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Redjake · 03-13-2004, 08:21 PM

At our last AITP meeting (Association for Information Technology Professionals) we had the president and founder of a company that does primarily VoIP stuff. Very interesting stuff he talked about.

His company just got done installing an entire system in a lawyer firm. 100+ clients in one building. Each telephone is a touch screen and completely digitized (the signal). You can talk to 8 people at once (using the same line!). Your computer hooks into the telephone itself using a RJ-45 jack (CAT-5 or something), and the telephone runs into the wall. The telephone isn't even powered by an AC adapter or anything at all! The LAN cable powers the telephone itself. Something about unused cables within a LAN cable or something he mentioned.

He said they are hitting it big, and that businesses are constantly wanting to stay on top of things, so they are going for it. That installation he mentioned was like 250,000 bucks. Not sure what the profit margin was.

Some downsides (that he mentioned): If too many people are hogging bandwith on the internet (which is on the computer, which is connected to the telephone, which is connected to the network, instead of a regular phone line) your signal may become weak and static/distortion may occur. There is a neural network constantly working to pretty much pre-cog what you are gonna say next in the conversation, so it tries to emulate what your words will be before you finish each one. That way distortion and choppiness is kept to a minimum. Still a hassle though.

He said it's not going away any time soon, and that it's the wave of the future.

Also, the best part, since everything is networked basically, if you have two networks that are connected, you can talk to someone on the other network without having to "dial out." In other words, (and he said this is already being done), if you have two networks that are across the entire state (that are connected through broadband or satellite or anything), you can call those people without being charged long distance.

EVEN BETTER, since you are connected to their network, which is connected to the regular phone lines in that city, you can call anywhere in your city or THEIR CITY for free. Good stuff.

03-13-2004, 08:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Redjake I'm a family man - I run a family business. Location: Wilson, NC	At our last AITP meeting (Association for Information Technology Professionals) we had the president and founder of a company that does primarily VoIP stuff. Very interesting stuff he talked about. His company just got done installing an entire system in a lawyer firm. 100+ clients in one building. Each telephone is a touch screen and completely digitized (the signal). You can talk to 8 people at once (using the same line!). Your computer hooks into the telephone itself using a RJ-45 jack (CAT-5 or something), and the telephone runs into the wall. The telephone isn't even powered by an AC adapter or anything at all! The LAN cable powers the telephone itself. Something about unused cables within a LAN cable or something he mentioned. He said they are hitting it big, and that businesses are constantly wanting to stay on top of things, so they are going for it. That installation he mentioned was like 250,000 bucks. Not sure what the profit margin was. Some downsides (that he mentioned): If too many people are hogging bandwith on the internet (which is on the computer, which is connected to the telephone, which is connected to the network, instead of a regular phone line) your signal may become weak and static/distortion may occur. There is a neural network constantly working to pretty much pre-cog what you are gonna say next in the conversation, so it tries to emulate what your words will be before you finish each one. That way distortion and choppiness is kept to a minimum. Still a hassle though. He said it's not going away any time soon, and that it's the wave of the future. Also, the best part, since everything is networked basically, if you have two networks that are connected, you can talk to someone on the other network without having to "dial out." In other words, (and he said this is already being done), if you have two networks that are across the entire state (that are connected through broadband or satellite or anything), you can call those people without being charged long distance. EVEN BETTER, since you are connected to their network, which is connected to the regular phone lines in that city, you can call anywhere in your city or THEIR CITY for free. Good stuff. __________________ Off the record, on the q.t., and very hush-hush. Last edited by Redjake; 03-13-2004 at 08:24 PM..