Comments on: OnSIP and Fring: Smart PR http://phoneboy.com/2658/onsip-and-fring-smart-pr Simplifying Network Security, Telecom, Gadgets, and More! Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:05:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: PhoneBoy http://phoneboy.com/2658/onsip-and-fring-smart-pr/comment-page-1#comment-27014 PhoneBoy Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:34:30 +0000 http://phoneboy.com/?p=2658#comment-27014 The only real bummer about the iPhone piece of it is that you can't receive a call over WiFi. I blame Apple for not allowing background apps and/or making their device a little too carrier friendly. Business VoIP solutions, even when they employ open standards, tend to be walled gardens. You guys are showing it can be done by actually being a bit more open. Being open and "easy" for normal folks at the same time is quite a challenge. :) The only real bummer about the iPhone piece of it is that you can’t receive a call over WiFi. I blame Apple for not allowing background apps and/or making their device a little too carrier friendly.

Business VoIP solutions, even when they employ open standards, tend to be walled gardens. You guys are showing it can be done by actually being a bit more open. Being open and “easy” for normal folks at the same time is quite a challenge. :)

]]> By: Michael Oeth http://phoneboy.com/2658/onsip-and-fring-smart-pr/comment-page-1#comment-27013 Michael Oeth Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:24:44 +0000 http://phoneboy.com/?p=2658#comment-27013 It was really my 12yo son who got me excited about the press release. I had setup fring on my iPhone and showed it to my son. I made a SIP call out fring telling him it was a free call. He was absolutely thrilled about the idea of a free call using wifi which he then used as justification for me to get him an iPhone. Sorry, that's not happening. However, it did prompt me to write my <a HREF="http://www.junctionnetworks.com/blog/mike/2008/10/30/fring" rel="nofollow">fring blog post</a> which I shared with our PR firm first. They got excited and contacted fring for a quote and decided to make it it's own release. Sometimes the excitement just catches. fring is a SIP proxy and my preference would be that the iPhone work more like the Nokia in that it has a native SIP stack on the phone. We're working with TruPhone and CounterPath toward that end. I was interviewed for <a HREF="http://www.voipplanet.com/solutions/article.php/3784831" rel="nofollow">this article</a> and the sharp reporter - Adam Stone - asked exactly what you are saying, "What's the big deal, it should just work." He and you are both right. It *should* just work. However, there are very, very few business VOIP providers where it does work. We are 100% SIP compatible AND we allow you to be registered on up to 10 separate SIP devices simultaneously. With Junction Networks you are not locked into our hardware and we don't track your IP addresses for validation. Most VOIP providers either lock you into their hardware, or since you pay 'per extension' you can only be logged into one device at a time. For us, fring (and Nokia) are a validation of our business model. For us, that's exciting. Thanks, --Mike Oeth CEO Junction Networks, Inc. It was really my 12yo son who got me excited about the press release. I had setup fring on my iPhone and showed it to my son. I made a SIP call out fring telling him it was a free call. He was absolutely thrilled about the idea of a free call using wifi which he then used as justification for me to get him an iPhone. Sorry, that’s not happening. However, it did prompt me to write my fring blog post which I shared with our PR firm first. They got excited and contacted fring for a quote and decided to make it it’s own release. Sometimes the excitement just catches.

fring is a SIP proxy and my preference would be that the iPhone work more like the Nokia in that it has a native SIP stack on the phone. We’re working with TruPhone and CounterPath toward that end.

I was interviewed for this article and the sharp reporter – Adam Stone – asked exactly what you are saying, “What’s the big deal, it should just work.” He and you are both right. It *should* just work. However, there are very, very few business VOIP providers where it does work. We are 100% SIP compatible AND we allow you to be registered on up to 10 separate SIP devices simultaneously. With Junction Networks you are not locked into our hardware and we don’t track your IP addresses for validation. Most VOIP providers either lock you into their hardware, or since you pay ‘per extension’ you can only be logged into one device at a time. For us, fring (and Nokia) are a validation of our business model. For us, that’s exciting.

Thanks,
–Mike Oeth
CEO
Junction Networks, Inc.

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