iBurst Webfone Review

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iBurst Webfone

This is a beautifully simple VoIP implementation that requires minimal technical expertise to use. If used purely as a phone, it is as simple to operate as a regular phone.
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One minor, but quite off-putting problem, in my opinion, is the lack of feedback when you speak. On pretty much any handset you might use, you will hear a little voice feedback. The Webfone, however, does not feature this. This results in dead silence when no one speaks, something one might confuse for a dropped call, but this is a necessary feature with VOIP technology to ensure optimal bandwidth usage.
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This is known as sidetone. It is not a bandwidth-intensive thing as it is generally done locally in the VOIP handset itself in the CODEC code. So they're talking crap when they say that sidetone uses bandwidth.

I have worked extensively with the snom 300 and that phone has got sidetone, even though the packets are not going through.
 
rofl RPM how much did iburst pay you to review their poor excuse of service delivery?
 
You'll notice that Alex Jelagin from SACM reviewed the product
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sorry my bad I don't exactly know who Alex Jelagin or RPM is :P
 
SA Computer Magazine reviewed this hardware?
Interesting. Now I am reminded why I don't read or buy those magazines.
 
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