Found this interesting link from Cisco, it provides you the feel for their IP phone (of course, cannot be compared to the actual). You’ll find basic, soft, information, audio, and browser features:

You can try it here or click on the image above: IP Phone 7960
“We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.”
-Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)
Filed under: » CCVP, » Voice

While studying for the CVOICEv5 exam I found this old Cisco “Voice Internetworking – Introduction” tutorial site that I found useful. You’ll find lectures on traditional telephony and other basic information that will be useful to fully understand how telephony and demystify all those terms. Here are the contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction to Basic Analog Voice Over IP
- History of Telephony
- Understanding Telephone Network Basics
- Understanding Telephony
- Understanding Voice over IP
- Configuration of Basic Analog VoIP
- Troubleshooting and Monitoring Basic Analog VoIP
Chapter 2: Analog Voice Internetworking with E&M
- Understanding Basic VoIP with PBX Trunking
- Configuration of VoIP with E&M Signaling
- Troubleshooting Basic VoIP with PBX Trunking
Chapter 3: Basic Analog-to-Digital Voice Over IP
- Introduction to Digital Voice Over IP
- Configuring Digital Voice over IP
- Troubleshooting and Monitoring Digital Voice over IP
Chapter 4: Interactive Voice Response
- Overview and Objectives
- Understanding and Configuring Interactive Voice Response
- Troubleshooting and Monitoring Interactive Voice Response
“Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.”
-Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
Filed under: » CCVP, » Tutorial

Yesterday, I passed the 642-432 (CVOICE) exam, 2 days before it expires. Got a decent score, was stucked on the simulation portion, I was troubleshooting the wrong portion of the problem, I was just trying to check all the basics but it seems it was not working right. It took me more than 15 minutes to make it work and tried to do the rest as fast as I could.
Was not able to post much of my notes here because I only had 1 week to re-review the materials (re-review because I was able to study 80% of the materials before I redirected my studies to CQS-ARSFE). I was able to borrow the training materials from my colleague who took the training (how fortunate they are!) and pound it hard the following days.
Another reason I was delaying my post was I was thinking of subscribing a hosting company but yet again I could not afford the recurring monthly expenses. So here I am, tada!
I will try to post some notes for both the CVOICEv5 and CVOICEv6 materials here, meanwhile I will also post some interesting notes as I go along with my CQS-ARSFE preparations. There are some interesting topics that you might find useful (WAAS, Life Cycle).
“Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.”
-Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
Filed under: » CCVP, » Exam