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On 11 Jan 2010, at 18:31, Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> ... |
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>> MagicJack is just a USB FXS and a SIP client, except that it's tied |
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>> into a |
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>> proprietary service. There are lots of companies that sell VoIP |
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>> using the |
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>> SIP standard and I would expect there are many cheaper than |
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>> MagicJack, |
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>> because they don't bundle it up in a package that's easy-to-use to |
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>> noddies |
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>> (on the other hand, MagicJack's prices may be affected by the |
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>> volume they're |
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>> able to buy). |
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> At about $1.50/month it's nothing to worry about price-wise, ... |
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They give you unlimited calls for that? |
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Or am I somehow misunderstand the service? |
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> ... if it is packaged well and somehow that translates into it works |
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> better or |
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> has family features like voice mail, call forwarding or other things, |
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> then I'm happy to pay the price. |
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You should be able to do FAR more sophisticated things than this if |
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you manage it yourself. Asterisk is, however, hugely complicated. I |
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really like the sound of Freeswitch, but haven't looked at it closely |
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yet. |
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Stroller. |
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