Telecom: Brutal Bundles. telecom bundle cable. In the U.S., it is average to pay $220 per month for telecom services. In this economy, how will that hold up?. Do you pay more for your telecom services (phone, Internet, TV subscriptions) than you do for your...

guaranteed to please your VoIPbuds.. In Skype phone news, both Giant and RTX Telecom have some products in the works. Giant is also the manufacturer of the Olympia Skype DUALPhone, which was designed by RTX Telecom. Giant was showing a number of interesting...

• -Service Providers

next quarter either in a standalone form for about $80 or integrated into a "voice router". Service will be provided via i2 Telecom, but rates haven't yet been set. Linksys tried this a few years ago with their Net2Phone-powered router which wasn't exactly...

across the network. Although it's not happening yet, I expect VoIP will be coming in a handset generation or so. One company aiming to be a player in VoIP for non-cellular phones is Denmark's RTX Telecom. RTX is an OEM / ODM that makes cordless phones for Panasonic,...

that I'll be focusing on, the two most often encountered protocols are H.323 and SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). H.323 is the older protocol and a standard from the telecom world maintained by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). (If you've...

which also resells the Enterprise model to corporate customers. You'll have to want one really badly, though, since pricing is a hefty $895. Shyam Telecom was showing its line of repeaters that included its SOHO / Home Booster. They have two models to cover...

of its carriers during that time. When I asked BroadVoice for comment, their response was: "We don't comment on issues with our carrier partners - telecom is a complex business and there are plenty of opportunities to point fingers - we find it's just best...

CAT 5e cabling. You may run across terms like "+" or "Enhanced", brand names like "MegaLAN", or even the use of a big "E" (CAT 5E), all of which are meant to indicate higher performance than required by the official TIA / EIA (Telecom/Electronic Industry Association)...

allows users to make and receive calls using either Skype or PSTN phone line. Since the FCC approved DECT for U.S. use this past April, Denmark-based RTX Telecom (the phone's OEM) decided to make a version available here. I'm a Skype user and don't like using...