RE: IP telephony - Thank you all for insights and answers - no new content in message, but I wanted to acknowledge all who took the time!

["Christopher Bird" <seabird () msn com>]

Thank you Henry, Peter, Mehdi, Todd, Bob, Irwin, Tracy, John, Karsten,
Karl, Shawn. Howard, Darren, Mike and Paul for taking the time to
answer. This has helped greatly.

Regards

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On 
> Behalf Of Christopher Bird
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 4:39 PM
> To: Nanog () merit edu
> Subject: IP telephony
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> There has been much buzz of late about using IP telephony 
> solutions in place of the more common analog based solutions.
>
> Traditional telephony has very high reliability (many years 
> without loss of dial tone for some companies). From what I 
> have seen in this group about networking, router behaviors, 
> etc. it seems to me that the IP networks that exist aren't 
> yet ready for the prime time of IP telephony. As we move 
> buildings, my company is looking at installing an IP 
> telephony based solution (packet switched) instead of a 
> traditional analog based solution (circuit switched). I am 
> worried that the reliability will likely be lower than I am 
> used to. However the cost savings look quite compelling, so I am torn.
>
> The more I read in here about threats and attacks against IP 
> networks and the amount of maintenance we need to have in 
> place to keep our IP networks hanging together, the more I am 
> concerned about the viability of an IP telephony solution.
>
> Does anyone here have any thoughts, experiences, etc. about 
> the use of IP telephony in corporate environments?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Chris
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