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Technology Stocks : Voice-on-the-net (VON), VoIP, Internet (IP) Telephony -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1259)	9/7/1998 9:11:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3178

All, from the DGIV thread, thanks to David Rivaldo, a VoIP test from Siemens: webproforum.com What did you score, and which one(s) don't you agree with? Frank C. ps - I scored pretty well, but that's because I answered a couple of questions with a dubious answers that I knew they were looking for. Which one(s) do you suppose they were? Take the test at the above URL, but also see the questions here if you wish, below. Also, the Siemens VoIP site proves to be fairly informative, as well as interesting. See: webproforum.com ======================= True or False 1.The first Internet-telephony software, Internet Phone, supported PC-to-PC and telephone-to-telephone voice calls via the Internet. a. True b. False 2.The current reliability and sound-quality problems of Internet telephony are attributable to limitations in Internet bandwidth and compression technology. a. True b. False 3.As a packet-switched or "connectionless" network, the Internet decreases the chances of packet loss for a voice call. a. True b. False 4.To date, most developers of Internet-telephony software and vendors of gateway servers have used the same speech-compression protocols. a. True b. False 5.The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has ratified a standard for voice, data, and video transmission over IP-based local area networks. a. True b. False Multiple Choice 6.ITU's H.320 standard defines the protocols for transporting voice, data and video over: a. the public switched telephone network (PSTN) b. ISDN networks c. the public Internet 7.The G.723.1 specification for audio codecs, recommended by the VoIP Forum, requires: a. 6.3 kbps b. 7.9 kbps c. 8.4 kbps 8.Internet-telephony directories enable: a. users to determine other users' Internet addresses b. users to determine whether an Internet site is capable of receiving Internet-telephony transmissions c. Internet/PSTN Interoperability 9.In the near term, the market segment expected to be the biggest driver for VoIP telephony is: a. small-office/home-office (SOHO) customers b. military/government networks c. corporate intranets/extranets 10.The public Internet will be able to transport voice calls reliably and with high quality when: a. standards are established for Internet directories b. manufacturers produce higher-quality, lower-cost audiocodec technology c. various technologies deliver greater backbone-network and subscriber-access speeds