Hadron Quark wrote:
> BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Digium(R) Preps Award-Winning Open Source AsteriskNOW(TM) Software
>>> Appliance for Full Release
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Introduced last quarter by Digium, the creator and primary developer
>>> | of Asterisk, AsteriskNOW includes all the software customers need to
>>> | install and configure a phone system that offers the advanced features
>>> | found in expensive proprietary products. AsteriskNOW is free and can
>>> | run on customers' existing servers.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
>>
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-digiumr-preps-award-winning-open-source-asterisknowtm-software-/2007/03/21/2433500.htm
>>>
>>
>>
>> On my wish list for home phones are:-
>>
>> 1. A shared telephone book, so you don't have to go hunting for the hand
>> set that has the person's number on that you want to call.
>
> Politics wont allow that to happen. Individuals with their own home
> phones in their rooms dont want their number given to anyone in the house.
>
>> 2. I want displays that you can read. These diddy little 9x2 LCDs may
>> look alright in a brightly lit up shop, but in the home they are rubbish,
>> the menus on those displays are rubbish too, so forget the added features
>> because you can't find them to use them anyway.
>
> I can. Shrug. Glasses?
>
>>
>> 3. And I want a phone hand set that comes to find me when they is a call
>> instead of the other way round.
>
> LOL. Bluetooth earpiece?
>
>>
>> Skype gives me all but one of those things on my list. The only down side
>> to skype at the moment is carrying the PC, monitor mouse and keyboard
>> everywhere I go.
>
> Laptop!
>
>>
>> My phone bill is pennies now, except for the Internet connection. Skype
>> is my home phone and my mobile belongs to work so they pay that one.
>
> i cant quite bring myself to move to Skype. Too many things go wrong on
> the web.
Occasionally I get speed related problems with skype, it seems to be getting
more rare, though that might only be because I have learnt when the best
times to use it are. Then they was what seemed quite a long period where
every other call was fairly distorted, that one wasn't really related to
busy web times, but it has cleared up, must be a month or so since I had
one of those.
I don't think I would trust it as an emergency services phone, so I do have
to hang on to the other phone too. Actually, I don't think I have seen
emergency services mentioned in relation to skype except a long time ago I
got an email advising against using it that way.
But other wise I'm really pleased with it, even if at first you only use it
for outgoing just until you trust it it is worth having a go, or go for one
of the commercial versions that ensure your particular comms are secure.
The problem with selecting a VoIP is that you want one that most people will
join, otherwise you lose the 'free' calls side. The marriage between VoIP
vendors isn't good at all. But Yahoo and Aol are apparently joining Skype.
BT have one as well, but I hate dealing with BT, the sooner I can be shot
of them the better.
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