IP Telephony Demystified [Paperback]

Ken Camp (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071406700 | ISBN-13: 978-0071406703 | Publication Date: October 23, 2002 | Edition: 1

IP (Internet Protocol) telephony is simply voice sent over the internet, rather than the traditional phone system. IP telephony has the potential to lower long distance rates by a factor of ten, and can combine voice and data services. IT people are being asked to implement or investigate IP telephony solutions. Small companies are looking to economize by adopting it. Everyone is wondering what IP telephony can do for them. This book will demystify IP telephony for both business people and technology generalists. These people need to understand why to either embrace or shun IP telephony for their individual needs, this book will give them the information to do just that.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"IP Telephony is a major growth area for telecom in the next 3 years - it is a service riding over existing, readily available transport technologies, so new companies can enter the market without efforts by the telcos to make the technology a success (unlike, say, DSL). IP Telephony is a true disruptive technology that if ignored by the incumbents, will grow to overwhelm them. This book takes the necessary step of explaining technology in terms of business needs. Camp's excellent proposal is always focused on why the reader should care about a particular technology, and what benefit the reader can gain from it." - Steven Shepard, Series Advisor

From the Back Cover

“Focused on why the reader should care about a particular technology, and what the reader can gain from it.” -- Steven Shepard, author of Telecommunications Convergence, now in its Second Edition

IS INTERNET TELEPHONY FOR YOU? IF SO, HOW? ANSWERS HERE

With a potential 90 percent reduction in phone costs, voice over data networks could offer your business substantial benefits. But how do you know if telephone over IP (Internet Protocol) suits your needs and setup? And if it does, what will it take to make it work? If you want straightforward answers to these questions, you’ve come to the right place. Lighting the way to IP telephony is Ken Camp’s specialty, and in IP Telephony Demystified he offers the best set of tools out there for making basic get-going decisions.

You must read this book if—
* you’re on IT staff or in management of a small business and investigating voice over data lines
* escaping from the telephone companies’ clutches sounds appealing
* the economies of voice and data on the same network are obvious
* the no-go or go decision on IP telephony is your assignment
* what's-in-it-for-my-company questions are uppermost in your mind
* direct, measurable benefits is an important item in your agenda
* choosing the right protocol might be a job-saver
* before wrestling SIP, H.323, or Megaco/H.248, you want to know if the match is worth the prize
* practical how-to's on integrating voice into your LAN could reduce your workload
* you'd rather have quality-of-service (QoS) answers--on IntServ, Diff Serv, and MPLS--than quality-of-service concerns
* a 3D view of cost and service implications is what you seek

IP telephony is simply voice sent over an IP network like the Internet. It can mean enormous savings--but not for every business. This is the book that will clarify whether it's right for your company, and if so, how to make it work.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (October 23, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071406700
• ISBN-13: 978-0071406703
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,395,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, February 13, 2003

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Scottie Ray (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IP Telephony Demystified (Paperback)

Camp undertakes the challenge of blending technologically difficult concepts with the business drivers and impacts that organizations face VoIP/IPT. The book is a good resource for those who don't have the desire, need or time to read the voluminous amount of information published in various standards & RFCs. It simplifies the concepts, describes the "whats" and the "whys", and it gives the reader a solid foundation on which to communicate within the arena of VoIP and IPT.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive, yet succinct coverage of IP Telephony, December 27, 2002

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Mark Fei (Durango, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: IP Telephony Demystified (Paperback)

Are you a professional (engineer, manager, director, account executive) who needs to understand the salient issues surrounding IP Telephony quickly? If so, Ken Camp's new book is for you. I've been studying this topic for several years and never before have I come across a volume that is so succinct and approachable, and yet complete in its coverage of this much discussed technology arena. Are you a scientist or software developer who needs a book that covers every last bit of technical minutae, right down to the definition of every bit's function according to every published standard? If so, go get a copy of the standards. This book is for people who need to quickly understand the relevant aspects of IP Telephony and make sound business and technical decisions; if that includes you then you can't do better than Camp's latest work.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Practical, Down-to-Earth Treatment of a Complex Subject, December 18, 2002

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Mitchell S. Moore (New York, New York, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: IP Telephony Demystified (Paperback)

Ken Camp's "IP Telephony Demystified" is a valuable resource for anyone comtemplating the deployment of an IP telephony infrastructure. The introductory material in the beginning prepares the reader for discussion of more complex topics to come. Chapters 4, 6 and 7 deal with the details of the technologies involved in an IP telephony architecture. They are written in an easy-to-understand fashion and offer meaningful comparisons among competing IP telephony standards. Whereas most treatments of this subject focus almost exclusively on the technical details, Mr. Camp's approach places equal emphasis on the business aspects of IP telephony implementation. Chapter 5 offers a particularly honest discussion of the potential benefits of IP telephony in a number of business settings. To summarize, whether you're on the technical side trying to make sense of the myriad of details that comprise IP telephony or on the non-technical side trying to make the best business decisions possible for your organization, there's something in this book for you.