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RSS/XML VoIP, Cisco, Etc

March 5, 2005

Even though TMCnet has probably the most flexible RSS feeds I have seen allowing you to get a feed on any term you want, we decided to put up an RSS page that encompasses some of the areas we cover. There are XML feeds on IP telephony, IP PBX, VoIP, Avaya, Cisco, Speech Recognition, etc. We picked some of the more popular terms that people choose.. Admittedly there are some companies on this page that probably shouldn't be here but consider this a beta and feel free to send us suggestions on how we may improve the page or our site in general. As always we appreciate your comments and support of TMCnet.

Here are a few other XML/RSS feeds you will find on the page:

Skype Forum
Asterisk Forum
Triple Play Forum
IPCC
Sprint

Vonage Service Down

March 5, 2005

Rumor has it, or is lots of blog posts the makings of a fact? How is this? Vonage was allegedly down for a period of time today. It seems about 250,000 users were without service in the afternoon. Tom Keating one of the earliest Vonage users hasn't blogged about this yet. I am interested to hear his perspective. Tom, I don't believe for a second that you actually left your computer this weekend and missed this breaking news opp ;-)

TMCnet in Spanish

March 5, 2005

Well it was bound to happen. I have been meaning to translate our site in other languages for a number of years and as a start TMCnet will offer unique Latin American content in Spanish. TMCnet is now within the top 8,000 sites in the world judged by Alexa and we are growing ever-more quickly.



Having content in other languages is a natural extension. Please enjoy our Spanish content and please share this information with others in the Spanish speaking community.

LNP Issues

March 5, 2005

I received this e-mail today and I unfortunately don't have any answers regarding LNP. It is a problem that I hear many complaints about. At our last ITEXPO in Miami many people asked me the same question. I think the FCC should ensure that numbers port quickly or impose fines like the one they recently levied against a phone company restricting VoIP calls.

IMO the fines should be levied after seven days of a number not porting and cost the provider $50 for every day the consumer has to wait. Furthermore, the money should be split evenly between the consumer (which gives the consumer an incentive to report the problem) and the USF (which is bankrupt -- or whatever the government calls it when they have more expenses than income in one of their programs)

http://www.tmcnet.com/it/0704/po.htm

Rich,
I was interested in where the above story has led you since. I am on month 2 waiting for my number to be ported from ATT ( I can only assume they own it ) to Packet8. I talked to a buddy of mine who works the R&D side at Tekelec and he mentioned that he has been waiting for his number to port over for 4 months. He arranged a conference call between the two LNP Managers and relayed that his 20 years of blissful marriage was showing cracks as a result of their inability to get it done. Tekelec is in the VOIP/Portability business, so he knows that this is not a technical issue, it's an inertia issue (Let's stall the bleeding of Goliath and maybe the people will turn on David for not getting the job done). I'm still trying to identify the person who owns "The Buck Stops Here" placard with regards to LNP, but I haven't given up. Any suggestions from your own travels down this road?