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Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Setting up an Asterisk PBX using Trixbox
sureteq.com has a good guide to setting up the Asterisk PBX using the Trixbox bootable CD distribution.
Trixbox v1.2 is an all-inclusive Asterisk PBX solution that comes on a bootable CD. It makes the process of bringing up a VoIP PBX solution a piece of cake. This document details, step by step, how to [...]
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Monday, October 9th, 2006
Review of Netgear Skype SPH101 Wi-Fi phone
A quick pointer to a good review of the Netgear Skype SPH101 Wi-Fi phone. They find it good, but quite expensive. They also note that the phone doesn’t have a built-in web client, so can’t use Wi-Fi access points which rely on browser-based authentication.
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Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
Skype based call center
SKY-Click is a 100% web-based and easy to use call centre solution based on Skype. Implementation and usage is simple and quick. SKY-click enables free PC to PC and cheap PC-to-Phone communication between a company and its customers. It allows the seamless integration between a company’s website, its customers and its call centre.
from Techcrunch.
This looks [...]
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Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
4 reasons to use Gizmo instead of Skype for your next podcast interview
Many podcasters use Skype to do Podcasts. The benefits of PC-based voice calling are obvious compared to trying to record telephone conversations, and the free nature of them has allowed many long-distance podcast teams to collaborate. However, there are some good reasons why podcasters should look at other non-Skype tools to use when podcasting. In [...]
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Friday, August 11th, 2006
Skype 2.6 Developer Preview
Skype has released an early-access development version for Windows. This version includes a new audio library that is supposed to improve voice quality.
We’re working on a new version of Skype for Windows which will be released soon, including a new audio library. This page give you all the details on this new release and lets [...]
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Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
Sony Mylo: Wireless access device with Skype phone
Sony have just announced the MyLo (My Life Online), which includes a webbrowser, IM client and a Skype phone in a form-factor roughly the size of a PSP. The exciting thing about this device is that - unlike most present Skype wireless phones - the addition of a web browser means that users will be [...]
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Tuesday, August 1st, 2006
Arstechnica suggests how GTalk could improve
Arstechnica has an editorial on some suggestions for how Google’s GTalk Instant Messenger client could impove. They suggest:
Focusing on corporate users, by integrating support for things like Google Calendar.
Increasing mobile support - they note that GTalk on the Nintendo DS would have huge potential.
Soliciting feature requests from their users.
See http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060731-7385.html for the whole article.
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Monday, July 31st, 2006
How To Dial Out Using an Analog Telephone and SkypeOut
If you’d like to use a traditional telephone device to call other phones using Skype Oldskoolphreak has documented the process at http://www.oldskoolphreak.com/tfiles/voip/skypeout_via_ata.txt
It’s not exactly a simple process, and required a virtual PBX installed. The instructions use the Axon Virtual PBX, but note that:
I’m probably sure you can substitute the Axon PBX for Asterisk, seeing as [...]
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Sunday, July 30th, 2006
Nokia test WiFi phones with automatic fallback to GSM
Unlike most VoIP WiFi solutions, Nokia’s Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology will automatically switch between WiFi and GSM networks depending on coverage.
Nokia is still testing the technology, but recently began field trials in Finland. If the technology works as promised it could finally bring VoIP WiFi mobile solution to normal mobile phone users.
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Sunday, July 30th, 2006
New York Times features Wi-Fi mobiles
The NYT covers the growing number of mobile phones offering VoIP calling via WiFi:
The phones, while a potential money-saver for consumers, could cause big problems for cellphone companies. They have invested billions in their nationwide networks of cell towers, and they could find that customers are bypassing them in favor of Wi-Fi connections. The struggling [...]