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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I’ve actually been surprised how little press
there has been about this.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Regards,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Dean
Collins<br>
Cognation Pty Ltd<br>
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Ph<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-biz-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Al Bochter<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, 17 August 2007 9:07
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [asterisk-biz] Skype
Outage Leaves Millions Speechless</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>VoIP is in the headlines, and it is not looking good<br>
</span></font><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/hBB1I0H8qda0G4n0FSGa0EH">Skype
Outage Leaves Millions Speechless</a></span></font></b></strong></span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
The company may not be able to resolve the problem till Friday but is asking
subscribers to keep their Skype clients running.<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/hBB1I0H8qda0G4n0FSGi0EP">The
Lasting Effects Of A VoIP Outage </a><br>
</span></font>TeleBlend is the latest example of a VoIP provider that's still
feeling the impact of its outage<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
<br>
<a
href="http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/DM/y/hBB1I0H8qda0G4n0FSGk0ER">Six
Reasons To Avoid VoIP </a><br>
</span></font>VoIP gets all the headlines, but it's not for every enterprise.
If voice quality is mission-critical, for instance, there is a business reason
for retaining traditional phone service.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-- <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Al Bochter<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.BochterServices.com">http://www.BochterServices.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>---------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Join our forum. This is where you can talk about VOIP<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>You can overview some providers others have used.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://bochterservices.com/phpbb/">http://bochterservices.com/phpbb/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>---------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre></div>
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