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From: Jim Tobias
Date: Tue, Apr 10 2007 8:50 AM

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I'm forwarding this notice because it's relevant to the discussion we had
last week about VoIP and VoIP networks. The model we have been using
assumes that voice conversations (as well as realtime text and video) will
continue to be mediated by some "network controller", a switch or PBX or
server that will assist the end users in connecting to each other. In VoIP
this is usually performed by the "Session Initiation Protocol" (SIP), which
was first conceived of as a network service. The model being put forward by
others is called "peer-to-peer SIP" because there is no intervening network
control. End user devices and software negotiate the settings for all
conversations on their own.

Whether or not this becomes the dominant model for voice, the least that can
be said is that some voice as well as other ICT functions like text chat,
web content, and even video have already gone down the peer-to-peer path.
We may call this "disintermediation" or "intelligence migrating to the edges
of the network" or "dumb pipes", but it's really the same concept: powerful
end user equipment may not need as much assistance from a network as it
formerly did; the network is needed for accurate, reliable, fast transport,
but little else. Value is added by the transport facilities, of course, but
more value is added by the thousands of firms offering tiny slices of what
used to be an integrated ICT system. How can we manage accessibility in
such an environment?

At first glance, the implication for accessibility would appear to be to
enforce accepted technical standards on all players up and down the value
chain. And there may be some value to this approach. But we would do well
to observe where that approach has failed even in larger public interest
arenas than our own, largely because the technologies and business models
evolve more quickly than typical standards bodies can act. In those cases I
believe we should "fall back" upon a purely functional description of what
must be achieved. That is, instead of 508 saying "all telecommunications
products and services shall implement the T.140 standard", it should say
"all telecommunications products and services shall implement a method of
text conversation either directly or via a gateway or relay service".

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Jim Tobias
Inclusive Technologies
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Subject: Reminder Join us Tomorrow: P2P SIP will do to VoIP what VoIP has
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Title: P2P SIP will do to VoIP what VoIP has done to the PSTN
Date: April 11, 2007
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Previewing pulvermedia's Peer to Peer session at VON Europe Spring 2007, we
invite you to join Carl Ford, Community Developer for pulvermedia and David
A. Bryan, Founder, SIPeerior Technologies for a 60 minute webinar entitled:
P2P SIP will do to VoIP what VoIP has done to the PSTN.

The Internet continues to expand and for VoIP the evolution is to Peer to
Peer technology. Embracing Peer to Peer the VoIP industry is moving to a
model that matches the ideal of the Internet: Distributed, self organizing
endpoints. Come hear where the Internet is going and what the impact is for
the voice and multimedia of the future.

P2P SIP self organizing is nothing less than automation applied to VoIP,
presence, IM and multimedia. It also shifts the cost of computing to the
endpoints, where there is an abundance of unused CPU, storage, bandwidth,
electricity and real estate. In many cases the users perform themselves the
small residual maintenance such as software updates and configuring
audio/video peripherals and various applications of their choice.
P2P SIP will benefit end users, service providers and enterprise networks
alike. It will enable the full innovation potential of application
developers.

P2P SIP will do to VoIP what VoIP has done to the PSTN.

Speaker: David A. Bryan, Founder, SIPeerior Technologies
David Bryan is a leading expert in the area of P2PSIP. He chairs the IETF
P2PSIP working group, and has published numerous IETF drafts, academic
papers and industry trade articles on the subject. David is active in the
SIP community, including heading up p2psip.org, the leading community site
for P2PSIP, and is involved with SIPFoundry, the reSIProcate project, and
Vovida.org. David was co-founder and CTO of Jasomi Networks, a pioneer in
the SIP Session Border Controller (SBC) market. Jasomi was sold to Ditech
Communications (Nasdaq: DITC) in 2005. David previously worked for Cisco
Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) and Vovida Networks. David holds bachelor's degrees
in Computer Science and Physics from Richard Stockton College in NJ, as well
as a master's degree in Computer Science from The College of William and
Mary, where he is completing his Ph.D.

Moderator:Carl Ford, Community Developer and VP Content, pulvermedia
Carl Ford is a Community Developer, looking to enable business development
and customer contact between companies. He also develops the content for
pulvermedia conferences. As a pulverite he serves as an advisor to several
companies in various degrees. His professional career includes 20 years at
telecommunications companies such as Telcordia Technologies and Verizon. He
has worked in positions including Costs, Operations, Marketing, Regulatory,
and Product Management. His accomplishments include architecting and
product-managing a carrier-grade billing mediation device for softswitches
that was compatible for ILEC billing systems; and moderating the development
of the pulver.com CDR for Internet Telephony, enabling VOIP gateways to be
used with carrier billing systems.

This discussion is a precursor to the session that will be held at VON
Europe Spring 2007 in Stockholm June 11-14. And all who register for this
webinar are encouraged to join us at VON Europe Spring.


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