AsteriskNOW! Is Out Of Beta
As of a couple of days ago AsteriskNOW is no longer in beta. I just downloaded release v1.01 this evening. It weighs in a a hefty 501 MB for the ISO. I'm thinking that I'll fire it up on a…
Refurbished H-P T5700 Series Thin Clients Available Direct From H-P
I've already described how much I like these little beasties. They're perfect for embedded Asterisk hosts, FreeNAS, even as routers with a second NIC installed. I've found used ones on E-bay in the $100-200 range. I was surprised to find…
HD-DVD: The End Is Near
We all knew if was coming after the CES debacle earlier this year. The Hollywood Reporter is today reporting that Toshiba will finally kill off HD-DVD some time in the coming few weeks. How things have changed in just a…
Traffic Shaping for VOIP: Visible Proof
I just love it when things work as expected. Having been out of town for a couple of days I came back today and needed upload quite a few things to servers in the UK. As I was doing this…
Another Video Phone Company Bites The Dust, But The Idea Lives On
A few days ago Tom Keating over at TMC wrote a post detailing how Worldgate Communications is nearing the end of its rope. Worldgate was the company most recently behind the OJO VOIP/Videophone service. It's always sad when a company…
Snom M3 Review Update
The detailed review of the Snom M3 is just about complete, barring a few last minute edits. However, the editors over at www.smallnetbuilder.com have decided to purchase it for publication at their site. It'll probably take them a week or…