VoIP Insider

There’s a new generation and it won’t be denied. I have previously blogged on the exciting new FreeSwitch 1.0 release.

Recently, VoIP Supply had a technical support case dealing with SLA or Shared Line Appearance functionality. More specifically, the case dealt with a Polycom Soundpoint IP Phone. When I first opened the case, I was aware that the “shared” line option was available on the Polycom phones. This option is “plain as day” on the Web GUI Line tabs. Simply select the “shared” radio button on the two Polycom phones you would like to share and voila, right?…wrong!!!! SLA is considered a “server side” or IP PBX function, the phones can support only what is being pushed to them.

iLocus predicts an IPO or acquisition of Digum within 12 months.
Highlights from the article include:
Asterisk Open Source PBX currently downloaded an average of 3000 times per day.
Digium claims to have recently had their 26th consecutive profitable growth quarter.
Digium has shipped over 4 million gateway ports to date.
Digium sales are allocated approximately 52% North America, 25% [...]

ISP Planet has a list of the top ten VoIP providers ranked by total number of subscribers, with data current through May 2008.
1 – Comcast – leads all providers with 5.2 Million subscribers.
2 – Time Warner Digital Phone – 3.18 Million subscribers.
3 – Vonage – 2.61 Million subscribers.
4 – Cox – 2.46 Million subscribers
5 – [...]

IPCameraSupply.com a division of Sayers Technology Holdings, sister company of VoIP Supply and a leading IP Surveillance solution provider, has launched a new blog aimed at educating and engaging customers in conversations.

I wrote two weeks ago about Ribbit, the next generation phone service provider getting purchased by BT for a reported $55 million, but it now looks as if the company received $105 million. The deal took a few weeks to finalize (not that it is indicative of anything) and when ti was officially announced, the [...]