Monthly Archives: June 2005

P2P SIP

By | June 14, 2005

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) has proven to be an effective standard for Voice over IP (VoIP) systems, as it’s use in open source and closed source products is now relatively quickly displacing the H.323-based systems that preceded it. H.323 and its accompanying protocols weren’t necessarily bad, but they come out of the videoconferencing space… Read More »

US Wins in Salt Lake City

By | June 11, 2005

Sandra and I attended the US vs. Costa Rica World Cup qualifier in Salt Lake City last weekend and watched the US easily beat Costa Rica 3-0. The US followed this win with another big win Wednesday night by putting together a simlarly convincing 3-0 victory against Panama in Panama. The US is now in… Read More »

Last Gasp of AT&T

By | June 10, 2005

Most of the reaction in the mid 80’s to the AT&T divestiture was that it was a diastrous mistake, a conclusion no doubt encouraged and reinforced by AT&T marketing and the legions of AT&T employees coached by their management. However, when a monopolist has beaten down its potential competitors for years and years, it takes… Read More »