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Technical Overview Jeff Pulver, CEO Dr. Ed Guy, CTO pulver.com. Today’s FWD Community. 200,000+ users Growing by 750+ people a day. Users From over 150 countries. Early adopters from the always-on Broadband World Everyday Users, too! Customers choose their own client
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Technical Overview Jeff Pulver, CEO Dr. Ed Guy, CTOpulver.com
Today’s FWD Community • 200,000+ users • Growing by 750+ people a day. • Users From over 150 countries. • Early adopters from the always-on Broadband World • Everyday Users, too! • Customers choose their own client • Soft phone, PC Program • IP phone, • Adaptor, e.g Cisco ATA-186 • User Supported Community • Mailing lists allows community members to help each other. • We have limited support/development team yet we feel we can scale. • System based on open-source software from vovida.org
H323 Clients SIP Client User B SIP Client User A FWD & Related Architectures FWD Servers eDial Connected Networks IAXIPTELNIC.AT … ENUM PSTN Jasomi PPC eDial Conferences PSTNSIP Inbound Service Iperia VM Snowshore Media AsteriskVMAnnouncements NexTone Kall8 Internet Backbone NAT Router e.g. Linksys Audio over RTP Channels
FWD Features • Free Features • free FWD number • Internet Mobility • free CallerID • free Call Waiting • free CallerID call waiting • free use of FWD Conference Bridge • Free World Dialup White Pages • User Directory • Shows Who is on line and would like to be contacted. • free call transfer • Emerging Features • IAX Connection • free call forwarding • ICS
User Demographics 157 Countries
Reported User Agents June 2003 Others include: snom200-1.16b VidaPBX snom100-1.15e HP300-S VOIP IPPhone FXS_GW YAMAHA.*RTA54i LeaderSIP_UA/1.8 KPhone/3.1 FXO_GW Cisco 7905 Ahead SIPPS IP Phone DTA SIP/r010 NNOS/VR30 Sip EXpress router SIP EyeP Phone SIPNess SIP-UA snom200-1.16b
Development Projects • FWD Web-based ICS client • FWD Talk • FWD IM/Soft phone Application • Asterisk upgrade • IAX Net • PSTN Connectivity • Net Check • UA Certification Testing • Proxy Update • Updated Provisioning Interface
FWD Web-based ICS client • Goal • Better than Skype • SIP, GIPS, Firewall Traversal • IM, Presence, Web-based Call Control • Conference Calling • Uses any FWD IP Phone. • Leverage eDial Platform • Schedule • Alpha-2 May • Beta August • Launch September • Status • In development
FWD IM/Softphone Application • Goals: • FWD controlled Client • Simplify Support • Hi-Fi Voice • IM & Soft phone • Video Future • Status: • Lab Prototype • Deferred (ICS)
Asterisk upgrade • IAX Net • Alternate protocol for interconnecting • About 110 Users a/o 4/22/04 • Needs provisioning fix • Announcement server Upgrade • In place and added fail over • PSTN Connectivity – Call in Replacement. • Equipment installed in March • Waiting XO contract execution…
Net Check • Diagnose Subscriber LAN problems and recommend configuration • Status: • Delivered • uPNP support just added
UA Certification Testing • UA Certification Testing
Proxy Update • Goals: • Evaluate recent improvements by iptel • SIP replication • NAT Traversal • Others? • Decide on Implementation Plan • Status: • In process, schedule TBD.
Updated Provisioning API • Goal: • Facilitate FWD Branding • How: • Separate data management and provisioning from web presentation to permit • XML/http api. • Status • Future