asterisk configuration

June 20

NuFone: Worst Provider Ever…

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Filed under Asterisk, Flamewar, NuFone | 9 Comments

This really grinds my gears™
Apparently the worst provider ever award goes to NuFone… Well, at least according to this blog post.
This is yet another person who has chose to slant his experiences with NuFone in order to promote service from another VoIP Provider. Anyone else see a trend?
For the record, his trouble ticket was […]

February 18

Asterisk 1.6.0-beta3 Released

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Filed under Asterisk, News | No Comments

The Asterisk Development Team has released the third beta for Asterisk 1.6.

Added an ‘n’ option to SpeechBackground to request that the channel not get answered
Added a number of new manager actions to improve configuration management over the Asterisk Manager Interface, including the ability to:

List the categories in a file.
Get the contents of a single category.
Empty […]

January 4

Using The Nokia E61i

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Filed under Nokia | 7 Comments

Over the next couple weeks I intend to detail the configuration and usage of the Nokia E61i phone. I have been using the E61i for a few months now. I was also lucky enough to use E61 for quite a while, so will also document some of the differences and will tell you if […]

October 29

Tell Me What You Really Think About NuFone

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Filed under Flamewar, NuFone | 11 Comments

Initially I was not going to say anything about this, as doing so tends to do nothing more than to stir the horrnets nest. However, I am sick and tired of people bashing my company for no particular reason. For the record I am posting this on my own personal site and it does […]

September 18

Open Source: Better Than Free?

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Filed under Asterisk, Digium, Open Source | 2 Comments

I recently came across Better than free? How Digium adds value to open source from Digium’s recently launched blog — Welcome to the Blogosphere, Digium.
While I agree with the points that Roderick makes about adding value to a ‘free’ software package, I believe Digium hasn’t gone far enough with Asterisk Business Edition. […]

August 19

VoIP Blog

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Filed under Asterisk, How To, OpenSER, VoIP | No Comments

If you are just getting started with VoIP, you have found the right blog. I am committed to providing relevant content to anyone that finds it.
I have an on going series called How To Configure Asterisk. This first article in this series walks you through a typical first installation […]

July 29

SunRocket Service To Be Discontinued On August 5, 2007

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Filed under News, SunRocket, ViaTalk | 4 Comments

On Thursday July 26th, 2007 SunRocket customers received a 10 day notice that SunRocket VoIP services would be discontinued on August 5th, 2007.
If you are a SunRocket customer still looking to find a new VoIP Provider, I highly recommend you avoid Teleblend. According to Tom Keating, Teleblend is only a temporary solution for sunrocket customers.
I […]

July 21

Run Your Own SIP Server, Today!

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Filed under Asterisk, OpenSER, VoIP | 2 Comments

With the recent growing popularity of VoIP, it has gotten far easier for you to run your own SIP server. There are many different open-source software packages that you can download and run at your home or office.
Today I am going to discuss two solutions that you can download and have your own SIP Server […]

June 29

How To Configure Asterisk: A Typical Home Asterisk PBX Setup

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Filed under Asterisk, How To | 1 Comment

Now that Asterisk has gone mainstream, more and more Asterisk installations are happening in home environments.
Asterisk is perfect to power a residential phone system, as the cost of entry is now very obtainable, unlike in years past. In fact, you can even run Asterisk on a Linksys WRT54G, along with many many other Linux based […]

June 19

Digium and Bandwidth.com Come Together To Develop Open Source

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Filed under Asterisk, Bandwidth.com, Digium, News, Open Source | No Comments

Open Source now has another strategic partnership. Digium and Bandwidth.com partner to further develop open source software.
This goes to show that even more small business and large enterprises are now very much paying attention to the power of The Asterisk PBX.
I think, the best decision that I have ever made […]