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Tom Ridge

I got a chance to speak with Governor Tom Ridge yesterday regarding his upcoming keynote at Internet Telephony Conference & Expo (ITEXPO). In case you aren't aware he is currently sitting on the board of Vonage and he says he is working hard. He is on the boards of a number of companies and is doing a lot of consulting.

During the conversation, the Governor (a title you keep for life) was energetic and charming. I got the feeling he is very happy.

At ITEXPO he will discuss terrorism and security and how communities deal with disaster situations. He will discuss a number of disaster issues and how they relate to communications. He will also be available for questions from the audience and he is especially excited about the Q&A at the end of his session. As the Governor says it the Q&A is usually the best part of a speech.

We are so excited to hear what Governor Ridge is going to say at ITEXPO and we believe he has a unique perspective on VoIP, disaster communications and 911. As you know these issues are huge right now and if you are involved in communications in any way at all you will be likely be affected by his unique perspective.

Governor Ridge is uniquely qualified to speak on these topics and since he is not in office at the moment he is subsequently able to speak freely on disaster communications and 911. There is nothing like hearing someone who was recently in politics speak freely. You will learn a great deal from this presentation.

I can say this with a high level of confidence because Chairman Michael Powell spoke at ITEXPO in Los Angeles earlier this year and he was able to tell it like it is. It was the most refreshing speech he had ever made according to the many reporters and others who spoke to me afterwards.

The fact that the Governor is not in office is one of the reasons we have invited him to speak in the first place. You will likely be delighted to hear him in person.

As always Internet Telephony Conference & Expo remains the place to come if you want to learn about VoIP and how to deploy this technology correctly and effectively. Whether you are looking to save or make money from VoIP or learn how the technology can enable your business to do more with less, you should come to this conference and be part of this vibrant and rapidly growing VoIP community.

We remain the only VoIP show I am aware of in the world that has a guaranteed conference. ITEXPO has the best educational experience bar none. We also feel we have the best speakers. This sentiment is echoed throughout the VoIP community as I often hear our show focuses on objectively educating our audience. TMC really puts its resources into finding speakers you can learn from.

Remember that Ron Insana is also speaking at the show and once again I believe we have chosen two speakers that generally aren't speaking at other events. You have to come to Ft. Lauderdale next month in person to hear what they have to say.

Your time is precious. We appreciate your consideration. We promise you will get the best educational experience in the VoIP world with the least amount of fluff at ITEXPO. Oh and by the way, Florida is just a great place to be in late January. I just can't wait to escape the cold for a few days.

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IMS Article

Here is an excellent article on IMS that Laura Stotler wrote. It is definitely worth reading.

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Legal p2p File Sharing in France

Is France becoming the most tech savvy country of the west? Perhaps not but France’s lower house has agreed to legalize peer-to-peer file sharing. In a surprise decision, just 2 out of 58 votes decided the outcome.

The measure, introduced as two amendments to a government bill designed to toughen digital copyright protection, would deem that downloading copyrighted files is legal as long as it is for private use only and the downloader pays a general fee for royalty payments, the AFP report said.

The report said such a fee could, for instance, be added on to the monthly subscription charge for broadband Internet access at the cost of a few euros.

This is pretty progressive and would allow everyone to share files and just kick back a bunch of money that can be shared by the artists. In theory, one can surmise the more of an artist’s songs are downloaded, the more of the fund you receive.

This is pretty interesting and opens up all sorts of worm cans. For example does Microsoft get a cut of every illegal MS Office file flowing through he network. How about porn movies. Is the French government going to cut checks to porn studios?

I get the feeling we won’t get to see this play out as government has called for a second vote and will likely pressure the National Assembly to rethink their stance.

Full story.

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VoIP Plan To Purchase

One of the exhibitors at the last Internet Telephony Conference & Expo in Los Angeles took a survey of people who came to their booth and one of the questions asked from people who haven’t deployed VoIP was which PBX Vendor would you choose if you are going to deploy VoIP. These were the responses.




I was pretty surprised to see how high Cisco ranked. There are a number of companies missing from the results. Perhaps they are placedin the other category. I can’t vouch for how scientific the survey was but I thought this worth passing along.

Cisco 51% Avaya 14% Nortel 11% Siemens 9% Shoretel 3% 3Com 0% Other 11% Asterisk 0%

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A Very Cisco Christmas

Click Play below for a very funny Cisco Christmas video that the geek in you is certain to enjoy.

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