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Editorial: What does it mean when a company is expelled from the Better...

January 4, 2008, 3:52 pm

You may have noticed (probably not) that I almost never advise people to complain to the Better Business Bureau. The reason is that most people have a misconception of what the BBB is all about. Some...

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FreePBX Announces Open Telephony Training Seminar

January 5, 2008, 11:40 am

The following is reprinted verbatim from an e-mail announcing this seminar: FreePBX/Asterisk Open Telephony Training Seminar We are please to announce the first training seminar focused on the...

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Nerd Vittles offers “Some Asterisk Resolutions for the New Year”, so I will also

January 7, 2008, 12:44 pm

Ward Mundy offered up “Some Asterisk Resolutions for the New Year” this morning: We made some New Year’s Resolutions for 2008… just as we do every year. There are the usual ones: lose weight, exercise,...

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IP Democracy: Verizon’s War with Cable over VoIP Customers

February 12, 2008, 3:02 am

It appears as though Verizon is resorting to lawsuits, as well as allegedly violating FCC rules, in an attempt to defeat or delay the widespread use of VoIP. It won’t work, of course, and Verizon...

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About VoIP: 911 Bill Passed by U.S. Senate

February 28, 2008, 1:57 pm

Looks like this is all but a done deal, for better or worse (better because VoIP companies will now have the legal right to have access to 911 answering centers, worse because it’s probably going to...

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Did Vonage steal a phone number from a Packet8 subscriber?

February 28, 2008, 3:38 pm

Russell Shaw of ZDnet received an e-mail from a Packet8 customer (note, a Packet8 customer, not a Vonage customer). Here’s the gist of it: I don’t subscribe to Vonage, I use Packet8 for my VOIP....

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BETA Perl script for Mac OS X users for Caller ID popups when using...

March 10, 2008, 3:46 pm

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Review of Ring Voltage Booster II™ from Mike Sandman Enterprises

April 23, 2008, 7:34 pm

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A Perl script to send Caller ID popups from Asterisk to computers running...

July 24, 2010, 1:41 pm

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Link: Interesting security technique for Asterisk and FreePBX users (may work...

November 16, 2010, 1:59 am

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Seven tips for making your VoIP service work

January 3, 2011, 2:36 am

Image by hc.saustrup via Flickr The following is based on my experiences with VoIP over the past few years. Some people can buy a VoIP adapter, or obtain one from a VoIP provider, and make it work...

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