First VoIP ThinkTank Podcast is now online
The premier episode of the VoIP ThinkTank round-table podcast discussions is now available online. In this initial meeting, I'm joine d by Andy Abramson, Alec Saunders, Ted Wallingford, and Dameon Welch-Abernathy (aga Phoneboy). Martin Geddes is on holiday and wasn't able to join is in this first conversation recorded on May 1, 2006.
In this inital episode we review several points from Ted Wallingford's recent Mini-white paper: Overcoming cultural challenges to the VoIP revolution.
You'll note some differences in sound quality as we shift from my introduction to the actual conference call, then to my closing at the end. It's important to note that we recorded this by each placing a VoIP call into conference bridge facilities. The call setup itself wasn't without challenges. And you'll hear the reality of our VoIP call, the good and the bad, as you listen in. We believe it's important that you here the real world quality of VoIP services available today, so we'll be usinga variety of different techniques as we eek out the best fit for our needs.
Note: The Realtime VoIP Community podcast is now available via iTunes and Yahoo! Podcasts
Technorati Tags: podcasts, VoIP ThinkTank, Andy Abramson, Alec Saunders, Ted Wallingford, Dameon Welch-Abernathy, Phoneboy, Ken Camp, VoIP, emerginc technology
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You need to do something to improve the audio quality of your podcast. It was very hard to understand people's voices. I would recommend hard wired phones with handsets, no speakerphones, no cell phones, and a priority of VoIP versus other applications on your Internet connection.
Posted by: anon | May 5, 2006 1:08 PM
Thank you and I agree. However, since we're talking abotu VoIP, the quality you hear is what we heard to a large extent. We felt in our initial podcasts it's important to share the experience. The next time we'll use a different approach to the conference call and quality will likely be quite different.
I tried to do only minimal editing of the audio files specifically because we did think it important that listeners "shared our pain" in this first effort. We'll probably talk about that effort briefly in the beginning of our next podcast.
Thanks for taking the time to point it out. I really do appreciate the feedback, and perhaps next time I'll make two versions, a raw and a cleaned up one. That would allow us to share the real experience, but also provide a high quality version for those who want that. Thanks!
Posted by: Ken Camp | May 5, 2006 1:26 PM