Author Archives: Garrett Smith

Garrett is the former VoIP Supply CMO.

Who Really Gains From PTZ?

May 9, 2008

(Part two of a four-part series on PTZ) Who really gains from PTZ? Business Owners Employees The General Public Insurance Companies General Consumers It's only logical that companies turn their products obsolete ... READ MORE

IPCS Word of the Day: CCD

CCD = stands for "charge-coupled device." First invented in the 1970s, this technology uses a shift register combined with photo-diodes to create the modern day ... READ MORE

VoIP Insider Makes Top 100 Telecom Blogs List

May 8, 2008

VoIP Now recently released its list of the Top 100 Telecom Industry Blogs. Wouldn’t you know, our little VoIP-blog-that-could, VoIP Insider, made the list! ... READ MORE

IPCS Word(s) of the Day: Bullet Camera

Bullet Camera = A type of camera with a bullet-like shape. This type of camera typically has a small form factor which makes it ... READ MORE

More Reasons Why Voice 2.0 Developers Prefer Open Source

Dal over at Asterisk VoIP News has written a terrific piece detailing some of the reasons why “Voice 2.0” developers prefer to work with open ... READ MORE

Grandstream Discontinuing BudgeTone 102 and HandyTone 488

May 7, 2008

Our friends at Grandstream notified us recently of a halt on the product production of the BudgeTone102 and the HandyTone 488. We wanted to ... READ MORE

Trixbox (CE, SE, CCE, EE)…What is Best For You?

In the realm of IP phone systems there are many flavors to choose from. You have the small petite servers for a few users, such ... READ MORE

IPCS Word of the Day: BNC

BNC= Coaxial cabling. If you have cable television or cable Internet service at home, it is delivered over a BNC Coaxial cable. ... READ MORE

IPCS Word of the Day: Balun

May 6, 2008

Balun= An acronym for BALanced/UNbalanced. A device commonly used to change one cabling media to another (ex. coaxial to twisted pair balun) ... READ MORE

Is SMS the New Email?

I just had a thought. Is SMS the new email? I mean this in both a positive and negative light. Admittedly I am a huge SMS user and ... READ MORE