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…
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…
An Interview with Jonathan Christensen, GM of Audio & Video at Skype
Lee S Dryburgh has a very interesting interview with Jonathan Christensen who is the general manager of audio and video at Skype. It's in support of the coming eComm2008 conference that arises out of the ashes of the O'Reilly ETel…