From editor@telecom-digest.org Sat Oct 23 23:18:00 2004 Received: (from ptownson@localhost) by massis.lcs.mit.edu (8.11.6p3/8.11.6) id i9O3I0F28639; Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:18:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:18:00 -0400 (EDT) From: editor@telecom-digest.org Message-Id: <200410240318.i9O3I0F28639@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 #509 TELECOM Digest Sat, 23 Oct 2004 23:18:00 EDT Volume 23 : Issue 509 Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. 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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: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:03:44 -0400 From: Marcus Didius Falco Subject: Verizon Betting on A Bundle http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53151-2004Oct21.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A53151-2004Oct21?language=3Dprinter Firm to Spend Billions on Fiber Optics By Yuki Noguchi Washington Post Staff Writer Verizon Communications Inc., the nation's largest telephone company, announced yesterday it is digging up streets and stringing wire in six states, including Washington's Maryland and Virginia suburbs, to build a new fiber-optic network that will deliver high-speed Internet service and cable-style television to homes and businesses. It is part of a $2.8 billion gamble for the giant provider of local phone service, which is trying to compete head-to-head against cable companies. Verizon says it can offer Internet speeds up to 10 times as fast as most residential services and that it will introduce a package of television programming next year. In the Washington area, Verizon said it plans to start offering the new Internet service in late November in Falls Church, parts of Arlington, Herndon and Leesburg. It said it will start selling the new network in parts of Montgomery County early next year, when the service will be available to about 200,000 businesses and households in the region. The company is also laying new fiber in parts of Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania, but a spokesman said it hasn't made plans to enter the District because it is still working on network technology that will allow it to lay fiber-optic cable in urban areas. Nationally, 1 million homes and businesses will be able to buy Internet service on the new network by the end of the year and 3 million by the end of next year, the company said. To accomplish this, Verizon must rebuild a century-old network of copper lines that run into almost every home in the area. It's a costly investment that some analysts said could prove foolhardy if it can't win customers quickly. "We've looked at it really closely, and we don't see how it adds up," said Scott C. Cleland, chief executive of Precursor Group, a research firm in Washington. The company will sink billions of dollars into streets in and around residential neighborhoods, but it's unclear whether customers will be waiting to sign up for the service, he said. Prices for phone and high-speed Internet service keep falling, whittling away at the profit potential. And Verizon's plan to offer television service faces entrenched competition, Cleland said. "Can we honestly believe they're going to be better video providers than cable and [satellite] providers?" But regional phone companies like New York-based Verizon are in a heated battle against the cable industry. Each company is fighting tooth and nail to entice customers to buy bundled services from one provider -- phone, television, and Internet, for instance. Such a package currently costs about $120 monthly. The phone and cable industries have made forays into each other's businesses in recent years. Cable companies such as Comcast Corp. and Cox Communications Inc. have spent $85 billion since 1996 to upgrade their networks to carry Internet traffic and phone service. Phone giants, including Verizon and SBC Communications Inc., partnered with EchoStar Communications Corp.'s Dish Network and DirecTV Group Inc. to offer satellite television bundled with their services. Verizon described its fiber-to-the-home project as the dawn of better Internet connections and competitive television choices. "This is one of the most significant turning points in telecom," said Paul Lacouture, president of Verizon Network Services Group. "This will pave the way for long-awaited convergence between voice, video and Internet." For now, the new network will carry telephone and high-speed Internet, for between $35 and $45 a month, depending on the speed. Verizon said it is negotiating with companies including Viacom Inc. so it can start selling video programming, high-definition television, and video-on-demand service starting next year. The service will be "competitive" with cable, officials said, but they declined to discuss how much it would cost. Cox, which has 260,000 customers in the region, is ahead of Verizon in offering advanced technology, said Alex Horwitz, a Cox spokesman. It completed a $500 million regional upgrade, allowing it to offer high-speed Internet, telephone service and high-definition television, he said. "We believe we are already ahead of the game." "It's a tough market to break into because we already are an extremely competitive market," said Brian Dietz, a spokesman for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, which represents the cable companies. Many Washington area residents already have four options, including Comcast, Cox, Starpower Communications LLC and two satellite-TV providers, he said. Analysts question Verizon's ability to earn back its investment in the new network. "I think it's going to be difficult for them to make their money back," said Timothy Horan, an analyst for CIBC World Markets Corp., because they will have to beat cable's prices. "I haven't seen a model that makes it work." To deploy the service, Verizon must string hair-thin glass fibers. About 60 percent of the fiber can be strung along telephone poles, but the remainder requires digging up streets to bury it. The task is such a huge undertaking that the company said it will hire 3,000 to 5,000 new employees nationally by the end of next year. Verizon currently employs more than 207,000 people. Sales of high-speed Internet in the suburbs of Los Angeles, Dallas, and Tampa, where Verizon started offering service earlier this year, are "better than expected," said Robert Ingalls, president of Verizon's Retail Markets Division, but he declined to release details. 2004 The Washington Post Company *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. 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I installed System Release 5.1.1 and Feature Pack 1. All Tests with the test- an sample-programs are successful. I use the board with Nuance 8.5. The test-programm act.exe tells me, that the incoming call is recognized and answered, but on the phone i cannot hear, that the call was answered. The ring tone is still there. Find the whole log beneath. I think, the cables and the PBX settings should be OK. The problem should be somewhere in the Nunace configuration. Unfortunately, i neither know, where to start searching nor to change the right parameter. Any hints appeciated! Thanks in advance. Sven act.exe log: VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.589,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,APMGR: AudioProviderManager::get,20,Creating a new Mgr. D_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.629,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::AudioProvide rManager,42,[CH-]:[DEV-]: Built Mar 25 2004 20:44:15. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,50, APCFG: AudioConfig::NumDigitalLines = 0 INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,50, APCFG: AudioConfig::NumAnalogLines = 4 INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,52, APCFG: AudioConfig::NumVoiceResources = 4 INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,60, APCFG: AudioConfig::NumDigitalVoiceResources = 0 INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,58, APCFG: AudioConfig::NumAnalogVoiceResources = 4 INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,50, APCFG: AudioConfig::BusEncoding = Mulaw INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,45, APCFG: AudioConfig::BusType = SCSA INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,51, APCFG: AudioConfig::NetworkType = Analog INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,43, APCFG: AudioConfig::DeviceFamily = DM3 INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,57, APCFG: AudioConfig::FirstAnalogBoard = dxxxB1 INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,64, APCFG: AudioConfig::FirstAnalogResourceBoard = dxxxB1 INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioConfig::AudioConfig,63, APCFG: AudioConfig::NumPlaybackSamplesNeeded = 16384 VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,2 5,[CH001]:[DEV-]: Entered. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 3,[CH001]:[DEV-]: max_lines = 4. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 3,[CH001]:[DEV-]: telephony = 1. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 5,[CH001]:[DEV-]: device = "3". INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 2,[CH001]:[DEV-]: lines = . INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 3,[CH001]:[DEV-]: line_number = 3. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 3,[CH001]:[DEV-]: DIDNumber = 0. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 3,[CH001]:[DEV-]: dynamic = 0. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 3,[CH001]:[DEV-]: dynamic_vr = 0. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 3,[CH001]:[DEV-]: global_call = 0. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 3,[CH001]:[DEV-]: isdn = 0. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 9,[CH001]:[DEV-]: network = Analog. D_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 9,[CH001]:[DEV-]: Constructing device 3. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderDevice::AudioProvider Device,61,[CH-]:[DEV003]: Success loading Telephony Provider nuanceR4. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonyDialogic::Init,34,[CH-]:[ DEV003]: Network = analog. D_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonyDialogic::Init,41,[CH-]:[ DEV003]: trying to lock line-a-3. VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,ResourceLock::Apply,70,ResourceLoc kFile returned OK, lockfile=C:\WINNT\nuance_resource_locks VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,ResourceLock::Apply,21,Reading the lockfile VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,ResourceLock::Apply,88,lock:audio: _dialogic_line-a-3 PID=-1 (NO_PROCESS=-1), process no longer exists, lock it INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonyDialogic::Init,33,[CH-]:[ DEV003]: locked line-a-3. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.909,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::Init,47,[CH-]:[DEV003 ]: Initialized TelephonyProvider. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.939,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::SetOnHook,33,[CH-]:[D EV003]: Setting on-hook. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.939,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,Telephony::HookStateCallback,34,[C H-]:[DEV003]: Callback skipped. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.939,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::SetState,69,[CH-]:[DE V003]: CallState changed: BLOCKED --> INTER_CALL_DELAY. D_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.959,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderDevice::AudioProvider Device,73,[CH-]:[DEV003]: Initialization of Telephony Provider returned NUANCE_OK. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.959,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicCSP::SoundDialogicVR, 44,[CH-]:[DEV003]: Can share CSP resource? No. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.959,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicCSP::SoundDialogicVR, 54,[CH-]:[DEV003]: Allocate sound device at run-time? No ERROR,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.959,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicCSP::SoundDialogicVR, 69,[CH-]:[DEV003]: CSP not supported for this analog device [dxxxB1C3]. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.959,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::SoundDialogicVR,7 6,[CH-]:[DEV003]: Play channel will share telephony device, dxxxB1C3, id = 3. VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.959,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,ResourceLock::Apply,70,ResourceLoc kFile returned OK, lockfile=C:\WINNT\nuance_resource_locks VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.959,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,ResourceLock::Apply,21,Reading the lockfile VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.969,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,ResourceLock::Apply,85,lock:audio: _dialogic_dsp-3 PID=-1 (NO_PROCESS=-1), process no longer exists, lock it INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.969,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::SoundDialogicVR,4 4,[CH-]:[DEV003]: Using play device dxxxB1C3. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.969,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::SoundDialogicVR,4 6,[CH-]:[DEV003]: Using record device dxxxB1C4. D_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.969,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::OpenPlayDevice,65 ,[CH-]:[DEV003]: dx_getxmitslot: on device dxxxB1C3, returned OK. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.969,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::OpenPlayDevice,41 ,[CH-]:[DEV003]: Playback on time slot 2. D_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.979,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::OpenPlayDevice,61 ,[CH-]:[DEV003]: dx_getsvmt: on device dxxxB1C3, returned OK. D_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.979,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::OpenPlayDevice,61 ,[CH-]:[DEV003]: dx_setsvmt: on device dxxxB1C3, returned OK. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.989,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderDevice::AudioProvider Device,78,[CH-]:[DEV003]: Success loading and initializing the Sound Provider nuanceVR. VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.989,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::Listen,79,[CH-]:[ DEV003]: Not recording, state=RECORD_IDLE, change time slot connections VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.989,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::Listen,51,[CH-]:[ DEV003]: Current rx=-1 ec=-1, New rx=6 ec=2 D_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.989,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::Listen,72,[CH-]:[ DEV003]: Changing timeslot connections of Record channel (dev=3) VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.989,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::Listen,45,[CH-]:[ DEV003]: dx_listen, channel=3, slot=6 D_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.989,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::Listen,60,[CH-]:[ DEV003]: dx_listen: on device dxxxB1C4, returned OK. VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.989,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::Listen,50,[CH-]:[ DEV003]: dx_listenecrex, channel=3, slot=2 WARN,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.989,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::Listen,112,[CH-]: [DEV003]: dx_listenecrex: on device dxxxB1C4, returned -1, err = 0x00000070, Invalid local timeslot type. VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.989,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderManager::add_device,3 6,[CH001]:[DEV-]: Returned NUANCE_OK. STATUS,0,2004/10/23 08:53:54.989,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderInfoDialogic::Init,62 ,[CH001-ALN003]:[DEV-]: Initialization completed successfully. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:53:55.089,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::SetState,68,[CH001]:[ DEV003]: CallState changed: INTER_CALL_DELAY --> IDLE. VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.603,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonyDialogic::EventExists,50, [CH001]:[DEV003]: sr_waitevt(0) returned an event INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.603,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::ProcessPhoneEvents,51 ,[CH001]:[DEV003]: sr-event: 1, 134, 0x0088FCE0, 4. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.603,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::ProcessEvent,51,[CH00 1]:[DEV003]: sr event 0x00000086 on device 1. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.603,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::ProcessEvent,33,[CH00 1]:[DEV003]: Caught a ring. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.603,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::ProcessEvent,41,[CH00 1]:[DEV003]: unable to get call id. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.603,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::SetState,65,[CH001]:[ DEV003]: CallState changed: IDLE --> INCOMING_CALL. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.603,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::SetOffHook,36,[CH001] :[DEV003]: Setting off-hook. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.653,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,Telephony::HookStateCallback,35,[C H001]:[DEV003]: Callback called. VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.653,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::HookState,39,[CH0 01]:[DEV003]: record/play DISABLED VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.653,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::Listen,91,[CH001] :[DEV003]: Time slot connections unchanged, rx_slot=6, ec_slot=2. No need to redo. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.653,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::HookState,42,[CH0 01]:[DEV003]: state now CALL_OFFHOOK. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.653,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,Telephony::IncomingCallCallback,35 ,[CH001]:[DEV003]: Callback called. VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.653,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonyDialogic::EventExists,50, [CH001]:[DEV003]: sr_waitevt(0) returned an event INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.653,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::ProcessPhoneEvents,51 ,[CH001]:[DEV003]: sr-event: 2, 134, 0x0088FCE0, 4. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.653,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::ProcessAudioEvent s,51,[CH001]:[DEV003]: sr-event: 2, 134, 0x0088fce0, 4. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.653,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::ProcessPlayEvent, 29,[CH001]:[DEV003]: CST event. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:04.653,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::ProcessPlayEvent, 47,[CH001]:[DEV003]: Ring detected event ignored. LOG,INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:09.110,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::AnswerCall,27,[CH001] :[DEV003]: Entered. LOG,INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:09.110,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,Telephony::HookStateCallback,35,[C H001]:[DEV003]: Callback called. LOG,VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:09.110,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::HookState,38,[CH0 01]:[DEV003]: record/play ENABLED LOG,INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:09.110,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::SetState,77,[CH001]:[ DEV003]: CallState changed: INCOMING_CALL --> CALL_IN_PROGRESS. LOG,VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:14.447,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderInfoDialogic::Hangup, 60,[CH001-ALN003]:[DEV-]: call no longer active at this point. LOG,VD_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:14.447,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,AudioProviderInfoDialogic::Hangup, 36,[CH001-ALN003]:[DEV-]: Hanging up . LOG,WARN,0,2004/10/23 08:54:14.447,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::HangUp,44,[CH001]:[DE V003]: Invalid side specified: . D_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:14.447,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::~SoundDialogicVR, 59,[CH-]:[DEV003]: dx_close: on device dxxxB1C4, returned OK. D_INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:14.447,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,SoundDialogicVR::~SoundDialogicVR, 59,[CH-]:[DEV003]: dx_close: on device dxxxB1C3, returned OK. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:14.447,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::HangUp,26,[CH-]:[DEV0 03]: Entering. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:14.447,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::SetOnHook,33,[CH-]:[D EV003]: Setting on-hook. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:14.447,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,Telephony::HookStateCallback,34,[C H-]:[DEV003]: Callback skipped. INFO,0,2004/10/23 08:54:14.487,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,TelephonySR::SetState,78,[CH-]:[DE V003]: CallState changed: CALL_IN_PROGRESS --> INTER_CALL_DELAY. STATUS,0,2004/10/23 08:54:14.487,HOST1,ACT,464,AUDIO.DIALOGIC,APMGR: AudioProviderManager::get,20,DELETED THE MANAGER ------------------------------ From: NoSpamForMe Subject: Book of Interest: "Transmission Systems for Communications" Organization: AT&T Worldnet Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:56:55 GMT http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=2496871334&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW ------------------------------ From: hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com (Lisa Hancock) Subject: Free Speech and Corporations Date: 22 Oct 2004 20:47:01 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lisa Minter wrote > On Monday, Sinclair fired the head of its Washington bureau for having > the temerity to criticize the airing of one-sided propaganda (ironic, > considering Sinclair is claiming a First Amendment right to air the > film). Jon Lieberman had correctly pointed out that running the film > brought the network's credibility into question ... As another poster correctly pointed out, it is Sinclair's network and he is free to do as he wants (he controls the majority stock) regarding showing the film. The same poster was also correct in saying Sinclair has the right to fire anyone he wants. "Free speech" protects us from the government, but not our bosses. The right of free speech is very important. But it is not unlimited. Nor does the exercise of free speech provide a license to violate other laws, such as trespassing, harassment, riot, etc. Sometimes protesters who violate such laws are shocked when they are actually prosecuted for the crime they have committed rather than just let go later, and feel their "free speech" rights are thus being violated. It's not their free speech, it's their criminal behavior that's being prosecuted. Protesters forget that other people have rights, too, and their cause does not trumpet over the interests of other people, no matter how important they think it is. Free speech is not mob rule, nor compelling someone else to pay or provide your platform to speak from. Another poster stated corporations exist for the good of the public. I don't know where that came from. (Perhaps the existence of a corporation allows business to be conducted which is good for the public since buyers and sellers are brought together). But private corporations exist for the stockholders. A smart corporation will strive for good employee, customer, and public relations since they usually lead to better business operations. However, corporations are under no obligation to "be nice" (beyond what is required by law). Frankly, it bothered me that some people asserted it was somehow "wrong" for Sinclair to show his propaganda, just as some asserted it was somehow "wrong" for Mirimax to decline to distribute Moore's propaganda; that these corporations had some sort of public obligation to do otherwise. ------------------------------ Reply-To: From: Ducz Beatrix Subject: IP Telephony Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 06:38:03 +0200 Organization: Korum Hungary Kft. Dear Mr. Townson! Your website was offered to me by some friends at ECN (electrical-contractor.net) when I started to ask for some help about IP telephony. Could you please help me how could I contact a company that has international server chain and rents it for use? I'm not looking for VoIP companies, only the system that they use. I know some andI asked them to allow us to use the server network, but they didn't allow, and since there are more networks like this, maybe you know one. Thank you for your kind help, your site is very interesting! :) Ducz Beatrix ------------------------------ From: Rick Merrill Subject: Re: Home Phones Face Uncertain Future Organization: Comcast Online Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 10:41:46 GMT Lisa Minter wrote: > Nokia in the UK seems to feel landline phones will be gone entirely > in the next few years, at least in many countries, replaced by > cellular phones. Check out this link: > The fixed line phone in the home could soon disappear, a study by > mobile firm Nokia shows. > < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/technology/3762844.stm > As unbelievable as it seems to us today, land lines in the USA ten (10) years from now (2004) will probably down 60% yet total phones will have increased by 30%. How? Cell phones obviously, but also VoIP is poised to expand very rapidly. Why? Widespread availability of broad band and virtually NO REGULATION (as compared to land line phones) ==> Half the Cost of today's "land line phones" for home and business. - RM "I fought the lawn, and the lawn won." ------------------------------ From: AES/newspost Subject: Re: Home Phones Face Uncertain Future Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 08:20:48 -0700 In article , Lisa Minter wrote: > Nokia in the UK seems to feel landline phones will be gone entirely > in the next few years, at least in many countries, replaced by > cellular phones. Check out this link: > < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/technology/3762844.stm > > The fixed line phone in the home could soon disappear, a study by > mobile firm Nokia shows. Even if this happens -- and it doesn't seem to be an unreasonable prediction -- the portion of the existing landline infrastructure running from local telco offices into homes and commercial buildings would continue to exist for a long time, and would only slowly decay even if no longer regularly maintained. Continuing to maintain this infrastructure at a low level, while also adding comparable minimum-level hardwired infrastructure into new construction (perhaps as a minor side effort while adding cable, or basic electrical service, or fiber, or whatever) could also be comparatively inexpensive, even in quite low density areas. I put up a long post earlier expressing some thoughts and ideas about how a minimal hardwired infrastructure of this sort, with no residual connections to longline networks or services, could be re-purposed to provide useful services and purposes other than telco -- e.g., emergency services of multiple types. I'll refrain from repeating these ideas here; but it still seems to me that thinking about creative ways of using these potentially disappearing fixed lines could be a useful as well as interesting exercise. ------------------------------ From: AES/newspost Subject: Re: Verizon Taking Lessons From Hooterville Telephone Company Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:03:00 -0700 In article , Marcus Didius Falco wrote: >>> There isn't much you can do if the utility dies. However, you can keep >>> your house running indefinitely using something called an "inverter". My wife some time back came up with an idea so ingenious -- in my spousal opinion, anyway -- that I can't refrain from passing it on. Honda makes gasoline-powered emergency generators. Honda also makes gasoline-powered power lawnmowers. You can see where this is going: Large numbers of us suburbanites own, maintain, and regularly use our power lawnmowers. So, why have to also purchase, store, maintain, and periodically test a gasoline-powered generator for very infrequent emergency use, including possibly never? Why not have instead a Honda lawnmover designed so a small auxiliary Honda-supplied generator can be bolted on top (or on the bottom) of it? If any of you want to follow up on this commercially, send me a note, and I'll give you the address for the royalties to my wife. ------------------------------ From: SELLCOM Tech support Subject: Re: Verizon Taking Lessons From Hooterville Telephone Company Organization: www.sellcom.com Reply-To: support@sellcom.com Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:57:06 GMT Marcus Didius Falco posted on that vast internet thingie: > A UPS is always a good idea. However, most of them have only enough > reserve capacity to allow an orderly shutdown (that is, about a half > hour or less, and don't try to run your laser printer). We have a generator here but I also have a Minuteman MCP2000E "True Online" UPS system for our main computers. I also have it connected to a bank of batteries that can keep us up and going for about 7 hours. It is also very well behaved when running on generator power. I could add more batteries to get more time but they are not cheap. I have the Minuteman plugged into a BrickWall surge protector to protect it. Steve at SELLCOM www.surgeprotect.com http://www.sellcom.com Discount multihandset cordless phones by Siemens, AT&T, Panasonic, Vtech 5.8Ghz; TMC ET4000 4line Epic phone, OnHoldPlus, Beamer, Watchguard! Brick wall "non MOV" surge protection. Ramsplitter firewood splitters If you sit at a desk www.ergochair.biz you owe it to yourself. ------------------------------ TELECOM Digest is an electronic journal devoted mostly but not exclusively to telecommunications topics. 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