Test shows VoIP lagging in quality

All the week's VoIP news and analysis, 07/20/05
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Network World's VoIP News Alert

Test shows VoIP lagging in quality, 07/18/05

VoIP phone systems still significantly lag behind the
traditional phone network for reliability and quality, and there
are major differences in quality among brands of VoIP service,
according to a company that evaluated six providers in the
U.S.says
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-voip.html?nl>

Opinion: Phone fixes, 07/18/05

Anyway, the system is truly plug and play. We plugged the
wireless jack base unit into the line and a telephone into the
base unit's handset jack, then we wandered down to the building
and plugged in the remote unit.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert3508>

Future-proof your network, 07/18/05

Try these 10 tips for squeezing a long life from infrastructure
investments.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert3509>

Weblog: VoIP flaw, 07/18/05

Cisco's Call Manager has a flaw that could subject its Call
Manager software to denial of service attacks ....
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/convergence/009531.html?nl>

Weblog: Vodafone targets VoIP, 07/18/05

In mid-2007, Vodafone Germany plans to block peer-to-peer VoIP
traffic ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/convergence/009530.html?nl>

Weblog: VoIP spurt, 07/18/05

VoIP subscribers doubled over the past year, according to a
study, a promising sign for competitive carriers.
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/convergence/009529.html?nl>

Weblog: Study: VoIP inferior to land lines, 07/15/05

A study from research consultancy Keynote Systems says IP
telephony is still inferior to landlines when it comes to call
quality and reliability. The study found that "phone service
is...
<http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/009510.html?nl>

Newsletter: VoIP books and white papers, 07/14/05

In my last column, I introduced a major document reviewing VoIP
security published by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology. In this column, I am ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert3510>

Newsletter: IP apps challenge today's networks and staff,
07/14/05

New applications such as voice over IP and video are going to
change the way network managers deal with application
performance. In fact, the move to more ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlvoipalert3511>
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