Let's recap. ISDN is dying. IP-based technologies are scrabbling to fill the void ISDN will leave behind. Top contenders in this space are: ipDTL Source-Connect NOW SoundStreak Skype Another possibility that hasn't done much with their patented technology is ConnectionOpen. That's about it. Just...
No other question dominates discussions about the recent spate of ISDN-replacement technologies: How much will it cost? Kevin Leach at ipDTL has tinkered with his subscription fee a little since the first release. SoundStreak offered their service at no cost for the longest time. Now that it's...
My dogs are tired. Walking the floor of the NAB exhibit hall requires stamina, a plan, and a good pair of sneakers. Without the plan, you need a GREAT pair of sneakers. Luckily, without planning, I ran into plenty of help. Mike Laponis and his twin-brother-of-different-mothers Tim Keenan walked...
Sure, everybody loves to bash Microsoft, the most recent owner of Skype...but the truth is, the lion's share of Skype employees live in Luxembourg, and the development team is mostly in Estonia (the birthplace of Skype). That's hardly a typical Redmond-based mishandling of some browser brouhaha. ...
We raised a few eyebrows in the VO community when WoVO came out with its Emancipation from ISDN Proclamation, but it's looking more and more like we read the tea leaves right. Plumbing the waters on ANYTHING developing in our business is best done in online community groups and forums. Lately,...
In the midst of an unbridled enthusiasm for ipDtL... one of the first providers of non-ISDN remote, high-quality recording -- Source Elements -- is out with a compelling competing product. Even as World-Voices Organization calls for an industry-wide end to ISDN, pretenders to the throne are...
One of the big catch-phrases at this year's CES in Las Vegas was "wearable computing"; the integration of the machine and the human...if not on our clothing, then somehow inserted in our bodies. Any cyborg comparisons notwithstanding (3-of-7?)...this idea actually has acceptance and a market....
Some might say I'm obsessed with this topic... the one about what happens when ISDN disappears. It will go away...although the reports of its demise are quite likely grossly accelerated. Let's not get into that. Let's just say the first cracks are showing in the monolithic façade of ISDN's...
Oddly enough, a new-client call from Bahrain put me on notice... and I was unprepared! I hadn't used my Source-Connect in months and months. More importantly, I hadn't tried connecting to ANYONE on SourceConnect (SC) since I put my new computer in my studio earlier this year. Sure, SC was...
The major telephone companies wish they'd never seen ISDN. It's a pain in the butt to provision, switch, maintain, uphold, and they're not even sure why they do it. The result is ever-increasing installation and monthly fees, especially in the fly-over states. The evidence is everywhere and...