VoIP
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: computex, 2004, report
7. VoIP
VoIP appears poised to take a second run at major consumer acceptance. Vonage seems to have done a better job than Net2Phone did a few years ago at getting non-techies to accept VoIP as yet another way to drive traditional long distance companies into extinction.
$100 or so VoIP ATA's (Analog Telephone Adapters) that allow regular POTS phones to be used with VoIP services have already been shown by NETGEAR and Linksys at shows earlier this year. And I saw plenty more coming from suppliers like TechTone, TechTone's Taichi3 and GreatWall's @Phone-EKB-C (pictured below). Household names, no. But coming to a store near you soon, yes.
GreatWall's USB IP phones
If the number of SIP-based VoIP gateway products that I saw is any indication, you can expect to see these products vying for shelf space soon, too. Examples include CyberTan's BRV-614 and WGV-614 11b/g VoIP Security Gateways, Sercomm's VR888T Wireless-11g Broadband VoIP router and OvisLink's eLive VoIP series.
And yes, wireless VoIP phones for the rest of us are coming. Senao seems to be leading the charge with its
Senao's IP phone display
Planet Technology also showed its new VIP-151W wireless IP phone. The 802.11b phone supports 64- and 128-bit WEP and features voice activity detection (VAD), DTMF tone detection/regeneration and G.168 echo cancellation and a voice CODEC with differential output complaint with ITU-T G.711, ITU-T G.723.1 and ITU-T G.729AB standards
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