Another Alpha project released, USA and Canada users only

Posts: 448 · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:06 am Post subject: Re: bull

resago wrote:

yeah, but they wouldn't even need to hash anything. filename = phone number.txt. no lookup, just open the file.

But it doesn't scale effectively, as the file system overhead would be enormous. You have to find the file, open it, and parse through it. Parsing flat text files is not efficient. (which is one reason why relational databases were invented) And I should also note, from a development standpoint, it's just as easy to write code that reads/writes to a database as it is to make code that creates/reads/writes text files. (actually, coding to the DB is easier)

A database is far more efficient at searching through huge data sets (as long as the data is properly indexed), is easier to manage, and scales much better.

By the way, just because there is not a database lookup does not mean there isn't some lookup. The file system itself is a database of sorts. Files get stored, indexed, queried, written, etc., and file system overhead is not insigificant-- especially in an application where large numbers of files are being constantly opened & read (for each phone call that comes in to Vonage's network).

Posts: 8 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 8

Is this feature still being tested?
The sign up page does not seem to be working?

Posts: 448 · Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:18 pm Post subject:

Dunno.... not enough hours in my day to test alpha-version releases, so I never tried it. When I read the description, it really didn't thrill me.

Seriously, though...... I just cannot BELIEVE they haven't implemented something as basic as selective call blocking yet.

They offer a large and useful feature set, yet something as useful and basic as Selective Call Blocking is remarkably absent and nobody (except customers) seems to care.

If I'm wrong, someone please correct me. Sad

Posts: 1327 · Vonage Forum **MVM** Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 1327

It is too bad Vonage has dropped the ball on Selective Call blocking, especially since Contact Book would be easy to set up, since GrandCentral is using it for over 2 years.

Here is a new link for Contact Book
https://cb.beta.vonage.com/

Posts: 830 · Vonage Forum Evangelist Joined: Jun 08, 2007 Posts: 830

txghia58 wrote:

Is this feature still being tested?
The sign up page does not seem to be working?

Works fine for me. Does not require a sgn up, just put your user name and password in the sign-on fields.

BTW, I wpould not be surpised if Vonage discontinues contact book and Vonage talk (both of the reasons I am a BIG supporter of Vonage) as the combination of the two encompass Vonage Pro.

Posts: 8 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 8

I get a custom 404 error page.

The page you were looking for doesn't exist.
You may have mistyped the address or the page may have moved.

Posts: 8 · New Forum Member Joined: Mar 05, 2006 Posts: 8

I finaly got int with this url https://cb.vonage.com/