BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 3. And I want a phone hand set that comes to find me when they is a call
> instead of the other way round.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
If you use skype to dial off-net, you are paying a high price for it -
they are not cheap.
>
> If Skype want to send me something in response to this free advertising, I
> quite fancy a new car, a Peugeot 407 I think, ta.
>
>
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