Archive for: June 2006

7 June 2006

Gizmo now does Outbound Caller ID on PSTN Calls

Filed under: Uncategorized - 07 Jun 2006

I noticed when I was messing with my Gizmo Project account today that when I make a PSTN call, the outbound Caller ID is something usable, namely my Area 775 number. That at least makes the inbound call I …

PhoneBoy’s Thoughts on Net Neutrality

Filed under: Uncategorized - 07 Jun 2006

Monday morning the VoIP Think Tank adjourned for a podcast, which is now available (here is the raw MP3). One of the major topics of our podcast this morning was Net Neutrality which I did express some thoughts …

6 June 2006

Kudos to Linksys for Finally Posting Firmware for VoIP devices!

Filed under: Uncategorized - 06 Jun 2006

This has been a long-time complaint of mine and many others on the Voxilla Forums and other places about Linksys hardware. Much of the VoIP hardware that Linksys produced, both before and after parent Cisco acquired Sipura, had firmware that …

5 June 2006

A New Digital Camera

Filed under: Uncategorized - 05 Jun 2006

A friend of my wife’s got a Nikon D50 SLR Digital Camera. What amazed her about it was the picture quality and the lack of shutter lag. The price was also reasonable as well, around $500–or so my wife …

4 June 2006

Nokia E-Series Phones and Asterisk

Filed under: Uncategorized - 04 Jun 2006

A quick Google search found these settings which seem to work (incidently, the realm on the E series should either be “asterisk” or whatever you have for your realm line in sip.conf. I’ll have to do a little …

2 June 2006

WSTPA Donates Wireless System to Nonprofit Cooperative

Filed under: Uncategorized - 02 Jun 2006

I am a member of the West Sound Technology Professionals Association and this press release was mailed out to all the members. I don’t see this on the site yet, so I’ll post the press release here for your …

Piracy and How to Reduce It

Filed under: Uncategorized - 02 Jun 2006

Upon reading this piece that Alec Saunders wrote about Pirate Bay’s recent legal problems, I remembered something that happened to me a while ago that I feel is relevant to the discussion. As some of you know, I’ve written …

1 June 2006

Parting Ways with Voxilla

Filed under: Uncategorized - 01 Jun 2006

A couple weeks ago, I mentioned I had made an important decision. The important decision in this case was regarding my relationship with Voxilla. While I can rationalize my decision any number of different ways, what it boiled down …

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