VOIP Presentation Program

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Alaska Pacific
University
and
GCI


“The Telephony System of
the Future”

The First IP Telephony Network
At an Alaskan University

March 30, 2004

Program:
3:30 Welcome Doug North, President of Alaska Pacific University
The First IP Telephony Network at an Alaskan University-Ron Duncan, CEO of GCI
What Is Voice over IP? Acknowledgements. Jeanne Clifford, Director, Information Technology, APU
4:00Cutting of the “Traditional” Phone Cable

Acknowledgements
Ron Duncan and Doug North, Initiators of the Project
GCI:
Ed Habza-Project Engineer
Jerry Goodman and Angie LaFleur-Technician Magicians
Russ Doig-Managed IP Telephony Project Manager
Paula Tutko-Local Service Project Manager
Rock Moreland--Managed IP Telephony Project Manager
Marina Cottini-Director of Major Accounts
Brian Phillips-Major Account Manager
Rick Hansen-Project Manager Alternate
Scott Lefebvre-Operations Manager

APU:
Anne Reynolds-Project Leader
Alan Kunz-Technical Lead
Adam Grant-Everywhere Man
Andre Brown-Event Planning and misc.
Eric Stock-General Assistant Extraordinaire
Special Thanks to the IT Staff and APU Community for their participation and support

 

 

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A Guide to the Network Cake


PSTN-Public Switched Telephone Network. This is where all telephone traffic travels. Chocolate Cream Pie from SYSCO (Thanks, Andy, for covering my Lemon Meringue fiasco)

Router-forwards data and voice packets between networks. Applesauce cake, vegan.

Firewall-examines all data packets to prevent unauthorized access to devices on the network. Candle

Call Manager-manages voice traffic, replaces functions of a PBX or switchboard. Applesauce cake, vegan.

E911-forwards location information to 911 service, based on information contained in the VoIP phone and the port to which it is connected.

Unity Voice Mail-Cisco’s IP voice mail. Berry bars.

Switches-filter and forward data and voice packets between LAN (Local Area Network) segments. Rice pudding.

Phones-Cisco’s IP Phones. Brownies with donut handsets.

PCs-are now attached to the phones, and together they have just one shared connection to the network. Berry bars.

Ethernet cables-fiber and copper cables that carry data and voice packets between networks and between network devices. Popcorn cables with almond voice and data packets.
 Thank you for joining us today.
If you would like to learn more about APU
http://www.alaskapacific.edu

GCI
http://www.gci.com

Or Cisco’s Voice over IP phones
http://www.cisco.com

 

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