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FreeSWITCH and Asterisk at UTOSC
UPDATED to allow comments [not that anyone cares] :)
It looks like Corey Edwards and I will be leading a discussion on FreeSWITCH and Asterisk at a “Birds of a Feather” presentation this Thursday at UTOSC.
Here’s the presentation abstract we submitted:
VoIP: FreeSWITCH and Asterisk
FreeSWITCH and Asterisk users will be gathering with all those interested in [...]
Asterisk 1.4.0 released.
I’m happy to learn that Asterisk 1.4 is out.
An Asterisk GUI and a Distro too!
The new version of Asterisk (1.4) is getting a GUI. I’ve known that for a while. I didn’t know, however, that Digium has wrapped the whole thing up as a Distro based on what looks like Fedora Core or RHEL.
From the announcement:
Asterisk® can now be easily configured with a graphical interface. The new site, AsteriskNOW.org, [...]
Ekiga, Asterisk and VPNs
Things are always harder then they’re supposed to be. Plugging in a SIP client to Asterisk should be easy, right? Well, it is, if everything is just perfect. I took a few notes and a few screenshots to help others if they find this fairly typical setup is more difficult then it should [...]
Asterisk and number hacks
If this needs explained, you won’t think it’s cool anyway ;)
vi /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf
;; Call hacks.
[hacks]
exten => 411,1,Dial(${TRUNK}/18003733411)
It makes it so that when you dial 411 (directory service) your call actually goes to a free 411 service. Myself, I have a hard time remembering long toll-free numbers. This makes it easy and free!
Jerry Springer meets the Free Phone Call
This blog details a new service that allows you to make FREE phone calls… there are strings attached.
The deal is that you get a free 6 minute phone call, but you give up your privacy. The calls get published on the Internet for the world to hear. It’s better then tapping the pay [...]
Adventures in VoIP
Ah VoIP…
My caller ID shows up as:
“COMFORT INN SUI” <3038045380>
7 out of 10 is good if your are playing “name that tune”. For caller ID, it might as well be 0 out of 10. The good news is that my VTP is better to deal with then Qwest.
Oh yeah, and my name is [...]
Press 9 for Google Talk
Here’s a pretty good write-up on how you can use Jingle with Asterisk for “calling” over Google Talk.
This is cool stuff.
You could have calls coming into work (Asterisk server) ring your office phone twice and then try your office and Google Talk client simultaneously.
You could get a call at home that your wife answers. [...]
13.2 million dollars
Looks like Digium gets funded. This can only mean good things for the development of Asterisk. It’s interesting to see that Digium has been in the black for a while:
Digium won’t disclose any specific data on its financial performance, but says it has been profitable since 2002, generating 100 percent growth in revenues each year [...]
Bumps ahead
The humble server that I use to host a few (11) web sites is getting updated. It’s not going to be that big of a deal (99% idle instead of 97% idle).
The big deal will be the addition of Xen, LVM and RAID. I’m thinking about setting up a small domU that will [...]