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LindowsOS or Xandros Desktop?LindowsOS or Xandros Desktop?Posted Dec 18, 2003 6:01 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104)Parent article: LindowsOS or Xandros Desktop?
SIPphone requires a broadband connection to be effectiveFrom Merriam-Webster: 1 : operating at, responsive to, or comprising a wide band of frequencies <a broadband radio antenna>Let's avoid non-professional use of the word "broadband" for all fast internet connections. Leave market speak to marketoids. Ethernet is not broadband, yet it works with VoIP applications just fine, better than asymmetric broadband connections.
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LindowsOS or Xandros Desktop? Posted Dec 18, 2003 14:10 UTC (Thu) by lutchann (subscriber, #8872) [Link] That's a fight you're going to lose; you might as well try to convince people to only use "bandwidth" in its original RF meaning.
LindowsOS or Xandros Desktop? Posted Dec 18, 2003 16:54 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] Not necessarily. Marketing speak has a short live. As soon as something better than broadband becomes commercially available, "broadband" as a marketing term will fade, just like "multimedia computer" and "high density floppy disk".Regardless of whether it's a losing battle or not, I expect LWN to respect its readers. If I want to read reviews peppered with marketing speak I can read PC Magazine instead.
LindowsOS or Xandros Desktop? Posted Dec 22, 2003 10:25 UTC (Mon) by gallir (guest, #5735) [Link] I don't think your Ethernet connection will give you "telephone callsanywhere in the world", so your comment is even more misleading. In any case, can you explain in fewer "technical" words how would you call it? High bandwidth? (wrong) "Good ADSL or DSL or xDSL or good cable-modem or T1 or T3 or ..." ?
LindowsOS or Xandros Desktop? Posted Dec 25, 2003 22:25 UTC (Thu) by kervel (guest, #9133) [Link] also, i guess the SIP in SIPphone stands for the SIP protocol, so thesipphone software can be used to call other SIP devices, software like kphone (not gnomemeeting unfortunately, gnomemeeting is H.323), windows messenger, ... also, there are companies offering SIP->PSTN relay (so you can call all phones if you are willing to pay a relay ISP, often cheaper than a real PSTN call). also check FWD, an attempt to create a new free telephone network. so i think the author is wrong in his statement that SIPphone is only useful to call other lindows users or SIPphone hardware owners. Or is it an artificial limitation introduced by lindows ?
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