VoIP software

[Ed Robbins]

That's what I like about the IAX protocol, it's NAT friendly and perfect
for what I"m using it for.  The hardware is fairly cheap as well.  I
bought a Digium x100p card that I hooked up my incoming line to so callers
coming in come into asterisk and then can ring extensions, check vmail,
etc.  Overall it's a very cool piece of software and that's after spending
the past 10 years developing call center software and knowing what's
involved in it.  The asterisk group really has a brillant project.

Ed

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Jon maddog Hall wrote:

> Ed,
>
> I called the USA from Brazil last week and talked for 1/2 hour.  Used an
> IAXy analog-phone to VoIP box from Digium.com and the Nufone.net service.
> The IAX protocol (supported by Asterisk) can go through firewalls and NAT
> translations.  You just hook the box up to an Ethernet that has DHCP service
> and an analog telephone, then plug in the power.  About twenty seconds later
> you have a connection to the service provider.
>
> The 1/2 hour call from Brazil to the USA cost me 73 cents.  I even let some of
> the Brazilians call their relatives in Canada.  It was so cheap, why not?
>
> Pretty cool.
>
> md
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