Bell keeps pace with VoIP rivals in Quebec

Grok Headline matches for Bell keeps pace with VoIP rivals in Quebec

Bell proposes plan to spread high-speed
Internet to rural Ontario, Quebec

Bell proposes plan to spread high-speed
Internet to rural Ontario, Quebec 12/06/2003 09:45 AM
Canadian Press Dec 6 2003 9:11AM ET

Bell slams CRTC over VoIP

Bell slams CRTC over VoIP 09/15/2004 01:30 PM
Sympatico Sep 15 2004 5:15PM GMT

VoIP top priority for Bell Canada in
2004

VoIP top priority for Bell Canada in
2004 12/17/2003 01:17 PM
ZDNet Dec 17 2003 12:21PM ET

Bell Canada jumps on VoIP bandwagon

Bell Canada jumps on VoIP bandwagon 12/17/2003 01:17 PM
ZDNet Dec 17 2003 12:36PM ET

VoIP, wireless could spur Baby Bell
negotiations

VoIP, wireless could spur Baby Bell
negotiations 05/06/2004 05:36 PM
Disagreements between the Bells and competitive carriers get stickier, but competition from new technologies will likely bring the two sides together.

Bell Labs grapples with VoIP,
open-source

Bell Labs grapples with VoIP,
open-source 01/05/2005 06:58 PM
The R&D unit is working on using open-source components without compromising on carrier-grade capability to cut the cost of developing telecommunications systems.

Bell Labs grapples with VOIP, open
source

Bell Labs grapples with VOIP, open
source 01/04/2005 01:04 PM
BANGALORE, INDIA - Voice over IP (VOIP) and open source technology hold great promise for cost savings, but also threaten traditional ways of doing business. Rather than shy away from the challenges that these disruptive technologies represent, Bell Laboratories, the renowned R&D (research and development) arm of Lucent Technologies in Murray Hill, New Jersey, is attempting to bring them into the mainstream.

INGATE® DELIVERS THE SKINNY ON VOIP AT
ABP’S “VOIP SIZZLES!” EVENT IN
DALLASEvent Educates Resellers on
Turning Today’s Heightened VoIP Interest
into Sales

INGATE® DELIVERS THE SKINNY ON VOIP AT
ABP’S “VOIP SIZZLES!” EVENT IN
DALLASEvent Educates Resellers on
Turning Today’s Heightened VoIP Interest
into Sales 07/10/2004 03:16 AM
Ingate® Systems (www.ingate.com), which produces and sells the world’s only fully Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-capable enterprise firewalls, will be participating in “VoIP Sizzles,” held in Dallas from July 22-23, 2004. Hosted by ABP Technology, this event for resellers will focus on the specific opportunities and challenges for traditional data VARs and telecom dealers who are moving into the Voice over IP (VoIP) market. [PRWEB Jul 10, 2004]

Quebec is more French than France

Quebec is more French than France 07/23/2004 06:14 PM

Quebec City, despite its proximity to the U.S. and confederation with Anglophone Canada, is in many ways more authentically French than France.  Our global village of cheap jet transport and liberal immigration policies has resulted in many of the world's cities drawing their inhabitants from whatever countries are most populous and/or whichever countries have the most poverty, crime, and government oppression.  This results in enough similarity of one big city to another that some folks don't bother traveling anymore.

Quebec, by contrast, has stubbornly resisted immigration for centuries.  After the British took over in 1760 they tried desperately to get English speakers to move here to dilute the French language, culture, and loyalty.  In the 19th-century the Quebecois themselves began leaving for various New England states in which high-paying mill jobs were to be had.  Instead of the hoped-for immigration this was an outflow of roughly 1 million people.  Today Canada brings in nearly 250,000 immigrants per year but most of them want to go to Toronto, Vancouver, and other English-speaking cities.  Quebec, with 24 percent of Canada's population, is the choice of only 15 percent of immigrants and most go to Montreal where it is possible to get by with only English (Montreal was where Ah med Ressam started his life in the New World).  Some combination of cold weather, a persistently moribund economy (they've tried everything here:  big government, small government, agriculture, heavy industry, high tech, etc.), and the terror of having to learn French keeps folks from wanting to pile into Quebec City and, to an even larger extent, the small Francophone towns of Quebec.

All of the folks who work basic service jobs seem to be native-born Quebecois.  Any signs in English are directed at tourists.McDonald's has a section "reserved for smokers".  Can this island of pure French culture survive?  A schoolteacher told me "I know that the day will come when I can't speak French here anymore." At the inception of the language wars in the 18th-century the French language was holding its own quite nicely in the worlds of literature, science, and day-to-day use.  Today, however, the results of England imperialism have spread the English language far beyond what could have been foreseen 250 years ago.  The huge number of countries and people that use Spanish and Chinese have further reduced the French language to obscurity.

PHPComplete.com: A PHP Quebec Summary

PHPComplete.com: A PHP Quebec Summary 04/01/2005 08:47 AM
In a new post from PHPComplete.com, Jason has a very brief summary from the PHP Quebec Conference that just happened.

Back from Quebec City

Back from Quebec City 06/05/2005 11:56 PM

The trip back from Quebec City involved a stop in Burlington, Vermont to clear customs, borrow the "crew car" at the airport gas station (FBO), rent bikes along the lakeshore, and fly back to Boston at around 6:30 pm when the afternoon thunderstorms were supposed to be dissipating.  Each leg of the flight was about one hour and we were in the clouds almost the entire time.  The new airplane has a datalink with the National Weather Service's NEXRAD system for finding rain showers, thunderstorms, and lightning strikes.  As another demonstration of the power of U.S. government bureaucracy this datalink adds about $10,500 to the cost of the airplane.  If you buy a battery-powered receiver to plug into your laptop and use without connecting to the airplane's electrical system the cost is about $800.  Consequently, just as with the GPS systems that would warn Cessna pilots out of the Washington, D.C. airspace, hardly anyone with an older airplane has this kind of datalink.  On the second leg the datalink proved very valuable.  The air traffic controllers in this region have a simultaneous display of air traffic and weather and you can ask them for vectors to keep clear of heavy rain but it is very nice indeed to see it all in on the airplane's dashboard moving map.

As it turned out the rainstorms and lightning were still active in some areas of Vermont and New Hampshire.  But with the datalink we were able to steer clear of anything worse than light rain.  My old plane didn't have the datalink and I probably would have chickened out and stayed on the ground until the FBO's weather terminal showed the RADAR calming down.

I'm already missing the friendly people of Quebec.  The Departure controller asked if I'd enjoyed my weekend there.  I especially remember Eric Proulx, a farmer in the city market who showed us photos of his goats at the Ferme Tourilli, and gave us samples of his delicious Cap Rond cheese, which he says is available in one Boston store (I've emailed him to find out which one; he couldn't remember at the time).

PHP Québec 2005: PHP - MySQL - Apache

PHP Québec 2005: PHP - MySQL - Apache 03/17/2005 02:58 AM
PHP Québec is proud to present an extended conference in Montréal, Québec, covering the latest innovations in PHP, MySQL and Apache. From March 30th until April 1st, major AMP contributors will talk about Security, Web Services, PHP 5 and great achievements with PHP in North America. The 4 tracks are available at the PHP Québec site. PHP Certification exams by Zend are included with every admission ticket to the conference. The certification center will also provide MySQL and Linux certification from MySQL AB, LPI and Savoir Faire Linux. The examination center is open to everyone.

PHPComplete: A PHP Quebec Summary (Part
2)

PHPComplete: A PHP Quebec Summary (Part
2) 04/04/2005 08:18 AM
Back with more of an update from the second day of the PHP Quebec conference, Jason has this new post.

Quebec Free Software Week

Quebec Free Software Week 09/22/2004 06:16 AM
Cory Doctorow: Robin sez, "The autumnal equinox marks the middle of the Semaine québécoise de l'informatique libre, something like the Québec Free Software/IT Week. The web site has the full program, > 25 events in at least 6 cities all accross Québec between September 18th and 26th." Link (Thanks, Robin!)

Quebec to be fully on-line by 2007

Quebec to be fully on-line by 2007 06/07/2004 07:05 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 7 2004 10:33PM GMT

Quebec, Labrador, Newfoundland, PEI trip
highlights

Quebec, Labrador, Newfoundland, PEI trip
highlights 07/29/2004 08:48 PM

I'm back in New England as of this evening, at a secure non-disclosed location safe from the security goons of the DNC.  Here are some highlights and statistics from the little airplane excursions.

Approximate route:  Up to Quebec City, northeast up the St. Lawrence River to the northern tip of Newfoundland, down the west coast of Newfoundland to Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia then over to Prince Edward Island before returning via Bangor, Maine. About 3000 miles traveled during 20 hours of flight time.

Most Interesting Place:  L'Anse aux Meadows in St. Anthony's, Newfoundland, the first European settlement in the Americas circa 1000 AD.  The Vikings came, they saw, they loved it, but they left because they didn't have sufficient military power to hold out against the local Indian tribes.

Best Aerial Scenery:  Whales (100+) in the St. Lawrence, icebergs on the east coast of Newfoundland, the mountains of Gros Morne National Park from 1000-2000' above the waves on the west coast of Newfoundland.

Favorite Modern Art Observed:  International Garden Festival at the Grand Metis (Reford) gardens near Mont Joli, Quebec (6000' runway) on the Gaspe Peninsula.  The range of ideas in this Extreme Gardening event was inspiring and included an Asphalt Garden by Se Busca, a team from Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Favorite book read:  Ski nny Dip by Carl Hiaasen.  A woman gets rich after her casino-owning parents are killed in a Gulfstream that crashes while transporting a performing bear.  Her biologist husband subsequently tosses her off the back of a cruise ship in an attempted murder but she survives by clutching a floating bale of marijuana.  Not exactly thought-provoking but fun.

Favorite newspaper article read:  "Woman's whale phobia justified...  [headline] Behemoth Slaps Boater in Head with Tail [subhead] Labrador woman with a lifelong whale phobia was badly injured after an unidentified whale slapped her with its tail on the maiden voyage of her husband's new boat." (from the National Post, subscription only; also see this CBC story)

Favorite radio show heard:  Senior citizen's call-in hour on CBC where a woman requested Dory Previn's song "Twenty Mile Zone".

Community News: PHP Quebec 2005
Announced

Community News: PHP Quebec 2005
Announced 03/17/2005 02:48 AM
From PHP.net:

Chris Shiflett's Blog: PHP Quebec Recap

Chris Shiflett's Blog: PHP Quebec Recap 04/12/2005 11:27 AM
With a quick recap of the this year's PHP Quebec Conference, Chris Shiflett has this new posting with some good links.

Community News: PHP Quebec Conf.
Announced!

Community News: PHP Quebec Conf.
Announced! 02/12/2004 10:10 AM
At long last, the time for the PHP Quebec Conference has arrived!

Quebec Finds Pride in a Greasy Favorite

Quebec Finds Pride in a Greasy Favorite 04/26/2004 06:15 AM
Poutine, Quebec's signature dish made of fried potatoes and cheese, is spreading beyond Canada and winning fans as far away as New York City and Florida.

Infoway to invest $1.8 million in Quebec
projects

Infoway to invest $1.8 million in Quebec
projects 03/24/2005 11:38 PM
Canadian Healthcare Technology Mar 25 2005 4:18AM GMT

Tobias Schlitt's Blog: PHP Conference
Quebec Ending

Tobias Schlitt's Blog: PHP Conference
Quebec Ending 04/04/2005 08:18 AM
In his own quick post at the end of PHP Quebec, Tobias Schlitt, including a few great shots from the dinners and "after-conference activities".

Sean Coates' Blog: A PHP Quebec Conf
Summary

Sean Coates' Blog: A PHP Quebec Conf
Summary 04/15/2005 10:02 AM
With his own mini-recap of the PHP Quebec Conferece, Sean Coates has this new post on his blog today.

Derick Rethans' Blog: PHP Quebec/Playing
Safe

Derick Rethans' Blog: PHP Quebec/Playing
Safe 04/04/2005 10:18 AM
Derick Rethans has already posted the slides from his talk at the PHP Quebec Conference 2005 - both here: Encry ption and Data Security and the Performance Workshop.

Conan O'Brien's Quebec Shows Stir Furor
(AP)

Conan O'Brien's Quebec Shows Stir Furor
(AP) 02/16/2004 06:37 PM
AP - Canadian politicians are denouncing "The Late Show with Conan O'Brien" over a sketch in which a cigar-chomping sock puppet hurled insults at French Canadians.

3WTel’s Superior VoIP - Lightyears Ahead
in VoIP Security and Dial-Up Capability

3WTel’s Superior VoIP - Lightyears Ahead
in VoIP Security and Dial-Up Capability 02/01/2005 08:48 PM
Hackers can easily access confidential information from customers of VoIP services that utilize open and interpretable industry standard codec and industry standard protocol. VoIP services offering secure lines hosted on proprietary patented technology are reaping the benefits because of the optimal security it creates. [PRWEB Jan 31, 2005]

HBF Group, Inc. Announces I-911™ Voice
Over IP (VoIP) Solution for VoIP
Providers and the Emergency Services
Industry

HBF Group, Inc. Announces I-911™ Voice
Over IP (VoIP) Solution for VoIP
Providers and the Emergency Services
Industry 06/14/2004 02:24 AM
i-911 addresses the deficiencies in other commercially VoIP 911 available solutions by providing a 911 emergency calling service that is deployable immediately , requires little or no change to the public safety answering points (PSAPs). i-911 offers a significant improvement over other VoIP solutions as it delivers accurate call back and location information from a 9-1-1 call in real-time. [PRWEB Jun 14, 2004]

He Was an American, Quebec-Born - Saul
Bellow's legacy. By Christopher Hitchens

He Was an American, Quebec-Born - Saul
Bellow's legacy. By Christopher Hitchens 04/08/2005 10:20 AM
Christopher Hitchens' eloquent elegy to Saul Bellow .. Bellow's Legacy (Slate)

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Quebec leads in high-technology exports,
provincial stats institute says

Quebec leads in high-technology exports,
provincial stats institute says 09/07/2004 09:44 PM
National Post Sep 8 2004 2:16AM GMT

Brick Brewing extends PC Beer licensing
deal with Loblaws to Quebec

Brick Brewing extends PC Beer licensing
deal with Loblaws to Quebec 07/08/2004 12:10 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Jul 8 2004 3:53PM GMT

ONLINE EXTRA: Our readers on Quebec,
northern woes and child safety

ONLINE EXTRA: Our readers on Quebec,
northern woes and child safety 06/10/2004 04:50 AM
Canada.com - Thu Jun 10, 08:36 am GMT

VoIP Signs Agreement with VOIP-4U;
Lucent Announces Contract with Verizon
Wireless and AT&T to Launch Internet

VoIP Signs Agreement with VOIP-4U;
Lucent Announces Contract with Verizon
Wireless and AT&T to Launch Internet 07/16/2004 03:44 PM
Financial News USA Jul 16 2004 5:58PM GMT

Federal, Quebec governments announce
fibre-optic cable program for islands

Federal, Quebec governments announce
fibre-optic cable program for islands 09/04/2004 12:25 PM
Canadian Press Sep 4 2004 4:14PM GMT

Pure VoIP Won't Be Regulated, Phone-Like
VoIP Might Be

Pure VoIP Won't Be Regulated, Phone-Like
VoIP Might Be 02/12/2004 02:16 PM
As expected, the FCC ruled on the Pulver VoIP petition today, and gave something of a split decision. They claim that "pure" VoIP systems shouldn't be regulated, since they're just like email or any other internet application. However, they're reserving judgment on VoIP systems that more resemble regular phone service, such as Vonage that touch on the PSTN. This seems like something of a cop out, and may be difficult to sustain over time. Most of the "pure" VoIP systems are offering (or planning to offer) gateways that let them connect to the telephone system. Where do they fall along the regulatory spectrum? This would take away the incentive of VoIP providers to connect to regular phone service, creating two different levels of phone service, rather than connecting the two and leading to a more orderly migration. Of course, it still remains to be seen what sorts of regulations they will include for PSTN-connected VoIP. Chances are, they're talking about adding in 911 service and phone-tapping abilities.

3WTel’s Superior VoIP Adds Newest
Features Including Call Transfer to Cell
Phones/Telephones Plus Accessibility to
Personal VoIP Account Anywhere in World
When Travelling

3WTel’s Superior VoIP Adds Newest
Features Including Call Transfer to Cell
Phones/Telephones Plus Accessibility to
Personal VoIP Account Anywhere in World
When Travelling 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
Lightyears ahead in VoIP security and ability to be used on dial-up, broadband, wireless or satellite connections, 3WTel’s Superior VoIP now rocks the VoIP industry by offering its customers additional free features such as call transfer, worldwide login capability, group folders, audio devices, and proxy support. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

PACE

PACE 01/01/2005 06:26 AM
Version 1.0

Off to the $pace races

Off to the $pace races 06/20/2004 04:56 AM
Boston Globe Jun 20 2004 9:15AM GMT

The Pace of Innovation

The Pace of Innovation 02/19/2003 08:08 PM
Kendall Clark muses on the apparent stall in innovation in XML technology -- is it a sign of failure, or a symptom of success?

Pace wows with pay TV PVR

Pace wows with pay TV PVR 09/14/2004 07:25 AM
Subscribe, record, enjoy at leisure
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