Comments on: Universities and VoIP http://www.voip-sol.com/universities-and-voip/ Voice over IP Solutions & Conferencing Reviews Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:20:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Hornet http://www.voip-sol.com/universities-and-voip/#comment-1360 Hornet Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:03:44 +0000 http://www.voip-sol.com/universities-and-voip/#comment-1360 I think the comments may be incorrect in regard to revenue generation of PSTN services as many universities are simply seeing internal PSTN services under utilized and cost prohibitive to not only the students but the institution. Therefore many Universities are looking at INUK and other providers to provide a greater level of functionality and service provision to which there residents and students require. In the UK many universities including UKERNA are concerned about the use of Skype. This is because Skype software uses the host PCs as repeater or super node. The high bandwidth availability and number of hosts within the UK academic network make it an ideal home for supernodes. This has led The Joint Academic Network and many other Internet providers to prohibit or limit Skype network traffic. However we do recommend students use VOIP services we recommend and number of free solutions as they are a hassle-free way to make phone calls and a essential pastoral service which allow students to freely communicate with friends and relatives during the course of their studies. For example if you’re calling a mate who also has a softphone from the same supplier installed installed, you can make voice and video calls FREE of charge. Additionally some providers offer benefits of higher quality, richer, more natural Hi-Definition sound quality. I think the comments may be incorrect in regard to revenue generation of PSTN services as many universities are simply seeing internal PSTN services under utilized and cost prohibitive to not only the students but the institution.

Therefore many Universities are looking at INUK and other providers to provide a greater level of functionality and service provision to which there residents and students require.

In the UK many universities including UKERNA are concerned about the use of Skype. This is because Skype software uses the host PCs as repeater or super node. The high bandwidth availability and number of hosts within the UK academic network make it an ideal home for supernodes. This has led The Joint Academic Network and many other Internet providers to prohibit or limit Skype network traffic.

However we do recommend students use VOIP services we recommend and number of free solutions as they are a hassle-free way to make phone calls and a essential pastoral service which allow students to freely communicate with friends and relatives during the course of their studies.

For example if you’re calling a mate who also has a softphone from the same supplier installed installed, you can make voice and video calls FREE of charge. Additionally some providers offer benefits of higher quality, richer, more natural Hi-Definition sound quality.

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