Search Telecare Aware
Like it? Share it!
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
sponsorship banners general advertising *special: sponsor a conference report* |
3 Febuary edition of the Telemedicine Reporter International Edition (PDF) for download thanks to US Tele-Medicine. To be emailed when the next is released email their media dept. |
|
| The gist is...If you have a serious comment to make anonymously...email it, don't just post it. |
Truly anonymous comments - where the writer is unknown - are not published unless they are unexceptional.
Comments or articles where the authorship is known but are offered for publication anonymously are considered on their merits. (Email Steve or Donna in confidence.) There are some circumstances where it is necessary to be close to a particular situation to be able to throw light on it but to write about it publicly would jeopardise the author's position. In that case, the decision to publish an item anonymously hinges on the question of whether or not it is informed opinion that will add insight to, or might start, a debate on a particular topic.
Unsubstantiated allegations of illegal behaviour or substandard products, for example, would not be posted unless they could be independently verified, in which case we would probably publish them ourselves.
Just because a post, article or comment, etc. is published on Telecare Aware readers cannot and should not infer that the editors agree with the author, anonymous or not.
Steve Hards
Donna Cusano
Editors
steve.hards@telecareaware.com
donna.cusano@telecareaware.com
Telemedical and alarm services at odds with VoIP provision |
| Friday, 22 January 2010 14:46 |
|
An interesting thread. It is correct that in many cases the VoIP service providers have not considered the impact on the non-voice applications that are already deployed, telemedicine/health alert and alarm being one of them. The growth of VoIP and SIP trunking services is driven mainly by Voice telephony and integrated IP services. It is clear that modem connectivity and in many cases also fax provision become poor or inoperable when changing from the traditional copper/circuit switched telephony service to an IP based one. In the USA the carriers are already moving towards a time plan for ceasing circuit switching and in the UK by default the growth of intergrated IP services by companies such as Sky and Talk Talk means we are on the same track. The company I work for NSG www.nsgdata.com specialises in niche technology solutions and was indeed a pioneer of voice over data. We know very well the trade offs and have working solutions for modem and fax applications using any type of IP service. In the USA the availability and low cost of 3G and 4G data plans means that there is a move towards cellular wireless that completely negates the need for a copper telephone lines. NSG is already playing in this sector. I am very keen to explore the markets in UK and Europe as a whole because I feel that our existing experience Sateside can bring solutions to the type of problems described in this thread. I would be pleased to be contacted on this matter. David Parker NSG Datacom International |
