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October 2011

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The Land (and soon to be land) of the Mobile Internet

October 25, 2011

Last week I visited Japan and China.  Japan truly is the land of the mobile internet, as pretty much all 120M mobile subscribers are on 3G now, with something like 25% of mobile subscribers expected to be on LTE by 2015.  It’s interesting having great mobile internet connections.  One of my colleagues was using an iPhone and got great connectivity, at faster rates than he was used to in the US.  

Russian Winter in Early October and Italian Bling

October 18, 2011

In early October, I visited Moscow to attend Capacity Russia and CIS.   Everyone I was with kept telling me it looked like a regular Russian winter day (except it wasn’t cold ).  See the picture above and you get the idea.  Red Square was more than I expected and I was particularly impressed with the memorial to WWII soldiers just off the Red Square. 

Which FoIP Codec is Best? The Definitive Answer

October 11, 2011

On July 19th, I wrote a blog about Fax and FoIP and the cloud, and I got a few questions in regarding which codec to use when FoIPing, T.38 or G.711.  And since Dialogic just wrote a white paper called “Considerations for Using T.38 versus G.711 for Fax over IP.” I was ecstatic that I’d have a short answer.

Before we get to the simple answer, it’s important to understand a few things. 

Where is PacketMan Flying Next?

October 3, 2011


A few weeks ago, PacketMan was thawed from his nine year ice cave and took the time to explore some of the changes during his hibernation, and future expectations of the Packet network.  Another big change right now for PacketMan is what he actually sees as he’s traveling through the network with the other packets.  Increasingly, as he’s traveling along with the packets, he notices multicolor packets, and if they congregate close enough, he’s able to actually view something.  Yes, because a key part of IP communications now is video of all sorts – downloading movies, watching YouTube, making video calls, etc. 


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