikes down anti-video game law; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.
https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net
This week’s top 5 stories so far:
1. Has IE dug itself a hole?
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071204browser.html?net
2. How GM saved a billion dollars
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071204yourtakegm.html?net
3. Dell continues network battle
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0712dellswitch.html?net
4. Cisco lands large VoIP deal with Boeing
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0713cisboeing.html?net
5. Wireless directory draws cheers, jeers
https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/071204wsdir.html?net
