Who here knows what McCabe Cyclomatic Complexity is? Anyone? <silence> It’s a term from computer science that defines the complexity of a computer program. I have a degree in computer science (kinda*), and I’ve never heard of this term – so don’t feel bad if you are not familiar with it. At Award Consulting we… Continue Reading
How to move an 11,000 ton central office building – without interrupting service
I recently came across the video below, which shows how Indiana Bell physically moved their 8-storey, 11,000 ton central office building, while still providing access to employees and customers, and without any interruptions to phone service. I’m tempted to say something about how modern technology is amazing, except that this happened in 1929! You can… Continue Reading
Formula 1 Crashes – and layers of protection
As a kid growing up in England, I used to watch the Formula 1 Grand Prix races on Sunday afternoons. My Dad and I were TV-buddies, sitting enthralled as the drivers raced at over 200 miles per hour, on twisting, winding tracks in exotic cities across the world. When I moved to the US, I… Continue Reading
Huge growth in robocalls signed with SHAKEN certificates
In June this year, 37% of calls signed with B-level attestation were robocalls, while only 7% of unsigned calls were robocalls. In other words, if you see a call that has been signed with a STIR/SHAKEN B-level attestation, that means it’s more likely to be a robocall. That isn’t how things were supposed to work…. Continue Reading
The Hawaii missile false alarm – and cyber security
Do you remember where you were on Saturday, January 13, 2018? If you lived in Hawaii, you would. This was the day when Hawaii residents received an emergency alert on their phone stating:Emergency AlertBallistic Missile Threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill. It took 13 minutes before state officials began… Continue Reading
How does DTMF work with VoIP?
For some reason we have recently encountered a cluster of issues recently where DTMF tones are not successfully traversing the network. So what better time for a quick educational article explaining how DTMF is supposed to work in a VoIP network? What is DTMF? In case anyone is not familiar, DTMF stands for dual-tone multi-frequency… Continue Reading