From editor@telecom-digest.org Thu Jun 24 18:52:15 2004 Received: (from ptownson@localhost) by massis.lcs.mit.edu (8.11.6p3/8.11.3) id i5OMqEe09973; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:52:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:52:15 -0400 (EDT) From: editor@telecom-digest.org Message-Id: <200406242252.i5OMqEe09973@massis.lcs.mit.edu> X-Authentication-Warning: massis.lcs.mit.edu: ptownson set sender to editor@telecom-digest.org using -f To: ptownson Approved: patsnewlist Subject: TELECOM Digest V23 #305 TELECOM Digest Thu, 24 Jun 2004 18:52:00 EDT Volume 23 : Issue 305 Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson H.264 Video Codec Adopted for Next Generation DVDs (Monty Solomon) Comdex Cancels November 2004 Convention (Monty Solomon) Telemarketers Draw 428,000 Complaints, FTC says (Monty Solomon) AOL Worker Sold Customer List For Spam, US Charges (Monty Solomon) More U.S. Airlines Gave Passenger Data, TSA Says (Monty Solomon) Caveat Lector: Beastie Boys Evil (Monty Solomon) iChat AV at 35,000 Feet (Monty Solomon) Re: Telephony Card for SOHO CTI? (Robert Bonomi) Re: VoIP At Supercomm Emerges As 'Next Big Thing' (David) Re: Exciting News For One UNI-P CLEC's Customers (Paul Vader) Cell Phone Reception Question (nick) Looking For Software Modem (Paul) RLT-Release Link Trunk versus RTP-Release To Pivot (Deepak Pant) Re: Lingo VoiP Phone and RCN Cable Modem (Brian E Williams) Z-Tel Forced to Streamline, Refocus (VOIP News) AT&T Slashes Forecast (VOIP News) Time Warner Exec Outlines Competitive Landscape (VOIP News) Teton Wireless Launches First (Well, Not Really) VoIP Service (VOIP News) Vonage(R) Releases Xten's X-PRO SoftPhone for Mac OS X (VOIP News) Jeff Pulver: "Big Brother" XTen Networks is WATCHING You (VOIP News) Canadians Have Been Slow to Adopt Internet Telephony (VOIP News) Oh Canada ... Oh Cable ... Oh Marketing (VOIP News) All contents here are copyrighted by Patrick Townson and the individual writers/correspondents. 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Geoffrey Welsh =========================== See the bottom of this issue for subscription and archive details and the name of our lawyer; other stuff of interest. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:20:58 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: H.264 Video Codec Adopted for Next Generation DVDs MPEG Developed Video Codec Key to Future High Definition DVDs CUPERTINO, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced that the DVD Forum has ratified the H.264 Advanced Video Codec (AVC) to be included in the next generation High Definition (HD) DVD format. The H.264/AVC codec was jointly developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and has been ratified into the MPEG-4 specification as the next-generation video codec. H.264/AVC is based on open standards and will ship in Apple's QuickTime(R) software in an upcoming release next year. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42120788 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:37:45 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Comdex Cancels November 2004 Convention By MATTHEW FORDAHL AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- The venerable Comdex convention, which for nearly 25 years showcased the latest and greatest in high tech in Las Vegas every November, is canceling this year's show after years of declining attendance and interest. Show organizer MediaLive International Inc. described the cancelation as a "postponement" and said Wednesday that it had formed an advisory board to reshape the troubled event. The company also said the next Las Vegas show would take place in November 2005. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42141026 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:40:22 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Telemarketers Draw 428,000 Complaints, FTC Says WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - Consumers who signed up for a government-run list designed to cut down on unwanted sales calls have lodged 429,000 complaints against telemarketers over the past year, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday. FTC Chairman Timothy Muris said the low number of complaints showed that the National Do Not Call List has been a success since it was launched one year ago. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42140226 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:43:10 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: AOL Worker Sold Customer List for Spam, US Charges - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42133939 WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - U.S. investigators said on Wednesday they had arrested an America Online (NYSE:TWX) employee for stealing the Internet provider's customer list and selling it to a purveyor of "spam" e-mail. Jason Smathers of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, has been charged with stealing a list of 92 million AOL customer screen names and selling them to Internet marketer Sean Dunaway of Las Vegas, said David Kelley, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Dunaway, who has also been arrested, used the list to promote his online gambling operation and also sold the list to other spammers, Kelley said. An AOL spokesman said Smathers has been fired from the company. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:44:59 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: More U.S. Airlines Gave Passenger Data, TSA Says By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - More airlines than originally thought secretly provided passenger data for a U.S. government screening system in possible violation of privacy laws, the Bush administration said on Wednesday. Two big reservation systems also provided names, addresses, credit card numbers and other data, said the Transportation Security Administration's acting administrator, David Stone. America West (NYSE:AWA), Frontier Airlines , Continental Airlines , and the Sabre and Galileo International reservation systems gave passenger data to the TSA or companies working for the agency in 2002 and 2003, Stone said in a signed affidavit released at his Senate confirmation hearing to head the agency. JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU), American Airlines (NYSE:AMR) and Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) have previously disclosed that they also shared passenger records with government researchers, despite promises to keep them private. Delta Air Lines provided artificial passenger records but asked for them to be deleted five days later, Stone said. The TSA also ordered Delta to provide passenger records to the U.S. Secret Service during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, he said. Frontier Airlines had no immediate comment. None of the other airlines, and none of the reservation systems, were immediately available for comment. Under a 1974 privacy law, government agencies and contractors are required to notify the public when they collect personal information. Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT), HNC Software Inc., International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), Infoglide and Ascent Technology collected passenger data to develop screening prototypes, but TSA officials determined that public notice was not needed, Stone said. - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=42133123 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 02:59:50 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: Caveat Lector: Beastie Boys Evil http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/366191 From: Dragos Ruiu Organization: All Terrain Ninjas Subject: Caveat Lector: Beastie Boys Evil Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 01:10:23 -0700 Well I truly regret actually purchasing a copy of the new Beastie Boys album to support them. It seems that Capitol Records has some sort of new copy protection system, that automatically, silently, installs "helpful" copy protection software on MacOS and Windows as soon as you insert the CD into default systems. I'm not sure exactly what it does yet, but I am sure regreting actually purchasing said media now ... they don't deserve my money if they choose to pull stupid stunts like this. Installing software without your permission sounds like viral malware behaviour to me. I certainly hope the AV companies put signatures into their products for this crap. They include some sort of uninstaller buried on there for Windows, but I see no such thing for MacOS. If anyone has disassembled the aforementioned malware already and can save us some time with instructions on how to remove it ... thanks in advance. caveat emptor, --dr http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/366191 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:33:03 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: iChat AV at 35,000 Feet It's a long flight from Munich to San Francisco, even non-stop. But recently two enterprising Apple product managers cut the distance dramatically with a few at-hand tools: iChat AV, iSight, 17-inch PowerBook G4, a Boeing 777 and an orbiting satellite. In what might have been the first in-air commercial videoconference, Apple product manager Kurt Knight, on the ground in Cupertino, hooked up over iChat AV with product line manager Eric Zelenka, returning to San Francisco from Munich, by leveraging Lufthansa's new wireless high-speed broadband connection service. http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2004/06/ichat_at_35k/ ------------------------------ Subject: Re: Telephony Card for SOHO CTI? Organization: Robert Bonomi Consulting From: bonomi@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 08:53:12 +0000 In article , Fred wrote: > Hello, > I just ordered CallerID on an analog line at the office. Instead of > hooking a phone with an LCD, I was curious to see if I could install > some interface (Digium TDM FXO?) with two plugs, one to connect it to > the phone line, the other to a telephone, and have some application > running on the PC that displays customer's infos while the phone is > ringing. Just some basic CTI :-) > Googling a bit, it appears that the market leaders for this kind of > device are Intel/Dialogic, Digium, and Eicon. Could someone > knowledgeable in the CTI business tell me if there are some solutions > available for such basic needs (ie. I don't need to set up a > full-fledged PBX)? Just use *ANY* _modem_ with caller-id capability. Yeah, that's "too simple" --- but it works! ------------------------------ From: David Subject: Re: VoIP At Supercomm Emerges As 'Next Big Thing' Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:41:18 GMT VOIP News wrote in message news:telecom23.303.5@telecom-digest.org: > http://www.telecomweb.com/news/1087936982.htm > CHICAGO -- This year's Supercomm event has virtually removed all doubt > as to what the "next big thing" in telecom is. Indeed, as discussion > topics go, the single most popular issue at Supercomm 2004 is Voice > over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Virtually every major player in the > U.S. telecom industry is here this week, and all of them appear to > have some sort of a hook into VoIP. A clear majority of the nearly 700 > exhibitors at this year's show are pitching VoIP-related products > and services. > Full story at: > http://www.telecomweb.com/news/1087936982.htm I remember 10 years ago, over half of the papers at Supercom dealt with ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode) as the next big thing. It was really Another Technical Mistake but quite a few people got Ph.D.s by researching it. I am not, however, saying this is true for VoIP. David ------------------------------ From: pv+usenet@pobox.com (Paul Vader) Subject: Re: Exciting News For One UNI-P CLEC's Customers Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:55:32 -0000 Organization: Inline Software Creations TELECOM Digest Editor writes: > We got to talking about the latest revolting development, that the > courts have ruled in favor of Bell and setting the price for UNI-P > guys to stay in business. Very revolting that a company should be able to charge what it actually *costs* to provision a service. Yes, we all know that Ma Bell stole your lollypop. Please move on. > or about three to four times what we (or even *they*!) charge the > end users. SBC heard that and said 'well that is what we will charge > Prairie Stream also ...' " So I asked him does this mean Prairie > Stream will go out of business soon? So you're saying that, based on a street conversation, that you know what SBC will be pricing their UNE-P services at? Nice trick that. > Duane said, "first of all, none of the telcos, Bell or United, is > gonna make any changes until at least after the election. I guess It's 18 months IIRC, and this was a stated-in-public part of the agreement on letting the Bad and Wrong rules lapse. No secret deal needed. Heck, it was even on the news! > my eyes finished bulging out of my head, he continued, "A two thousand > line switch for Independence, and the rural area. It should be > installed before Christmas, maybe around December 1." A whole 2000 lines? I can throw a rock out a window and hit a larger switch than that. > My eyes bulged again, and I asked Duane, what about the local loops; > the last mile of the wiring. He replied, "I told you we were not gonna > touch their stuff any more at all, and I meant just that. I was at > City Hall earlier this week, and got the necessary permit to excavate > in the streets. I'm sure this will work great for rural Kansas, but try getting the necessary permits and variances in a large city. Hey, I'm happy that Prarie Stream is transitioning themselves into a true LEC, that's pretty cool. But is it even slightly significant? No. * * PV something like badgers--something like lizards--and something like corkscrews. TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: No, it is not revolting that anyone can charge and collect for the actual costs of something. But it is rather odd and revolting when the same company (Sprint Local/United Tel) goes along for years with a substantially lower rate (which they claimed was a truthful accounting) then bingo, when the old arrangements are set to expire they suddenly have this massive inflation problem (despite a few more years of amortization) which raises them five or six times over what it had been, and they'll just barely be able to survive at that, we are told. It is also rather revolting when their sister in the cloth Southwestern Bell (oh, a hundred years ago they were fighting each other [the consortium of telephone co-ops who united to make United Telephone did so to avoid going with AT&T/Bell back then, so great was their dislike and hatred for the Bell]; now days United and Bell are like two peas in a pod) Bell, 're-examines' their accounting and by coincidence discovers their resale of their loops is going to have to have about the same price in order for them to make do.) Geeze, inflation is awful, isn't it? I wonder why that same 'rate of inflation' is not going to affect Duane all that much? My conversation was with the man who is the owner of Prairie Stream and the owner of TerraWorld, his remarks were based on recent meetings with the Kansas Commissioners in Topeka, the state capitol with a representative from SBC and a representative from Sprint Local in the discussion, as he pleaded his case for Prairie Stream. But yeah, it did take place on a street (actually in the entrance way of Radio Shack, and we chatted for 5-10 minutes, not just a few seconds.) Regards the size of the switch you may want to recall that SBC here has ten thousand lines for Independence, mostly and historically on 620-331. Most people in town recite their phone number as just four digits, the 331 being assumed. A few years ago there was some excitement when City Hall put in a centrex covering themselves and all municipal functions including schools, police, parks, library, etc and it was installed on 620-332. But the vast majority of 332 is given over to cellular phones otherwise. The Montgomery County Sheriff (Independence is the county seat and the jail is located here) is a special case with 330-1000 and his own centrex on that exchange. I think his are the only landlines on 330; a few cell phones are on that exchange also, including my own. I also I guess looked somewhat askance when Duane told me his new switch would have 2000 stations on it. He noted that "Independence has a population of a little under 9000 people; about 5000 working phone lines. If I could actually get 20-25 percent of the phone business in town, that would be great, and more than I would expect." You see Paul, our entire *county* has a population of only 25-30 thousand people, with 20 thousand of those people concentrated in Coffeyville, (12,000) and Independence, (8842 the last time I noted it). The other 5-6 thousand people are either in 'small' towns considered 'rural' to Independence such as Caney, 2000, Cherryvale, 2000, Neodesha, 1500, or the small places little more than wide spots on the road, Liberty, Dearing, Tyro, and Sycamore, maybe a thousand people between all four of them. So a two thousand station switch is quite ample for starters, although SBC does not like it one iota, I am sure. They don't really cotton to anyone who won't accept their rules and ways of doing things as Holy Writ. I mean, fifteen thousand for an 'engineering study' on a mostly vacant building they own here in town is really a bit much, and several thousand per month in rent after that. PAT] ------------------------------ From: flyerscrew05@aol.com (nick) Subject: Cell Phone Reception Question Date: 24 Jun 2004 10:03:59 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com I have been having a lot of trouble with my reception I get on my cell phone. How much does the actual phone have to do with reception? Is cell phone reception have more to deal with the carrier's network or does your phone model actually play a large enough part to make a difference. I got a new phone a couple months ago and I've been having lots of problems lately that I don't remember having with my old phone. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks. Nick ------------------------------ From: paul-mackenzie@email.com (Paul) Subject: Looking for Software Modem Date: 24 Jun 2004 13:10:50 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Hi guys, I am having real difficulties in finding good V92. modem which base on TMS320C6000 DSP. Can someone direct me to a software modem supplier? Thanks. Paul ------------------------------ From: deepakpant@hotmail.com (Deepak Pant) Subject: RLT-Release Link Trunk versus RTP-Release To Pivot Date: 24 Jun 2004 10:49:32 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Could someone point us to the documents or help explain the difference between RLT-Release Link Trunk and RTP-Release To Pivot. ------------------------------ From: sorry_no_email@yahoo.com (BrianEWilliams) Subject: Re: Lingo VoiP Phone and RCN Cable Modem Date: 24 Jun 2004 11:44:23 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Just RMA-ed the unit and stopped the service. Way too much work already on this. I'll just stick with my POTS for now. BTW, the $9.95 shipping charge is non-refundable, but I will dispute it with my credit card company on the basis that they shipped me something that doesn't work. sorry_no_email@yahoo.com (BrianEWilliams) wrote in message news:: > I just ordered a Lingo VoiP phone which arrived on Monday. After two > days, I still can't get it to work. I asked RCN if they block TFTP or > ports 50, 60, or 69, and they said no. I have a cable modem with RCN, > and Lingo thought the problem might be on RCN's end. > Hooking up the Lingo box right after the cable modem, it first > downloaded the firmware update, and all looks good. Lingo (Primus > Telecom.) can see the MAC address hit their servers once, and that's > it. No VoiP light and no joy. I will probably RMA the unit and > cancel the service unless someone here has some suggestions. > I am interested in Lingo because of their unlimited Western Europe > calling from the US, so please don't suggest Vonage or any of the > alternatives unless they also offer this for free with their $20 a > month plan. > Obviously Lingo is not ready for prime time, but it's only a matter of > when, not if. The phone companies must be wetting their pants over > this. ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:53:31 -0400 Subject: Z-Tel Forced to Streamline, Refocus Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/24/Business/Z_Tel_forced_to_strea.shtml The alternative phone company plans to cut costs in response to likely rate hikes from larger carriers for leasing network access. By LOUIS HAU, Times Staff Writer Published June 24, 2004 TAMPA - Every business is buffeted now and then by external forces beyond its control. But consider the case of Z-Tel Technologies Inc. of Tampa. Until recently, Z-Tel's business was based mostly on selling local phone service and advanced calling features in most of the United States - primarily in New York, Georgia, Illinois and Michigan - directly to consumers and via marketing partners with instantly identifiable brand names, such as MCI, Sprint and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL subsidiary. "Well, that plan just got shot in the head," Smith said. "It's over and there's not much we can do about it." To compensate, Z-Tel is shifting its attention to providing Internet phone service, which doesn't require leasing as much phone-network access as its existing phone services do. The company is hoping to convert about a third of the approximately 225,000 customers that it directly serves and pick up some new customers, Smith said. He added that the company also hopes to eventually offer high-speed Internet access services to compete better with cable companies, which are increasingly launching their own local phone services, and phone companies, which are expanding their broadband and video offerings. Full story at: http://www.sptimes.com/2004/06/24/Business/Z_Tel_forced_to_strea.shtml How to Distribute VoIP Throughout a Home: http://michigantelephone.mi.org/distribute.html If you live in Michigan, subscribe to the MI-Telecom group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MI-Telecom/ ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:02:36 -0400 Subject: AT&T Slashes Forecast Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20040623-000917-1700 BEDMINSTER, N.J. -(Dow Jones)- AT&T Corp. (T) cut its full-year revenue guidance below its own prior expectations as well as those of analysts, after the company said a regulatory decision forced it to pull service from seven states. AT&T decided to pull service from the seven states after the Federal Communications Commission and the Bush administration sided with regional Bell operating companies over the rates that AT&T and other Bell rivals must pay to use local phone networks. The long-distance company reaffirmed its commitment to an "aggressive" deployment of its plan for voice over Internet protocol. The plan, called AT&T CallVantage, is now offered in 46 major markets in 12 states. By the end of the third quarter, the company expects that AT&T CallVantage will be available in over 100 domestic markets, ahead of its goals. The company said higher marketing expenses associated with CallVantage will contribute to consumer operating margins in the low double digits in the second quarter. Full story at: http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20040623-000917-1700 ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:06:05 -0400 Subject: Time Warner Exec Outlines Competitive Landscape Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com http://telephonyonline.com/ar/telecom_time_warner_exec/index.htm By Donny Jackson CHICAGO--Cable companies are poised to compete with telecom carriers and other communication providers in a marketplace that values bundled services provided over broadband connections, a Time Warner executive said today in a morning keynote. [Time Warner chairman Don] Logan said Time Warner's voice-over-IP trial in Portland, Maine, is progressing well, with the MSO capturing 10% of the voice customers in the market -- 85% of which are using VoIP as a primary-line substitute. Similar success with wider deployments would be key very beneficial to Time Warner. "Today, total telephone revenues are about $200 billion," he said. "For us, even a small share can be a real growth business." After his speech, Logan told reporters that Time Warner primarilyq is using 2004 to make sure the company has VoIP working well, with appropriate support personnel, in a manner that is scaleable. Logan said his company will more aggressively market VoIP in 2005 and 2006. Full story at: http://telephonyonline.com/ar/telecom_time_warner_exec/index.htm ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:37:04 -0400 Subject: Teton Wireless Launches First (Well, Not Really) VoIP Services Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com [Comment: I hate to break it to whoever wrote this press release, but Teton Wireless is NOT the first to offer VoIP services in Montana and Idaho. Packet8 has numbers there for incoming calls, and of course you could obtain service from any of the major VoIP providers if you didn't mind having an out-of-state phone number. People who write press releases have got to learn to do their research before making claims like this, let they wind up with egg on their faces.] http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-24-2004/0002199167&EDATE= Teton Wireless Launches First VoIP Services in Montana and Idaho Provider Makes 'Internet Phone' Available in Rural Markets IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Teton Wireless today announced the availability of the first VoIP (Voice Over I.P.) calling services for residents of Idaho and Montana. The Teton service, tagged "Internet Home Phone Service," enables anyone with a broadband Internet connection to make local and long distance calls over the Internet, without a local telephone service provider. A special adapter is required to connect a standard telephone to a broadband router. "Hooking up the Internet phone service is truly 'plug and play,'" stated Kari Alcala, Teton product manager for the new telephone service. "The Internet infrastructure is invisible to the end user, it's just like using any home phone. You even get local telephone numbers." "We're committed to providing high quality, low cost services to our customers in Idaho and Montana," said Teton Wireless CEO and Owner Willis "Gene" Twiner. "Most of the deployments of Internet voice services have been rolled out by very large cable providers in the major metropolitan areas. And a lot of cable companies are still evaluating their voice plans. We are excited to be making 'voice over IP' -- another state of the art technology solution -- available in our rural market areas." "Voice Over IP" generally means sending voice information in digital form in discrete packets over the Internet rather than via the traditional circuit-committed protocols of the public switched telephone network (PSTN). A major advantage of VoIP, also called Internet telephony, is that it avoids the tolls charged by ordinary telephone service. "Our customers are looking for one source for their television, Internet and phone services, just like customers in big cities. And they want to save money when they buy all these services from one provider," said Jessica Peters, Customer Service Manager for Teton Wireless. "We've got a 'triple play' solution now that is cost effective and widely available." "Adding voice to our existing video and Internet access services was simple to implement," according to Tom Carey, Teton Director of Engineering. "The privately licensed frequencies making up Teton's wireless network are very robust, and most IP applications work seamlessly over our infrastructure. The extremely low latency makes our delivery ideal for voice." Carey noted that Teton is also looking at delivering other applications over their Internet service in the future, including an expanded video package including pay per view movies, and expanded Internet service areas. "The Internet service changes how we compete," Carey observed. "We deliver a great big pipe right to your home. Because we're wireless, the service is nearly ubiquitous, you're not tied to any cable or DSL lines. And a lot of content can be carried on that pipe, just about anywhere." Orders are being accepted for the Internet phone service immediately. Pricing is $139 for the special telephone adapter, and the first month's service is free. Regular monthly rates are $29.99 for unlimited local and long distance calls to the United States and Canada. For additional information and to attend a demonstration of the new phone service on June 24, 2004, please contact Donna Nims at 208-529-8895. About Teton Wireless Teton Wireless is the leading provider of wireless broadband, video and voice services in the Mountain States and is a division of Teewinot Licensing. Incorporated in 1995, Teton Wireless owns and operates MMDS Internet and video operations serving over 25,000 customers in Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, and Pocatello, Idaho, and Missoula and Hamilton, Montana. Teton Wireless also owns MMDS licenses in Wyoming, Washington, and eastern Idaho. More information is available at the company's website, http://www.tetonwireless.com. For further information, please contact Donna Nims of Teton Wireless, +1-208-529-8895, dnims@tetonwireless.com. SOURCE Teton Wireless Web Site: http://www.tetonwireless.com ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 10:41:01 -0400 Subject: Vonage(R) Releases Xten's X-PRO SoftPhone for Mac OS X Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-24-2004/0002199300&EDATE= Vonage's cutting edge Voice over IP service now available for Mac users EDISON, N.J. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vonage, the leading broadband telephony provider in the U.S., and Xten Networks (OTC Bulletin Board: XNWK), publisher of the award winning X-PRO SoftPhone, announced today that Vonage and Xten have completed interoperability testing of an OEM version of Xten's X-PRO SIP SoftPhone for Mac-based Vonage subscribers. Mac users can now download the Vonage X-PRO for the Mac OS X SoftPhone to start making and receiving telephone calls immediately on their computers, while maintaining the same quality of service they have come to expect from Vonage. Road Warriors using the Vonage X-PRO SoftPhone for Mac OS X can access the Vonage service from almost any Internet connected personal computer. The Vonage X-PRO SoftPhone provides increased mobility of the Vonage service; this along with the feature-rich X-PRO's ease-of-use, make it a winning combination. "We are really excited to partner with Xten to offer our Mac-based customers the best soft phone on the market," said Michael Tribolet, Vonage's executive vice president of Operations. "This offering underscores our commitment to our customers who requested Mac availability for one of the most cutting edge applications, which is replete with great features and prices." "VoIP services have come a long way since the mid-nineties and to see them replacing circuit-switched primary line services marks a new era for the telephone," said Erik Lagerway, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Xten Networks, Inc. "Xten is proud to have Vonage as a customer and we are excited about the opportunities this new partnership will foster." About Vonage(R) Vonage is redefining communications by offering consumers and small businesses an affordable alternative to traditional telephone service. The fastest growing telephony company in North America, Vonage's service area encompasses more than 1900 active rate centers in over 125 North American markets. Vonage is sold directly through http://www.vonage.com and retail partners such as Amazon.com, RadioShack, Best Buy and Circuit City. Wholesale partners such as EarthLink, ARMSTRONG(R), Advanced Cable Communications and the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities resell the Vonage broadband phone service under their own unique brands. With more than 175,000 lines in service, Vonage continues to add more than 20,000 lines per month to its network. Over 5 million calls per week are made using Vonage, the easy-to-use, feature-rich, flat rate phone service. Vonage is headquartered in Edison, New Jersey. For more information about Vonage's products and services, please visit http://www.vonage.com or call 1-VONAGE-HELP. Vonage(R), Vonage Digital VoiceTM, Toll Free PlusSM and Virtual Phone Number(SM) are trademarks of Vonage Holdings Corp. About Xten(R) Networks, Inc. Xten is a provider of award-winning, high-quality, carrier-grade SIP-based VoIP software and softphones. Xten's goal is to be the primary choice in SIP- based client-side audio and video IP communications software for Telecoms, Cable Providers and Internet Telephony Service Providers. Those who are interested in Xten products should visit sales.xten.com . On the Web: http://www.xten.com . SOURCE Vonage; Xten Networks, Inc. Web Site: http://www.vonage.com http://www.xten.com ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:30:31 -0400 Subject: Jeff Pulver: "Big Brother" XTen Networks is WATCHING You Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com This is from The Jeff Pulver Blog at http://192.246.69.231/jeff/personal/index.html June 24, 2004 One thing that I learned while I was at Supercomm was that each time someone launches their XTen FWD Client, Xten Networks gets a data notification of the event and they have an ability to track on a real-time basis every one of their mutual customers around the world. This was news to me and while on one hand it is pretty cool that this is possible, I had no idea that the FWD population that choose to use the Xten softphone was being "tracked" by the software publisher. I wonder how many other software/hardware vendors are tracking the use of their products/services on a real-time basis. Posted by jeff at 08:01 AM ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 09:56:00 -0400 Subject: Canadians Have Been Slow to Adopt Internet Telephony Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=9a558880-2bf2-4692-befc-4400c76a5e98 VoIP: What flavour would you like? Canadians have been slow to adopt Internet telephony but a sea change is coming Mark Evans According to a recent poll by Ipsos-Reid, Canadians have been slow to embrace Internet telephony and there appears to be little demand for the service among consumers. However, this has not stopped an increasing number of companies from jumping into the market. The playing field now includes Primus Telecommunications Canada Inc., Comwave Telecom Inc., Vonage Holdings Corp., Nicer Technologies Inc. and BabyTel. Telus Corp., AOL Canada Inc., Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corp. and Yak Communications Inc. plan to launch services later this year. Jon Arnold, an analyst with Frost & Sullivan, said the Canadian Internet telephony market will be slower to develop than in the United States because telephony service in Canada is high-quality and relatively inexpensive. Full story at: http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=9a558880-2bf2-4692-befc-4400c76a5e98 ------------------------------ From: VOIP News Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:42:58 -0400 Subject: Oh Canada ... Oh Cable ... Oh Marketing Reply-To: VoIPnews@yahoogroups.com This is from VoIP Watch at http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/ Depending on when you go there, the article may or may not be at the top of the page. June 24, 2004 Oh Canada ... Oh Cable ... Oh Marketing More viewpoints about the adoption, or slow progress VoIP will have in Canada is coming to light, this time from the National Post of Canada. While the stats have been beaten to death here and elsewhere, there is no faulting the reporter who clearly identified what VoIPWatch has been saying for a long time. Marketing and education about VoIP's product differentiation needs to be ratcheted up a few notches by the VoIP brands, and this applies to both USA and Canada, as well as in other countries each player will enter. [Interesting comments on VoIP marketing follow. Remember, you may have to scroll down the page a little to find this article, if anything has been added since I posted this.] Full article at: http://andyabramson.blogs.com/voipwatch/ ------------------------------ TELECOM Digest is an electronic journal devoted mostly but not exclusively to telecommunications topics. It is circulated anywhere there is email, in addition to various telecom forums on a variety of networks such as Compuserve and America On Line, Yahoo Groups, and other forums. It is also gatewayed to Usenet where it appears as the moderated newsgroup 'comp.dcom.telecom'. TELECOM Digest is a not-for-profit, mostly non-commercial educational service offered to the Internet by Patrick Townson. All the contents of the Digest are compilation-copyrighted. You may reprint articles in some other media on an occasional basis, but please attribute my work and that of the original author. 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