Comments on: Fonality Launches trixnet, Free VoIP Service http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:56:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: David Mackey http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-449769 David Mackey Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:06:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-449769 <p>I've looked at Fonality and TrixBox - both built on top of Digium's Asterisk. Pretty impressive stuff, I think...though I haven't had a chance to use it. Still, Skype is in the best position to capitalize on the small business market though it will fast lose that position if it doesn't take advantage of it.</p> I’ve looked at Fonality and TrixBox – both built on top of Digium’s Asterisk. Pretty impressive stuff, I think…though I haven’t had a chance to use it. Still, Skype is in the best position to capitalize on the small business market though it will fast lose that position if it doesn’t take advantage of it.

]]> By: Baja http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-448258 Baja Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:36:56 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-448258 <p>I would assume hey act like a SIP nameserver and/or router. If you look at Chris's background you may find some clues to where they are going. It's not about the PBX or Asterisk, it about Fonality becoming a service provider and they want account control at the end user level. Not a bad move on their part, it allows them to scale up quickly and avoid the headaches of scaling up manufacturing.</p> I would assume hey act like a SIP nameserver and/or router. If you look at Chris’s background you may find some clues to where they are going. It’s not about the PBX or Asterisk, it about Fonality becoming a service provider and they want account control at the end user level. Not a bad move on their part, it allows them to scale up quickly and avoid the headaches of scaling up manufacturing.

]]> By: Rob Wolpov http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-448151 Rob Wolpov Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:50:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-448151 <p>I assume this is handled via IAX. NO?</p> I assume this is handled via IAX. NO?

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-447192 Om Malik Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:40:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-447192 <p>Aswath and others,</p> <p>this is from Chris Lyman:</p> <blockquote>the call goes point-to-point (peer-to-peer) once trixNet verifies that both sides are in the database and provides the calling side with the receiving side’s location.</blockquote> Aswath and others,

this is from Chris Lyman:

the call goes point-to-point (peer-to-peer) once trixNet verifies that both sides are in the database and provides the calling side with the receiving side’s location.
]]> By: KieranMullen http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-446765 KieranMullen Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:17:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-446765 <p>I wonder what their dealers think of the hosted model? Why would anyone pay for trixbox certification when you can get asterisk certification for around the same amount?</p> <p>What is so great about trixnet ? ENUM has been available for years and is very easy to setup. Trixbox did run FreepBX at one time which had a one click ENUM enabled. Even one of their employees created an easy how to guide.</p> <p>Its easy enough even for those not running asterisk and running on an open provider like viatalk.com where you can use your sip address directly.</p> <p>http://asterisktutorials.com/showproduct.php?ProductID=13</p> <p>KieranMullen</p> I wonder what their dealers think of the hosted model? Why would anyone pay for trixbox certification when you can get asterisk certification for around the same amount?

What is so great about trixnet ? ENUM has been available for years and is very easy to setup. Trixbox did run FreepBX at one time which had a one click ENUM enabled. Even one of their employees created an easy how to guide.

Its easy enough even for those not running asterisk and running on an open provider like viatalk.com where you can use your sip address directly.

http://asterisktutorials.com/showproduct.php?ProductID=13

KieranMullen

]]> By: Fonality lancia trixnet, un servizio VoIP gratuito per gli utenti trixbox Pro | VoipBlog.it http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-446321 Fonality lancia trixnet, un servizio VoIP gratuito per gli utenti trixbox Pro | VoipBlog.it Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:29:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-446321 <p>[...] Link: gigaom.com [...]</p> [...] Link: gigaom.com [...]

]]> By: Jsmith http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-446255 Jsmith Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:55:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-446255 <p>I don't think it uses DUNDI. trixnet seems to be a private peering system, sort of like ENUM. DUNDI is a peer-to-peer system. trixnet and seem more secure and allow the various nodes to know nothing about each other and not even be connected.</p> <p>It also requires no configuration to setup as it seems to be automatically working when you use trixbox.</p> I don’t think it uses DUNDI. trixnet seems to be a private peering system, sort of like ENUM. DUNDI is a peer-to-peer system. trixnet and seem more secure and allow the various nodes to know nothing about each other and not even be connected.

It also requires no configuration to setup as it seems to be automatically working when you use trixbox.

]]> By: JBlow http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-446107 JBlow Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:04:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-446107 <p>This has already been available for years - it just uses DUNDi</p> This has already been available for years – it just uses DUNDi

]]> By: Fonality lancia trixnet, un servizio VoIP gratuito per gli utenti trixbox Pro | VoipBlog.it http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-445684 Fonality lancia trixnet, un servizio VoIP gratuito per gli utenti trixbox Pro | VoipBlog.it Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:51:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-445684 <p>[...] Leggi su gigaom.com » [...]</p> [...] Leggi su gigaom.com » [...]

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-444407 Om Malik Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:48:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-444407 <p>It is their directory service and the way i understood is that some of the traffic might be flowing over their managed IP network. I can check with Chris and get back to you.</p> It is their directory service and the way i understood is that some of the traffic might be flowing over their managed IP network. I can check with Chris and get back to you.

]]> By: Aswath http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-443952 Aswath Mon, 13 Aug 2007 05:22:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-443952 <p>@Rick:</p> <p>Hear! Hear! There is no need for a central entity; don't have to wait for Fonality to reach critical mass. Indeed there can be multiple databases and a PBX will consult a bunch of them before determining the end-point address. This way we achieve interoperability between multiple PBX vendors.</p> <p>By the way Om, does "the call [really] go[es] over trixnet if the system finds it in the database? Does Fonality run a transport network connecting all the PBXs? I would have thought that they are running a kind of "directory" service and with the net services concept anybody can run this service.</p> @Rick:

Hear! Hear! There is no need for a central entity; don’t have to wait for Fonality to reach critical mass. Indeed there can be multiple databases and a PBX will consult a bunch of them before determining the end-point address. This way we achieve interoperability between multiple PBX vendors.

By the way Om, does “the call [really] go[es] over trixnet if the system finds it in the database? Does Fonality run a transport network connecting all the PBXs? I would have thought that they are running a kind of “directory” service and with the net services concept anybody can run this service.

]]> By: Rick http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-443865 Rick Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:32:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/12/fonality-launches-trixnet-free-voip-service/#comment-443865 <p>These disparate databases of usernames and phone numbers need a standard access protocol such as XML/SOAP. In other words, simply make these system databases web services. Everyone can keep their own system of users and share them at the sametime.</p> These disparate databases of usernames and phone numbers need a standard access protocol such as XML/SOAP. In other words, simply make these system databases web services. Everyone can keep their own system of users and share them at the sametime.

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