Comments on: Why VoIP needs to become easier? http://gigaom.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/ Business, Internet, Technology & Strategy Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:47:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: DAtum http://gigaom.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8891 DAtum Mon, 04 Apr 2005 15:48:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8891 <strong>VOIP and the Five 9s problem</strong> The question Ronald asked was a very relevant one - How reliable should VOIP be? Considering that mobile phones (in UK atleast) have an availability of 97-98%. In response Om Malik posted a with-all-due-respect post, with a figure: 100 %. There are j... VOIP and the Five 9s problem

The question Ronald asked was a very relevant one - How reliable should VOIP be? Considering that mobile phones (in UK atleast) have an availability of 97-98%. In response Om Malik posted a with-all-due-respect post, with a figure: 100 %. There are j…

]]> By: Technology Futurist http://gigaom.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8890 Technology Futurist Sat, 19 Mar 2005 08:17:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8890 <strong>The Importance of Five 9s Reliability</strong> About a week ago, I wrote an entry asking how reliable VoIP should be and mentioned some research that was conducted by Professor Henning Schulzrinne and one of his students (Wenyu Jiang) at Columbia University.  The ... The Importance of Five 9s Reliability

About a week ago, I wrote an entry asking how reliable VoIP should be and mentioned some research that was conducted by Professor Henning Schulzrinne and one of his students (Wenyu Jiang) at Columbia University.  The …

]]> By: Ronald Gruia http://gigaom.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8889 Ronald Gruia Sat, 19 Mar 2005 04:59:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8889 Ahem... Om - my surname is GRUIA, not GURIA (which, by the way, in Portuguese means gal ;-). Looks like you propagated the typo that our mutual buddy from France (Marc Goldberg) has made. Seriously, I will post a full response on my blog about this. Just because I asked the question and quoted Henning's research, it does not mean I necessarily endorse less than five nines. Remember that I come from the voice world, so I do not treat it like just any other data application. Ahem… Om - my surname is GRUIA, not GURIA (which, by the way, in Portuguese means gal ;-). Looks like you propagated the typo that our mutual buddy from France (Marc Goldberg) has made.

Seriously, I will post a full response on my blog about this. Just because I asked the question and quoted Henning’s research, it does not mean I necessarily endorse less than five nines. Remember that I come from the voice world, so I do not treat it like just any other data application.

]]> By: Random Bytes...by Ross Rader http://gigaom.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8888 Random Bytes...by Ross Rader Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:39:40 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8888 <strong>Easy VoIP is a POTS Killer</strong> Why VoIP needs to become easier? Ronald Guria asks the question how reliable should VoIP be? There is only one answer - completely and 100%. If any technology wants to disrupt and replace a system that has worked well for over 100 years, it has to be... Easy VoIP is a POTS Killer

Why VoIP needs to become easier?

Ronald Guria asks the question how reliable should VoIP be? There is only one answer - completely and 100%. If any technology wants to disrupt and replace a system that has worked well for over 100 years, it has to be…

]]> By: Raghav Gupta http://gigaom.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8887 Raghav Gupta Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:58:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8887 But tens of millions of mobile users tolerate far less than 5 9s reliability (on a relative basis), in exchange for the added convenience, and perhaps a lower price. VoIP offers price & convenience advantages, and so I'd agree with Ronald that it probably needs to be somewhere between the 5 9s offered by PTSN and 97-98% offered by mobile carriers. But tens of millions of mobile users tolerate far less than 5 9s reliability (on a relative basis), in exchange for the added convenience, and perhaps a lower price. VoIP offers price & convenience advantages, and so I’d agree with Ronald that it probably needs to be somewhere between the 5 9s offered by PTSN and 97-98% offered by mobile carriers.

]]> By: 463 West Street http://gigaom.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8880 463 West Street Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:05:32 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/03/15/why-voip-needs-to-become-easier/#comment-8880 <strong>Network Reliability</strong> The debate about reliability of VoIP services is not one of equipment, or of engineering, but of culture, and of a mismatch between corporate culture and customer expectations. Network Reliability

The debate about reliability of VoIP services is not one of equipment, or of engineering, but of culture, and of a mismatch between corporate culture and customer expectations.

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