Content Directory
The content directory lists the ways people use SIP based VoIP to expand available communication content and answer the question "who can I call". In particular, the fact SIP supports video, HDVoice, and global calling should produce forms of content not practical using the telephone network. This page seeks to give visibility to these new forms of content toward creating the same virtuous cycle that produced the rapid expansion of the Internet.
This page points to SIP only connections (hence siptosip.net).
SIP only means *no* connection to the PSTN and standard telephones.
New content attracts new audience and new audience attracts new content. Send suggestions for additional listings to Daniel Berninger at dan at danielberninger.com.
FWD HD Market Trial - Communication Nova
The FWD Nova Trial tests the utility of a web like business model for enabling HD communications (see more info here). Telephone companies connect end points for a fee tied to the location of end points and the duration the connection. Browsing the web involves connecting end points to a server for the cost of a broadband connection and a computer. No one considers the location of a web server before clicking on a link. The Nova Trial connects SIP HD capable end points to a virtual location (the Nova). Two or more parties visiting the same Nova get connected to each other. Trial participation involves a one time $100 setup fee , but Nova owners incur no costs associated with the location of end points or how long one end point remains connected to another via the Nova.
Content
Content is king
Compelling SIP content?
The ability of SIP VoIP to provide for voice communication between people with broadband connections has proven a very weak driver of consumer market demand. One can point to the complexity of setting up and maintaining SIP phones, but SIP seems unlikely move into the mainstream without offering new content options. This directory will focus on the prospect of entertainment content as the path to creating demand.