NetFlash: MCI to convert international voice trunking

In watching the Olympics this week I’ve seen an AT&T commercial that mentions voice over IP – which is pretty remarkable. Of course, the ad makes it sound like the carrier invented VoIP, but seeing those letters in a commercial is certainly proof that VoIP is officially mainstream. Not to be outdone, MCI says it is converting its international voice trunks to use IP, and all sorts of services will follow. MCI to convert international voice trunking http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0818mcieric.html?net

In watching the Olympics this week I’ve seen an AT&T commercial that mentions voice over IP – which is pretty remarkable. Of course, the ad makes it sound like the carrier invented VoIP, but seeing those letters in a commercial is certainly proof that VoIP is officially mainstream. Not to be outdone, MCI says it is converting its international voice trunks to use IP, and all sorts of services will follow.

MCI to convert international voice trunking

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0818mcieric.html?net

NetRatings: Broadband users a majority in U.S.

A few years ago some were saying we should all have broadband access to the Internet. Today, I’d have to agree. Dial-up is no way to live, man. Finally, it seems that most of America is on board with broadband, as a new survey shows.

https://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2004/0818netrabroad.html?net

HP moves network-scanning software into beta

HP has moved its Active Counter Measures network security software into beta tests with a select group of European and North American customers in hopes of readying the product for a 2005 release, an HP executive said at the HP World conference in Chicago Wednesday.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0818hpworld2.html?net

Sprint offers first SLAs for wireless

Sprint has become the first wireless service provider to offer standard performance guarantees with its voice services.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/081604sprintsla.html?net

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Today on Layer 8, where we won’t know what to do with ourselves without the daily Google IPO story:

The new $20 disposable digital camera; do-it-yourself phishing kit hits the Web; the art of kickboxing robots; and thanks to technology, no one pays attention in class anymore; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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