Comments on: Editorial – It is NOT "too early" to get an HD Voice phone http://hdvoicenews.com/2009/11/02/editorial-it-is-not-too-early-to-get-an-hd-voice-phone/ Information about the world of HD voice Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug Mohney http://hdvoicenews.com/2009/11/02/editorial-it-is-not-too-early-to-get-an-hd-voice-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Doug Mohney Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:45:11 +0000 http://hdconnectnow.org/?p=382#comment-29 Alteva and SimpleSignal have been talking about the IP peering fabric among a larger group of independent hosted VoIP providers for a number of months and they're looking at alternatives to scale. I suspect once they decide upon a path, you'll see another 4-8 service providers sign up fairly quickly because A) They want to avoid per-minute and termination charges as much as possible and B) Everyone understands the need to "grow" HD Voice pools... And pools is a multiple, because some people will go the Alteva route, some will go the XConnect/third-party route and some will get on Sprint. Sprint's IP backbone and infrastructure are rock solid and the PIN Network for SIP transit is another alternative. Fax over IP is a legacy technology with a 21st century band aid. I'm not sure there is any "fixing" left. There's no easy solution on the horizon for poor cell phone equipment in the U.S. today and that's NOT an *HD* issue per say, but a wireless issue, not a HD Voice issue; Europe will likely have some interesting things to say and there's some enterprise "thought" going on already over at Verizon on cell phone quality now that they have HD booted up at HQ. Alteva and SimpleSignal have been talking about the IP peering fabric among a larger group of independent hosted VoIP providers for a number of months and they’re looking at alternatives to scale. I suspect once they decide upon a path, you’ll see another 4-8 service providers sign up fairly quickly because A) They want to avoid per-minute and termination charges as much as possible and B) Everyone understands the need to “grow” HD Voice pools…

And pools is a multiple, because some people will go the Alteva route, some will go the XConnect/third-party route and some will get on Sprint.

Sprint’s IP backbone and infrastructure are rock solid and the PIN Network for SIP transit is another alternative.

Fax over IP is a legacy technology with a 21st century band aid. I’m not sure there is any “fixing” left.

There’s no easy solution on the horizon for poor cell phone equipment in the U.S. today and that’s NOT an *HD* issue per say, but a wireless issue, not a HD Voice issue; Europe will likely have some interesting things to say and there’s some enterprise “thought” going on already over at Verizon on cell phone quality now that they have HD booted up at HQ.

]]> By: Peter Radizeski http://hdvoicenews.com/2009/11/02/editorial-it-is-not-too-early-to-get-an-hd-voice-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Peter Radizeski Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:58:37 +0000 http://hdconnectnow.org/?p=382#comment-30 I didn't say don't buy an HD Voice handset. I did say that most networks can only support On-Net HD Voice calls which will make the HD Voice experience limited for most callers at this time. There are pockets of ITSP Inter-Connection to pass HD traffic, but if it was more than a pocket, there would not have been two or three "summits" about it in the last 2 months. Most ITSP drop to PSTN or cell networks because that is where a majority of calls are. There isn't enough VoIP to VoIP calling yet. Buy the HD handset - lord knows that Cisco and Polycom need to move product, so hype away, but if it's already sub-$200 image what a cool HD handset will cost in 6 months? SS/Alteva = "in process" -- heck, they just agreed to it 3 weeks ago. Sprint has serious financial and org issues and again, HD is coming soon there too. You forgot Arbinet and VPF -- they do SIP Peering as well. But HD Voice is just not there yet. Fortune 1000 certainly internally. On-Net = yes. But its early. I guess it's still early for Fax over IP too because most networks are not IP end-to-end. (That's the point by the way: set proper expectations with your consumer). I train people to use an HD Voice demo to sell Hosted PBX. So I understand the concept, but what disappointment when Joe Sales calls the office from his mobile and it sounds like a tin can. I just want a cell phone that has a decent speaker, so I can understand what the caller is saying. I didn’t say don’t buy an HD Voice handset. I did say that most networks can only support On-Net HD Voice calls which will make the HD Voice experience limited for most callers at this time.

There are pockets of ITSP Inter-Connection to pass HD traffic, but if it was more than a pocket, there would not have been two or three “summits” about it in the last 2 months.

Most ITSP drop to PSTN or cell networks because that is where a majority of calls are. There isn’t enough VoIP to VoIP calling yet.

Buy the HD handset – lord knows that Cisco and Polycom need to move product, so hype away, but if it’s already sub-$200 image what a cool HD handset will cost in 6 months?

SS/Alteva = “in process” — heck, they just agreed to it 3 weeks ago.

Sprint has serious financial and org issues and again, HD is coming soon there too.

You forgot Arbinet and VPF — they do SIP Peering as well. But HD Voice is just not there yet. Fortune 1000 certainly internally. On-Net = yes. But its early.

I guess it’s still early for Fax over IP too because most networks are not IP end-to-end. (That’s the point by the way: set proper expectations with your consumer).

I train people to use an HD Voice demo to sell Hosted PBX. So I understand the concept, but what disappointment when Joe Sales calls the office from his mobile and it sounds like a tin can.

I just want a cell phone that has a decent speaker, so I can understand what the caller is saying.

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