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- LoudHush 1.3.21 (Mac)
- LoudHush is a softphone application for Mac OS X. It functions as an IAX client for the Asterisk PBX. With LoudHush you can initiate and answer, hold and transfer voice calls using your computer.
- Software downloads 2009-09-01
- LoudHush 1.3.20 (Mac)
- LoudHush is a softphone application for Mac OS X. It functions as an IAX client for the Asterisk PBX. With LoudHush you can initiate and answer, hold and transfer voice calls using your computer.
- Software downloads 2009-05-31
- SwitchVox 4.0: A Lesson in How Voice 2.0 Can Transform the SMB
- Digium introduced a new version of it's Asterisk-based, IP PBX, SwitchVox today. The new release is a great example of the kinds of features that Voice 2.0 makes avaqilable to even the smallest organizations. Through mashups and application integrations, SMBs gain screen pops with mapping and weather infomration, presence status,...
- Blog posts 2009-02-02
- SIP is the future of telecommunications
- SIP is the future of telecommunicationsahhh no mention of IAX(2)?IAX(2) is better than SIP... they just want to focus on what they have and not what they should be using.I cisco, but at times like this... it makes me wonder.RE: SIP is the future of telecommunicationsYep, you can buy a...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Voix Manager 1.0.2 (Mac)
- Voix manager is a switchboard application with a IAX phone integrated, is able to manage and display information about your Asterisk PBX activity, channels, extensions ecc. in real time. Voix Manager has been thought with simplicity in mind, all feature needed by the attendant, fast and easy usable, with the...
- Software downloads 2008-07-03
- Voix Phone 1.0.2 (Mac)
- Voix Phone Is a multiplatform IAX soft phone, its engine derives from Voix Manager, the powerful Asterisk call manager interface, from wich it inherits stability and robustness. Voix Phone has been thought with simplicity in mind, all feature needed by the user, fast and easy usable, with the minimum configurations,...
- Software downloads 2008-05-27
- The one thing Asterisk has been missing
- The one thing Asterisk has been missingAll well and good......if you don't mind living with potential GUI limitations and the vendor's restriction on access to *.conf and other Linux configuration settings for a 'turn-key' system.If you want the flexibility to configure any way you want (e.g., your hardware, your Linux...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
- Digium: as of this a.m., one million Asterisk downloads this year
- Just a quick note this a.m. to mark that Digium The Asterisk Company has just announced its one millionth download in 2007 of its open-source Internet telephony solution. This has been an upbeat year for Huntsville, Alabama-based Digium. Four possible quarters this year now marks 24...
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Four reasons why: Skype is minor bandwidth hog compared to torrents and file-hosters
- Germany-based Internet traffic management systems solutions provider ipoque has found that in much of the world excluding North America: via BusinessWeek Skype accounts for 95 percent of all VoIP traffic, but that in the evening hours, Peer-to-peer accounts for more...
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- Voix Manager 1.0.2 (Windows)
- Voix manager is a switchboard application with a IAX phone integrated, is able to manage and display information about your Asterisk PBX activity, channels, extensions ecc. in real time. Voix Manager has been thought with simplicity in mind, all feature needed by the attendant, fast and easy to use, with...
- Software downloads 2007-12-06
- Voix Phone 1.0.2 (Windows)
- Voix Phone Is a multiplatform IAX soft phone, its engine derives from Voix Manager, the powerful Asterisk call manager interface, from wich it inherits stability and robustness. Voix Phone has been thought with simplicity in mind, all feature needed by the user, fast and easy usable, with the minimum configurations,...
- Software downloads 2007-10-05
- Worldwide Skype outage
- Worldwide Skype outageWell, obviously Marc...... it must be a scalability problem cause by all of the new users generated by your recommendations. IOW, it's your fault. Such is the price of fame. :^)America Offline?I do remember one day back in the '90s when AOL was having servere problems with their...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-16
- Microsoft vs. open source now spreading to VoIP?
- Microsoft vs. open source now spreading to VoIP?MS voip playsRussell,i think MS has quietly gone about building a full blown IP comms stack. i think we're about to see a major move by them into this space. heres some more evidence of it in action.http://www.microsoft.com/responsepoint/default.mspxyou combine that with the ICA...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-14
- VoIP's "four obstacles" are listed and described
- On our sister site TechRepublic, technology consultant Deb Shinder lists four obstacles to implementing VoIP.The four obstacles are reliability concerns, network quality of service, complexity and confusion, and security.Many of you may already be versed in the details for each of these issues. But just in case you are...
- Blog posts 2007-05-12
- 74 Open Source VoIP apps- all in one place
- VoIP blogger Linda Goin has taken the time and devoted the patience to gathering a linked list of 74 open source VoIP apps.As she describes it, her list includes SIP, H.323, IAX, and RTP protocols, with clients, libraries, gatekeepers, and any other open source resource available for those specific...
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Idefisk 2 (Windows)
- IDEFISK 2.0 Free SIP and IAX / IAX2 phone is a user-friendly softphone, compatible with Asterisk or any other SIP or IAX capable system, offering high-quality VoIP calling experience. NEW features include: SIP + IAX/IAX 2 protocols, STUN support, STUN server per account, Echo cancellation, DTMF tones sending, Support for...
- Software downloads 2007-04-13
- JackenIAX 1.0beta v218:221M (Mac)
- A new Soft Phone for Mac OS X 10.4. Make calls over internet, answer your home phone when you travel. Integrated with Address Book for double click dialing. Perfect for connecting to an Asterisk server using the IAX protocol, which makes it easier to get past firewalls compared to the...
- Software downloads 2007-03-28
- Asterisk a major presence at VON 2007
- At the 2007 Spring VON (Voice/Video over Net) trade show in San Jose CA, Asterisk the Open Source PBX Telephony solution was a major presence. Digium which is the company behind Asterisk took up a large chunk of space on the show floor along with many Asterisk partners showing...
- Blog posts 2007-03-22
- Conserving VoIP bandwidth using Asterisk IAX and Cisco RTPc
- One of the biggest challenges in designing a VoIP telephony system is the issue of bandwidth and usually theres not enough of it. Luckily there are ways to solve the problem with careful design and ingenuity using tools such as Cisco RTPc Real Time Protocol header compression. Anyone...
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- ESC SOFTPHONE FOR SMARTPHONE 1.4 (Mobile)
- ESC Softphone for IAX allows you to use your Microsoft based Smartphone to make VOIP calls using the popular IAX protocol. It can connect to Asterisk VOIP servers via Wifi or 3G. Use only GSM Codec on Asterisk and disable the Microphone AGC of your Windows Mobile Device to get...
- Software downloads 2006-10-09
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