Motorola Making VoIP Cable Modem
As someone who wants less devices installed in my house, largely to reduce the cable clutter and the draw on electric power, I'm always happy to see when a company rolls out the production of a combined device like Motorola is out in Taiwan that blends Cable Modem and VoIP technology that's part of the DOCSIS 2.0 standard.
Now will someone please make a combined WiFi, VOIP, Cable Modem 10 port Router so I can eliminate four devices and have only one. PLEASE !!!

The new Motorola device is referred to as an Embedded MTA (EMTA) since it integrates a cable modem and phone terminal.
http://www.packetcable.com/downloads/specs/pkt-sp-emta-primary-iO1-001128.pdf
A bunch of companies already make WiFi/hub/router/cable modem devices. Seems like a matter of time before the include a VoIP capability. I think the only question is whether that will be via PacketCable/DOCSIS (which is not SIP) or via SIP (like the new Linksys devices).
Posted by: VoIP Dude | November 15, 2004 at 07:06 AM