RHC: Well you could be right about it, at least as far as this newsgroup is concerned. There's not much life left in the old lady anymore. Seems to have died off right after RLB passed away...dunno what that says, but it is what it is.
I wouldn't worry about VoIP; that's never going to amount to much for alarm purposes, since it is designed without error checking, and was never designed for digital data. Besides IP communications is coming up so strongly that it will quickly surpass it, since it works. Five years from now, every board manufactured will come with IP on board including the necessary RJ45 connector. VoIP...also a dead issue
I'm not sure I'm going to bother with this newsgroup much anymore, but after 15 years it's hard to discard. It's also discouraging to think that few others care to deal with the ills of our industry unless they directly impact their bottom line...