From editor@telecom-digest.org Tue Feb 10 16:46:57 2004 Received: (from ptownson@localhost) by massis.lcs.mit.edu (8.11.6p2/8.11.3) id i1ALkvZ01644; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:46:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:46:57 -0500 (EST) From: editor@telecom-digest.org Message-Id: <200402102146.i1ALkvZ01644@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 #66 TELECOM Digest Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:47:00 EST Volume 23 : Issue 66 Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson Re: NEC and Centigram Help From www.ProMemoInc.com (Centigramparts.com) Re: Building a Voice-Driven Application (Lynn) Re: Building a Voice Driven Application (Nick Landsberg) VoIP Behind D-Link DI-614+ (Brent) Int Journal of Info Technology & Decision Making - Vol 2 No 4 (YH Khoo) Wireline Switch and IS-41 (Mehul) Re: "No Internet Voting" (Fred R. 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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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: rlawrence@promemoinc.com (Centigramparts.com) Subject: Re: NEC and Centigram Help From www.ProMemoInc.com Date: 9 Feb 2004 17:40:56 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: One of our newer contributors here in the Digest has sent along a rather lengthy file which is a configur- ation for voicemail equipment. It is quite long, but might be very useful to some people. PAT] tvargas@networld.com (Tvargas) wrote in message news:: > Has anyone ever integrated a NEC 2000 IVS system to a Centigram Model > 70 Voicemail system? If so, how was your template configured? Regarding your Centigram Model 70 system and the NEC 2000 IVS. I understand you are curious to see how the template was configured. I can help ... We have experience integrating to EVERY PBX with EVERY LEVEL of Centigram Equipment. We have over 21 years behind us and we're ready for another 21 years ahead. We even stock parts for ALL the Centigram systems ever made since 1983. So if you need a power supply or hard drive, or even just a single software diskette (even in 5 1/4"), we can help. ALSO, in one week, we will have the complete technical manual Release 7.0 available for viewing and downloading, at no extra charge to you. www.centigramparts.com www.baypointinnovations.com www.promemoinc.com THIS IS QUITE LONG and I would be happy to email it directly to you or anyone, just let me know... >>> www.promemoinc.com <<< >>> www.centigramparts.com <<< >>> www.baypointinnovations.com <<< SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Mon Feb 9 14:29:44 2004 VOICEMEMO SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Group #1: "NEC 2400" Module 1: Lines 9:0 9:1 9:2 9:3 9:4 9:5 9:6 9:7 9:8 9:9 9:10 9:11 9:12 9:13 9:14 9:15 9:16 9:17 9:18 9:19 9:20 9:21 9:22 9:23 12:0 12:1 12:2 12:3 12:4 12:5 12:6 12:7 12:8 12:9 12:10 12:11 12:12 12:13 12:14 12:15 12:16 12:17 12:18 12:19 12:20 12:21 12:22 12:23 Fax Conn: Fax Group 1 (4 channels serving 48 lines) Voice Recognition Conn: Module 2: Lines 9:0 9:1 9:2 9:3 9:4 9:5 9:6 9:7 9:8 9:9 9:10 9:11 9:12 9:13 9:14 9:15 9:16 9:17 9:18 9:19 9:20 9:21 9:22 9:23 12:0 12:1 12:2 12:3 12:4 12:5 12:6 12:7 12:8 12:9 12:10 12:11 12:12 12:13 12:14 12:15 12:16 12:17 12:18 12:19 12:20 12:21 12:22 12:23 Fax Conn: Fax Group 2 (4 channels serving 48 lines) Voice Recognition Conn: Module 3: Lines 9:0 9:1 9:2 9:3 9:4 9:5 9:6 9:7 9:8 9:9 9:10 9:11 9:12 9:13 9:14 9:15 9:16 9:17 9:18 9:19 9:20 9:21 9:22 9:23 12:0 12:1 12:2 12:3 12:4 12:5 12:6 12:7 12:8 12:9 12:10 12:11 12:12 12:13 12:14 12:15 12:16 12:17 12:18 12:19 12:20 12:21 12:22 12:23 Fax Conn: Voice Recognition Conn: Application = [NEC 2400] Call Agent Interface Dial plan = [1,5,A,5,5,V,5,5,5] Star Prefix Dplan, Dial By Name = [3] Administrator mbox # = [99998] General Greeting mbox # = [] Attendant mbox # = [99999] Transfer Call Box # = [] Wait Prompt = [Y] Caller multiple messages enabled = [Y] KEY_0 for attendant transfer during greeting = [Y] Disconnect string = [] Pre-company name string = [] Pre-mailbox greeting string = [] Passcode Length Min = [4], Max = [10], Language = [English] "6" Key Operator Transfer Dial String = [] "6" Key Operator Transfer pre-Dial String = [] Start of day = [08:00 AM], End of day = [05:00 PM], Days of Week = [DDDDDNN] Passcode trip count = [5], Passcode trip period = [24] Dial-by-name: Last First = [Y], Match Threshold = [3], Exact = [Y] Suppress Number = [N], Single Digit Access = [N] Delay Before Answer = [50] E-mail Transfer String = [] Allow Dial an Extension for callers = [Y], users = [Y] Analog Networking: Call Setup timeout = [6] International Access Code = [], Country code = [] Area/City code = [], 1plus dialing = [] Area/City code is dialed with Local Telephone Number = [N] Telephone number = [], Loop-back Test Mailbox = [] Name Greet Quality = [18], Message Quality = [18] Serial Port $cti1 Attendant's extension = [] Pre DN or attendant xfer string = [S+] NEC 2400 STATIONS : [0025296(1:09:00), 0025297(1:09:01), 0025298(1:09:02), 0025299(1:09:03)] [0025300(1:09:04), 0025301(1:09:05), 0025302(1:09:06), 0025303(1:09:07)] [0025304(1:09:08), 0025305(1:09:09), 0025306(1:09:10), 0025307(1:09:11)] [0025308(1:09:12), 0025309(1:09:13), 0025310(1:09:14), 0025311(1:09:15)] [0025312(1:09:16), 0025313(1:09:17), 0025314(1:09:18), 0025315(1:09:19)] [0025316(1:09:20), 0025317(1:09:21), 0025318(1:09:22), 0025319(1:09:23)] [0025320(1:12:00), 0025321(1:12:01), 0025322(1:12:02), 0025323(1:12:03)] [0025324(1:12:04), 0025325(1:12:05), 0025326(1:12:06), 0025327(1:12:07)] [0025328(1:12:08), 0025329(1:12:09), 0025330(1:12:10), 0025331(1:12:11)] [0025332(1:12:12), 0025333(1:12:13), 0025334(1:12:14), 0025335(1:12:15)] [0025336(1:12:16), 0025337(1:12:17), 0025338(1:12:18), 0025339(1:12:19)] [0025340(1:12:20), 0025341(1:12:21), 0025342(1:12:22), 0025343(1:12:23)] [0025248(2:09:00), 0025249(2:09:01), 0025250(2:09:02), 0025251(2:09:03)] [0025252(2:09:04), 0025253(2:09:05), 0025254(2:09:06), 0025255(2:09:07)] [0025256(2:09:08), 0025257(2:09:09), 0025258(2:09:10), 0025259(2:09:11)] [0025260(2:09:12), 0025261(2:09:13), 0025262(2:09:14), 0025263(2:09:15)] [0025264(2:09:16), 0025265(2:09:17), 0025266(2:09:18), 0025267(2:09:19)] [0025268(2:09:20), 0025269(2:09:21), 0025270(2:09:22), 0025271(2:09:23)] [0025272(2:12:00), 0025273(2:12:01), 0025274(2:12:02), 0025275(2:12:03)] [0025276(2:12:04), 0025277(2:12:05), 0025278(2:12:06), 0025279(2:12:07)] [0025280(2:12:08), 0025281(2:12:09), 0025282(2:12:10), 0025283(2:12:11)] [0025284(2:12:12), 0025285(2:12:13), 0025286(2:12:14), 0025287(2:12:15)] [0025288(2:12:16), 0025289(2:12:17), 0025290(2:12:18), 0025291(2:12:19)] [0025292(2:12:20), 0025293(2:12:21), 0025294(2:12:22), 0025295(2:12:23)] [0075005(3:09:00), 0025200(3:09:01), 0025201(3:09:02), 0025202(3:09:03)] [0025203(3:09:04), 0025204(3:09:05), 0025205(3:09:06), 0025206(3:09:07)] [0025207(3:09:08), 0025208(3:09:09), 0025209(3:09:10), 0025210(3:09:11)] [0025211(3:09:12), 0025212(3:09:13), 0025213(3:09:14), 0025214(3:09:15)] [0025216(3:09:16), 0025217(3:09:17), 0025218(3:09:18), 0025219(3:09:19)] [0025220(3:09:20), 0025221(3:09:21), 0025222(3:09:22), 0025223(3:09:23)] [0025224(3:12:00), 0025225(3:12:01), 0025226(3:12:02), 0025227(3:12:03)] [0025228(3:12:04), 0025229(3:12:05), 0025230(3:12:06), 0025231(3:12:07)] [0025232(3:12:08), 0025233(3:12:09), 0025234(3:12:10), 0025235(3:12:11)] [0025236(3:12:12), 0025237(3:12:13), 0025238(3:12:14), 0025239(3:12:15)] [0025240(3:12:16), 0025241(3:12:17), 0025242(3:12:18), 0025243(3:12:19)] [0025244(3:12:20), 0025245(3:12:21), 0025246(3:12:22), 0025247(3:12:23)] NAME: NEC2400 DESCRIPTION: Template for NEC-2400 Feature-2 ETI with XON/XOFF Installation Date: Tue Feb 2 10:56:34 1999 Last Modify Date: Mon Apr 19 11:16:10 1999 T1: "/B0!J", , Next: 2 3 4 Comment: Packet header T2: "0" X2 p5 " ", , Next: 5 6 7 8 9 10 Comment: VM message T3: X11 "39" X19, S, Next: Comment: XON, suspend sending MWI, ignore the reset of the packet T4: X11 "66" X19, T, Next: Comment: XOFF, resume sending MWI, ignore the reset of the packet T5: "40", zV3, Next: 11 12 13 Comment: Ring No Answer call T6: "41", zV4, Next: 11 12 13 Comment: Busy No Answer call T7: "42", zV2, Next: 11 12 13 Comment: All call T8: "43", zV1, Next: 12 13 17 Comment: Direct call T9: "44", zV5, Next: 11 12 13 Comment: Attendant call T10: "45", zV5, Next: 11 12 13 Comment: Outsider call T11: "0" X2 s5 " ", , Next: 14 15 16 Comment: Get calling ext. T12: "2" X2 X6, , Next: 14 15 16 Comment: Calling ext. is a trunk, ignore ext. T13: "1" X8, , Next: 14 15 16 Comment: Calling ext. is an attendant, ignore it T14: "0" X2 d5 " /C", Z, Next: Comment: Get called ext. T15: "1" X8 "/C", Z, Next: Comment: Called ext. is an attendant, ignore ext. T16: "2" X8 "/C", Z, Next: Comment: Called ext. is a trunk, ignore ext. T17: "0" X2 d5 " ", , Next: 15 16 18 Comment: Get calling ext. for direct call T18: "0" X2 s5 " /C", Z, Next: Comment: Get called ext. for direct call MWI ON: "/B0!B2" m5 " 01/C" MWI OFF: "/B0!B6" m5 " 01/C" Link Alive: Extra 1: P " " Extra 2: Group #2: "OUTCALL PAGING by www.promemoinc.com" Module 1: Lines 13:0 13:1 13:2 Fax Conn: Voice Recognition Conn: Application = [PAGER DIALER] Dial plan = [3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3] Administrator mbox # = [998] General Greeting mbox # = [] Attendant mbox # = [999] Wait Prompt = [Y] Caller multiple messages enabled = [Y] KEY_0 for attendant transfer during greeting = [N] Disconnect string = [] Pre-company name string = [] Pre-mailbox greeting string = [] Passcode Length Min = [4], Max = [10], Language = [English] "6" Key Operator Transfer Dial String = [] "6" Key Operator Transfer pre-Dial String = [] Start of day = [08:00 AM], End of day = [05:00 PM], Days of Week = [DDDDDNN] Passcode trip count = [5], Passcode trip period = [24] Dial-by-name: Last First = [Y], Match Threshold = [3], Exact = [Y] Suppress Number = [N], Single Digit Access = [N] Delay Before Answer = [50] E-mail Transfer String = [] Allow Dial an Extension for callers = [N], users = [N] Analog Networking: Call Setup timeout = [6] International Access Code = [], Country code = [] Area/City code = [], 1plus dialing = [] Area/City code is dialed with Local Telephone Number = [N] Telephone number = [], Loop-back Test Mailbox = [] Name Greet Quality = [], Message Quality = [] Attendant's extension = [0] Pre DN or attendant xfer string = [S+] Supports pager systems: [0] = "PROMEMOINC.COM PAGING" [1] = [2] = [3] = [4] = [5] = [6] = [7] = [8] = [9] = [10] = [11] = [12] = [13] = [14] = [15] = Group #3: "CALL AGENT" --No lines assigned Application = [NEC 2400] Call Agent Interface Dial plan = [3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3] Administrator mbox # = [998] General Greeting mbox # = [] Attendant mbox # = [999] Transfer Call Box # = [] Wait Prompt = [Y] Caller multiple messages enabled = [Y] KEY_0 for attendant transfer during greeting = [N] Disconnect string = [] Pre-company name string = [] Pre-mailbox greeting string = [] Passcode Length Min = [4], Max = [10], Language = [English] "6" Key Operator Transfer Dial String = [] "6" Key Operator Transfer pre-Dial String = [] Start of day = [08:00 AM], End of day = [05:00 PM], Days of Week = [DDDDDNN] Passcode trip count = [5], Passcode trip period = [24] Dial-by-name: Last First = [Y], Match Threshold = [3], Exact = [Y] Suppress Number = [N], Single Digit Access = [N] Delay Before Answer = [50] E-mail Transfer String = [] Allow Dial an Extension for callers = [N], users = [N] Analog Networking: Call Setup timeout = [6] International Access Code = [], Country code = [] Area/City code = [], 1plus dialing = [] Area/City code is dialed with Local Telephone Number = [N] Telephone number = [], Loop-back Test Mailbox = [] Name Greet Quality = [], Message Quality = [] No serial port selected, Application Disabled Attendant's extension = [0] Pre DN or attendant xfer string = [S+] NAME: NEC2400 DESCRIPTION: Template for NEC-2400 Feature-2 ETI with XON/XOFF Installation Date: Tue Feb 2 10:56:34 1999 Last Modify Date: Mon Apr 19 11:16:10 1999 T1: "/B0!J", , Next: 2 3 4 Comment: Packet header T2: "0" X2 p5 " ", , Next: 5 6 7 8 9 10 Comment: VM message T3: X11 "39" X19, S, Next: Comment: XON, suspend sending MWI, ignore the reset of the packet T4: X11 "66" X19, T, Next: Comment: XOFF, resume sending MWI, ignore the reset of the packet T5: "40", zV3, Next: 11 12 13 Comment: Ring No Answer call T6: "41", zV4, Next: 11 12 13 Comment: Busy No Answer call T7: "42", zV2, Next: 11 12 13 Comment: All call T8: "43", zV1, Next: 12 13 17 Comment: Direct call T9: "44", zV5, Next: 11 12 13 Comment: Attendant call T10: "45", zV5, Next: 11 12 13 Comment: Outsider call T11: "0" X2 s5 " ", , Next: 14 15 16 Comment: Get calling ext. T12: "2" X2 X6, , Next: 14 15 16 Comment: Calling ext. is a trunk, ignore ext. T13: "1" X8, , Next: 14 15 16 Comment: Calling ext. is an attendant, ignore it T14: "0" X2 d5 " /C", Z, Next: Comment: Get called ext. T15: "1" X8 "/C", Z, Next: Comment: Called ext. is an attendant, ignore ext. T16: "2" X8 "/C", Z, Next: Comment: Called ext. is a trunk, ignore ext. T17: "0" X2 d5 " ", , Next: 15 16 18 Comment: Get calling ext. for direct call T18: "0" X2 s5 " /C", Z, Next: Comment: Get called ext. for direct call MWI ON: "/B0!B2" m5 " 01/C" MWI OFF: "/B0!B6" m5 " 01/C" Link Alive: Extra 1: P " " Extra 2: Group #4: "TEST T1" --No lines assigned Application = [VOICEMEMO FROM PROMEMO] Dial plan = [3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3] Administrator mbox # = [998] General Greeting mbox # = [] Attendant mbox # = [999] Wait Prompt = [Y] Caller multiple messages enabled = [Y] KEY_0 for attendant transfer during greeting = [N] Disconnect string = [] Pre-company name string = [] Pre-mailbox greeting string = [] Passcode Length Min = [4], Max = [10], Language = [English] "6" Key Operator Transfer Dial String = [] "6" Key Operator Transfer pre-Dial String = [] Start of day = [08:00 AM], End of day = [05:00 PM], Days of Week = [DDDDDNN] Passcode trip count = [5], Passcode trip period = [24] Dial-by-name: Last First = [Y], Match Threshold = [3], Exact = [Y] Suppress Number = [N], Single Digit Access = [N] Delay Before Answer = [50] E-mail Transfer String = [] Allow Dial an Extension for callers = [N], users = [N] Analog Networking: Call Setup timeout = [6] International Access Code = [], Country code = [] Area/City code = [], 1plus dialing = [] Area/City code is dialed with Local Telephone Number = [N] Telephone number = [], Loop-back Test Mailbox = [] Name Greet Quality = [], Message Quality = [] Attendant's extension = [0] Pre DN or attendant xfer string = [S+] Group #99: www.promemoinc.com www.baypointinnovations.com www.centigramparts.com End of Group Info Pager Systems: Pager System [0], Pager Name = "ProMemoInc PAGING" Access code = [T], Hold time = [20] SO Tag string = [CSOIO-I] SO Release = [VM6.00] SOIO Continuous Integration = DISABLED TCP/IP System Wide Host Configuration ------------------------------------- Domain name: www.promemoinc.com H C M S o a o l N s r d o e t d e t t IP Address Host Name Port Irq Vendor --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 P 0 3 XXX.XXX.X.X vmc640 0280 10 ALTA #1 Host Card Gateway Address Subnet Mask Broadcast Address --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1 XXX.XXX.X.X XXX.XXX.XXX.X SERIAL CARD TABLE host card port name card type owner intr addr 1 1 $cti1 DigiBoard Xe NEC 2400 N/A 320 1 1 $cti2 DigiBoard Xe EMPTY N/A 320 1 1 $cti3 DigiBoard Xe EMPTY N/A 320 1 1 $cti4 DigiBoard Xe EMPTY N/A 320 2 1 $cti1 DigiBoard Xe EMPTY N/A 320 2 1 $cti2 DigiBoard Xe EMPTY N/A 320 The following optional features are enabled: NEC NEAX 2400 Receptionist MESA Forms FaxMemo Call Detail Recorder Continuous System Operation Unified TCP/IP Call Agent Disk Redundancy Zip Drive Prompt Language Configuration: English This was on a Model 640 with 6.0D software, using a T1 Card. We have EVERYTHING for EVERY MODEL, WITH AN UNHEARD OF 18 MONTH WARRANTY ON REFURBISHED PARTS OR SYSTEMS. My name is RonL. ------------------------------ From: Lynn Subject: Re: Building a Voice-Driven Application Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 01:29:12 GMT This question may be off topic but ... I've been getting strange calls (sometimes in the middle of the night) from a number that requires the caller to enter a pin. Which carriers provide these types of phone numbers? The number is 646-539-9007. Thank you for your attention. Alex Smith wrote in message news:telecom23.62.4@telecom-digest.org: > Hello all, > I am venturing into the telephony world and even though I have briefly > dealt with CTI and H.323, I am still a newbie. I'd like to build an > application that would allow me to buy apples from several grocery > stores. (This is a hypothetical but representative example, please > bear with me). I want to place a telephone call to a number, enter my > pin, navigate through some voice prompts that will allow me to select > a particular grocery store, then select a variety of apples and enter > the amount of apples (weight) I'd like to buy using the phone keypad. > Finally I would also like to leave voice instructions for the grocer > on how to pack my apples (paper or plastic). The app would "look me > up" using my pin number and store the packing instructions as a > soundbyte along with the other order parameters in a database. > From a high-level architectural perspective, what hardware and > software components would make up my stack? For the sake of the > example, assume small volume (personal use). I am looking for > high-level architecture rather than product names even though Open > Source/GNU/etc suggestions are welcome. > My limited understanding tells me I need a CTI server. Do I need a > PBX? Other components? If I want to parse the voice instructions (i.e. > speech recognition) in order to extract "paper" or "plastic", how > doable is that? > Any URLs or books that go from slow to complex with architectural > examples are appreciated. > Alex Smith > Insight LLC ------------------------------ From: Nick Landsberg Subject: Re: Building a Voice Driven Application Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:10:56 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Charles B. Wilber wrote: > Nick, > Did you possibly mean to write "press or say" instead of "speak or > say?" I don't see the difference between "speaking" and "saying" > something. > Charlie Wilber > Dartmouth College > Nick Landsberg wrote: >> "Please speak or say 1 for Granny Smith apples, speak or say 2 for >> Macintosh apples..." or alternatively ask for the name of the >> particular apples they were interested in, in which case you would >> have to program the words "Granny Smith" and "Macintosh" into the ASR >> grammar". Yes, I meant to say that. ::chagrin:: "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious" - A. Bloch ------------------------------ From: qubit@mail.com (Brent) Subject: VoIP Behind D-Link DI-614+ Date: 9 Feb 2004 18:14:15 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com I am trying to use Xten Lite with the FreeWorld Dialup service. I cannot get the D-Link configured properly to let communications to occur between the FWD server and the Softphone. Has anyone managed to configure the D-Link DI-614+ router to allow a SIP based VoIP phone to function with the outside Internet? Please let me know what settings were used, such as port forwarding, range forwarding, etc. Thanks. -Br- ------------------------------ From: announce@wspc.com.sg (YH Khoo) Subject: Int Journal of Info Technology & Decision Making - Vol 2 No 4 Date: 9 Feb 2004 22:05:31 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 2003) View table-of-contents and abstracts at http://www.worldscinet.com/ijitdm.html Contents: Telecommunications Theories, Management, Development, Practices, And Applications In Information Technology: Issues And Analysis Bahador Ghahramani And Zixiang Tan Didero 3G A Strategic Network Planning Tool For 3G Mobile Networks Klaus D. Hackbarth and J. Antonio Portilla A Hybrid Bayesian Network-Based Multi-Agent System And A Distributed Systems Architecture For The Drug Crime Knowledge Management Parag C. Pendharkar and Rahul Bhaskar The Evolution Of Strategies And Organizational Competencies In The Telecommunications Industry Afonso Fleury And Maria Teresza Fleury A Grasp Heuristic For Solving An Extended Capacitated Concentrator Location Problem Bernard T. Han and V. T. Raja Bandwidth Allocation In Multicast Trees With Qos Constraints M. Kodialam and V. Venkateswaran Bandwidth Allocation In A Wireless Broadcast System Aslihan Celik, Steve Nahmias And Rhonda Righter Leveraging IP For Business Success P. K. Eswaran, S. Prakash, David D. Ferguson and Kathleen Naasz Safety-Critical Wide Area Network Performance Evaluation Tuncay Bayrak and Martha R. Grabowski A Low-Cost Embedded System For Internet Based Power Measurement M. Yeary, J. Sweeney, B. Swan and C. Culp A Comparison Of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (Atm) And High Speed Ethernet: The Network Design Implications To A Business Organization Dennis Guster, Changsoo Sohn, Paul Safonov And David Robinson A Telecommunication's Lean Management Information System For The Utility Industry Bahador Ghahramani Acknowledgement To Reviewers Subject Index Author Index Volume 2 (2003) For more information, go to http://www.worldscinet.com/ijitdm.html ------------------------------ From: msraval@rediffmail.com (Mehul) Subject: Wireline Switch and IS-41 Date: 10 Feb 2004 02:44:25 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Why cannot landline switches be intelligent enough to use IS-41? In such a scenario, Wireline switch will be able to terminate the call to mobile subscriber by directly giving the call to correct MSC. I request to comment you all on this issue. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 23:41:30 -0500 From: Fred R. Goldstein Subject: Re: "No Internet Voting" Pat, Nobody who supports a paper trail in voting machines (voter verified) wants the ballots to be personally identifiable. The ideal machine would print the ballot, allow the voter to see (but not take) it, and then, presuming the voter did not see a discrepancy, put it into a box. No name or anything on the ballot, just a small printout in a ballot box. The box would be opened in case of recount. Brazil used some of these machines. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,61654-2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1 Some of these machines had the printers, though others didn't; the machines were cheap (no touch screen held down the cost) though printers added to the cost. Certainly it can be done. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:40:33 EST From: Dave Anderson Subject: Re: "No Internet Voting" Dave Close wrote: > The problem with the proposed military system and many other net > voting schemes is that there is no auditability. No one, not even a > computer, can detect and prove a fraud without that ability. Voting > via the Net may happen, but many of us won't support it until there is > a method for conducting an audit. > [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But what I said was about the same > thing: Run the new system in parallel with the old system *at least* > for one cycle using the usual audit procedures on the paper system > to validate the computer system. And if turning the whole thing loose > on the general public is too difficult at first, then overseas > military would make a good subset to practice on. PAT] Running a new system in parallel with the old one doesn't address the basic problem, which is that it is intrinsicly impossible to reliably detect manipulation of an election (let alone determine the correct result) unless one can refer to a copy of each vote which was verified by the voter and has not been tampered with. Obviously, it's not likely that this can be done perfectly in practice -- but it's not hard to do it well enough to make it extremely likely that significant fraud will be caught and the correct result determined. But you have to design in auditability from the very beginning, which is what so many of the electronic voting schemes do not do (in fact, many of them design in prevention of auditing). An example of how to do this right, as far as I can tell, is the new voting system (installed less than a year ago) where I live: the ballot is a piece of paper with spaces to mark to indicate votes which the voter fills out and then inserts face-down into a ballot box which includes a scanner. The election officials verify that each registered voter votes at most once, but they never see the actual votes. The voter has verified that the paper ballot correctly indicates his vote, since he filled it out (well, if it's not a "butterfly" ballot). The scanner counts the votes as the ballots are inserted, and so provides the "instant gratification" that so many people demand, but the original paper ballot is preserved and can be examined if there is a recount. Dave Anderson [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: They do something like that here in our town. People in this 'ward' of the city of Independence go to vote at the 900 East Poplar Street Building. (a senior citizen center in half of the building; the local nursery school/Head Start program in the other half.) We do not have any problems of electioneering there; the politicians stay away. The judge of election has us sign the register book; the printout is checked against our name and address then we are given a large ballot and a 'special pencil' to use. We have to CAREFULLY shade the boxes for each desired candidate, taking care not to mark the ballot otherwise or outside the designated marking area for each candidate. When finished, we slip our ballot into a sort of metal container which hides what we have marked, and give it to another judge who stands next to the scanning machine. She takes a quick (all of two seconds) look to make sure the boxes were shaded in correctly and puts the ballot in upside down into this thing, which grabs it by the edge of the paper and gobbles it and apparently reads the special marks we made and prints a little piece of paper which says 'thank you for voting, examine this closely for errors, etc' with the time and date, and the polling place location. It looks sort of like the little reciept you get from an ATM machine after your cash comes out, but no screen to look at. The judge lady there tells you to take the paper and when you do she puts a little sticker with a message on it saying 'proud to live in Independence and be a voter' with an American flag design on it (our town's logo) on your shirt or jacket. Some kind of sticky thing which you wear. Then you take your 'receipt' and are asked to leave the area. Of course we do not have nearly the volume of voters found in a major metropolis, but it seems to work fine here. We have to return the 'special pencils' before we leave. (They appear to be thick things with soft, black lead which color in the various boxes nicely, and we are told NOT to use our own pens or pencils. We vote for federal, state and local matters, four council members, we confirm the continued employment of the city manager, etc. PAT] ------------------------------ From: Gary Breuckman Subject: Last Laugh! Re: IDT America Unlimited - Pros/Cons? Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 22:43:55 -0600 Organization: Puma's Lair - catbox.com In article , TELECOM Digest Editor noted in response to Zebra saying: >> IDT America Unlimited offers the following for $39.95 ($40) a month: > [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Our local telco here in Independence, KS > called 'Prairie Stream Communications' offers basically the same package > for $29.95 per month. The main difference is instead of 'unlimited > regional' and 'unlimited long distance' they have those two merged into > 'long distance'. In addition to unlimited local, Prairie Stream allows > 100 minutes (an hour plus 20 minutes) of 'long distance' in the package. > Additional minutes are two cents each. Does IDT allow you to port or > keep your local number? Is this the same IDT that used to do TV > commercials saying long distance is only five cents per minute if you > dialed their 1010 code? PAT] So Pat, how many minutes does Prairie Stream give you in an hour?? -- Gary [TELECOM Digest Editor Note: Glaring at Gary indignantly, for his impertinence: Oh, the number of minutes in a Prairie Stream hour ... Well, they go by the telecom digest Universal Coordinated Standard ... 80 minutes per hour, and they then throw in another 20 minutes. A clock for people whose lives have been lived in slow motion since they through God's Grace (or maybe God's Damnation as I feel most days) were 'spared' from a brain aneurysm, to 'live' another day, if you call what I do these days 'living'. 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