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NAT scooped by VoIP Insider!

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VoIP-InformationJust when we were going to post the next series of “What is,” Mr. Cory Andrews scoops us with his “Ask Mr. Andrews: What is NAT Transversal?” post. He even made a super cool logo. :(

Well, we have only 2 comments:

  1. No Star Wars or Dungeons & Dragons references?
  2. Two Words: Ben Affleck

Seriously, it’s a nice post. And if you liked it, please check out:

Written by Fred

July 1st, 2008 at 1:05 pm

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What is DTMF?

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VoIP-InformationWow, great question. DTM and F are what we tech people call “letters.” Letters can be strung together to form words. Now, DTMF is an advanced string which we call an acronym. (Before you ask, an acronym is a word formed by the initial letters of a phrase)

Are you as bored as me? Must be if you’re still reading this… but anyway we digress…

The acronym DTMF comes from the phrase Dual-Tone Multi Frequency. Basically, if you have a “touch-tone” phone (at Voip Tech Chat we get paid every time that we use quotes) you can hear a special tone when you press a number. If you’re a really bored person, you can even use these tones to make music. For example, if you wanted to play Mary had a Little Lamb, you can press: Read the rest of this entry »

Written by Fred

May 1st, 2008 at 2:20 am

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