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netTALK to the Rescue: Dumping Google Voice for Less Than 10¢ a Day

netTALK to the Rescue: Dumping Google Voice for Less Than 10¢ a Day

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

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The Google Voice Adventure with Asterisk® has been disappointing to put it charitably. Google never really saw the benefit of providing free phone service to millions of Americans because they never could quite figure out how to monetize the project. In the meantime, shady call centers were eating them alive with dozens if not hundreds of Google Voice trunks that were placing endless calls around the clock. The final straw was Microsoft deciding to keep Skype proprietary while adding free… Read More ›

IVR 101: Six Quick Steps to Building Incredible IVRs for Asterisk with FreePBX

IVR 101: Six Quick Steps to Building Incredible IVRs for Asterisk with FreePBX

Monday, December 30, 2013

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As more and more Asterisk® platforms enter the open source community, it seems as if we spend a lot of energy covering the basics of getting those new systems into place, and there’s little time left for tutorials that really make the difference in a great telephony system and one that just makes calls. So our New Year’s Resolution is to try to devote a column every month to smelling the roses and pushing out some information that actually helps… Read More ›

Twofer Tuesday: Incredible PBX for RasPBX on BeagleBone Black and Raspberry Pi

Twofer Tuesday: Incredible PBX for RasPBX on BeagleBone Black and Raspberry Pi

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

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We never were big fans of unfinished projects. And with Festivus behind us and Christmas tomorrow, it seemed only fitting to celebrate with a Twofer Tuesday Encore. Whether you like ’em or hate ’em, Google’s free text-to-speech engine is a big deal. It’s as close to perfect as any commercial product you can buy. So getting it to work with the BeagleBone® Black was really important for those of us that believe the BeagleBone Black is a near perfect telephony… Read More ›

The Definitive VoIP Quick Start Guide: Introducing PBX in a Flash 2.0.6.5.0

The Definitive VoIP Quick Start Guide: Introducing PBX in a Flash 2.0.6.5.0

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

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What a difference a year makes in the VoIP World! We now have a rock-solid, reliable Asterisk® 11 release and an equally stable FreePBX 2.11 on which to build state-of-the-art VoIP servers. If you’re new to the VoIP community, watch this video before you proceed. Now let us welcome you to the World of PBX in a Flash™. This is our best release ever whether you’re a total newbie or an experienced Asterisk developer. You can’t really appreciate what goes… Read More ›

The Perfect Stocking Stuffer: Incredible PBX for the Raspberry Pi Gets a Facelift

The Perfect Stocking Stuffer: Incredible PBX for the Raspberry Pi Gets a Facelift

Monday, December 2, 2013

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It’s been a wild ride with the $35 Raspberry Pi®. In late October, sales of the Raspberry Pi topped two million in less than two years. And, if you didn’t already know, the Raspberry Pi makes a near perfect platform for your very own VoIP PBX. It’s less than a ONE HOUR project! [iframe-popup id="3″] If you’re new to the party, imagine squeezing a 700 mHz ARM processor with 512MB of RAM, 2 USB ports, a 10/100 Ethernet port, an… Read More ›

Two Thumbs Up: A New Flash Drive Installer for PBX in a Flash 2.0.6.4.5

Two Thumbs Up: A New Flash Drive Installer for PBX in a Flash 2.0.6.4.5

Friday, November 22, 2013

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We can’t promise you free sushi, but… one of the key goals of the PBX in a Flash™ project always has been to provide an install option that works reliably with USB thumb drives. And today’s new PIAF thumb drive installer with CentOS 6.4 provides support for every current version of Asterisk® and FreePBX®. In addition, you can build and deploy standalone servers for FreeSwitch™, SugarCRM™, NeoRouter™ VPN, YATE, and OpenFire™ XMPP using our award-winning 32-bit and 64-bit PIAF™ ISOs.… Read More ›

The New VoIP Frontier: Meet the iPad Mini with Retina Display

The New VoIP Frontier: Meet the iPad Mini with Retina Display

Monday, November 18, 2013

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Last week was interesting if for no other reason because Apple released an amazing new product without tooting a single trumpet. In fact, the iPad Mini with Retina display was quietly made available on Apple’s web site in the middle of the night. Most believe that the rationale was that the devices were in such short supply that Apple couldn’t afford the PR nightmare of releasing a new product that very few could buy. Guess what? It’s still available. You… Read More ›

Meet the Goophone: It Walks Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck For Under $100

Meet the Goophone: It Walks Like a Duck and Quacks Like a Duck For Under $100

Friday, November 8, 2013

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If you didn’t cheat and hover over the images above, then you’d be wrong if you guessed that you now can buy Apple’s shiny, new iPhone® 5c for less than $100. From first-hand experience, I can tell you that the price of the 32GB model without a contract remains $649. You can add another $50 for tax in most states. And you can add another $99 for AppleCare® and another $79 each time your daughter drops the phone on the… Read More ›

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