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ipDTL Update

…and so begins a new year.  I’ll be cranking up the blog as usual beginning today…but I gotta say, taking about 10 days off from nearly every grow-up responsibility was SO WONDERFUL!!!

January is my toughest month of the year, no doubt.  It’s dark, cold, gloomy.  All those things I didn’tget done in 2016 come back to haunt me…and that means they become even bigger mental roadblocks.   I like to…

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Rast Ich, So Rost Ich

Rast Ich, So Rost Ich

“When I rest, I rust”

That old German proverb is a great rule of thumb for your VO business, but today I use it to throw some praise in the direction of In:Quality — the maker of ipDTL — and in particular its founder Kevin Leach.

Apparently that adage is not lost on this innovative UK company which hasn’t sat on its laurels since debuting the IP-based remote recording service 3 years ago.

And…

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Ball 'n' Chain

Ball ‘n’ Chain

My ISDN lines were installed 5 years ago.  I was giddy when my Telos XStream codec arrived.  When I have a session, I’m grateful for the technology, but honestly…I’m starting to see ISDN as a ball ‘n’ chain.

You know me…I like cutting edge.  When I see something waning into oblivion…I want out.  That’s how I feel about ISDN these days.

And why not?  The replacement broadband technologies are…

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Invitation: Finding ISDN's Heir Apparent

Invitation: Finding ISDN’s Heir Apparent

Free-market forces are having a heyday in anticipation of ISDN’s eventual downfall.  If you’ve spent any time at all on the pages of this blog, you know that I’ve been following this trail closely.

There doesn’t have to be just ONE successor to the throne of the twisted copper wires.  There may be room for many, but at this point, 3 contenders are showing they want to be the alternative of…

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