Maybe some integration with pbxes.com? Does this also transcribe voicemail?

[WM: Hosted solutions are a separate can of worms that we're probably not going to get into. As for transcribing voicemails, Google Voice delivers both the audio message and a transcription. Works pretty well for those that articulate their words. Not so great for the rest of us.]

[WM: Sounds like your hardware isn't supported by CentOS 5.4. You are using the latest release with the links in this article, right? Not sure about your problem with the forums. Works fine for us and 52 others at the moment.]

Thanks
TomS

[WM: Go back through the config steps. Sounds like a typo in either the DID Number or CallerID Number for the gv-ringback Inbound Route. Or you've got a typo in the credentials.]

[WM: Sure. Head to the forums. You'll find all the answers there. Takes only a few seconds to change your outbound dialing rules and there's already an option to dial GV + a 10-digit number to place Google Voice calls. Then you can use the default dialing method for any other provider you choose.]

I have looked around but seems no one really does this at a reasonable price.

Could your set up be used on a dedicated server? or even use in conjunction with pogoplug?

[WM: Hosted is a niche unto itself. You'd need to talk to specific providers. The design is intended to let folks build Orgasmatron 5.1 onto a dedicated server. It need not be an expensive one. The link provided in the Prerequisites will get you an Aspire Revo at Best Buy for under $200. PogoPlug doesn't have the necessary horsepower to run all the apps that make up Orgasmatron 5.1. But the Revo is less expensive once you add a hard disk to the PogoPlug.]

[WM: Easiest way would be to start over. If you don't want to do that, then cut-and-paste each block of code, SSH into your server as root, and paste the contents that you previously cut. Then repeat for the chunk of code. When finished, type reboot to reboot your server.]

[WM: If you're just beginning, the bugs have been addressed in the current download.]

[WM: Just requires a bit of creativity. You need an American friend to get you started. We're easy to come by. ]

http://pbxinaflash.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6772

[WM: You just need someone in the U.S. to let you use their cellphone number long enough to receive SIPgate's SMS message and forward it to you. ]

[WM: You didn't set this up the way we outlined. You need a dedicated Google Voice number plus a SIPgate number to handle this Asterisk interface properly. If you want Google voicemail and multiple ringing phones for inbound calls, get another Google Voice number to manage all of that.]

[WM: The current design only works with SIPgate. We hope to have a separate IPkall solution shortly.]

[WM: Don't know what you mean by VMware setup. Have you installed the latest PIAF ISO first? Are you sure you have IP connectivity? It's a straight-forward wget for the payload so it sounds like a connectivity problem since there is no other OS interaction at that point.]

[WM: Backed up on registrations. Hang in there. The 'fix' is supposed to restore functionality for outbound dialing, yes. You've got nothing to lose. ]

[WM: Have you tried their desktop apps? Like we said, they're functionally identical to what you get with WebDAV. You just have to run them.]

[WM: The upgrade adjustments suggested at the end of the article should get you back in business assuming you could previously make calls. ]

[WM: Sorry. we've given all of ours away. Have you looked at eBay? They're still lots of them for under $2 there.]

If you’ve already done it and wonder why the RingBack call is ringing on another extension rather than magically joining up with your outgoing call in the parking lot, you can change this detail in extensions_custom.conf and it should work.

[WM: If the call is passing through the VPN tunnel it will be encrypted.]

[WM: Go to http://beta.pbxinaflash.net and choose the 32-bit image.]

http://www.macworld.com/article/146125/2010/02/pogoplug_review.html?lsrc=rss_main

http://www.macworld.com/article/146120/2010/02/unraid_server.html?lsrc=rss_main

According to the PogoPlug review in MacWorld, it requires accessing files on your PogoPlug server to go through my.pogoplug.com, meaning that if anything happens to PogoPlug, the device is useless.

An UnRaid server though seems to be totally at ones own control, other than getting updates from Lime that might come out, or additional programs to add features to the server. The UnRaid server also has the ability to have a single drive fail without affecting the server data itself, whereas the PogoPlug doesn’t seem to be doing this, only serving files.

The UnRaid server seems to also present the server as one HUGE drive and will store files where it needs to put them, although the option is there to put them on a specific drive to keep all files of a particular type on a specific drive. Example given was putting MP3’s on a slower drive while movies might go on a faster drive.

Given the above, for someone who wants to have more control over the system and better fail-safe capability, the UnRaid server seems to be a better deal. Costs might be a bit higher for a smaller size UnRaid server but without the costs for cases for plain drives, likely cheaper for larger server sizes. Not sure at what server size the price point for these two devices cross where one becomes cheaper than the other. Guess it depends on what parts one already has on hand and what one has to buy to create it.

I’m not sure on the security requirements for an UnRaid to be made available on the internet which the PogoPlug seems more adept at, so it would depend if one wants a local server or an internet server on which might be a better device.

I am thinking I might build a free UnRaid server (up to 3 drives is free) using a spare PC to test it out, and if it works well, expand it to a larger system with more drives and a licence for 6 or 20 drives. Won’t be able to do this until some time in April or May, but it will give me a single server to use for all my various files I have and will accumulate. I need more of a local server than an internet server.

Anything you see on either of these (or anything else out there) that would recommend one over the other? I don’t think I would run with a Drobo.

Thanks.

PS: Is T-Mobile 3G really that bad that I should stay away from it?

[WM: The apps provided give you a mappable drive on your desktop. Whether it's identical to WebDAV is open to debate since the apps aren't open source.]