Graham Todd wrote: > Does the patent prohibit routing packets from a pc to a server that is > connected to POTS lines ? A patent on a codec or some specific device I > can understand, but a patent on the general concept of a communications > channel across networks?
Didn't someone post to this list the patent was over a flashing LED when the user had voice mail waiting? (something ebay/skype/yahoo don't do)... > But EBay/Skype/Yahoo Google do have money and must violate many of the > permitted ideas of telecommunications. Errm I meant patents not ideas. > Perhaps the reason for the lack of lawsuits so far is that if the > patents were rigorously enforced it would accelerate the adoption of > pure end-to-end VoIP which is what the owners of POTS do not want to happen. Rumour going round about a patent on least cost routing that google didn't want to cough up for (and I don't blame them, seems like a trivial idea to me, but would cost to go through court etc) which is why they aren't offering a proper VoIP to Phone service. -- Best regards, Duane http://www.cacert.org - Free Security Certificates http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom http://e164.org - Because e164.arpa is a tax on VoIP http://www.freeauth.org - Enterprise Two Factor Authentication "In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."
