In January,the Indonesian government raised rates on telephone utilities and in response a technology activist Dr. Onno Purbo launched VoIP Merdeka (”Liberated VoIP”). Dr. Purbo is also exploring the use of public Wi-Fi networks to further bridge the country’s digital divide.
WiFi Bridges Indonesia’s Digital Divide
To learn more about the voip-merdeka group visit
VoIP is an important benefit in developing countries, where it makes POTS (plain old telephone service) available at a fraction of the cost of installing a wireline infrastructure.
Comments
@ 06:02
Why not use SIP instead of H.323? It’s much more open-ended:
It can use just about any (IANA-registered) codec.
It supports UTF-8 encoded unicode, so it is suitable for almost any human language.
It supports digest authentication and all kinds of encryption options.
Well, that’s my rant on H.323, there are a few great technical comparison available here and here.
@ 08:25
Thanks, Kelly. I admit that the difference between SIP and H.323 is ovr my head.
@ 09:38
Not a problem. You and your book seem to see the general overall trends of tech without getting mired in the bits and standards. From down in the techno-trenches, it’s nice to have a view from above. Although I still have about 50 pages left, thanks for a great book!
@ 13:59
Thanks for the appreciation! The ability to interact with readers is really wonderful after all these years of sending out messages in bottles.