Using BroadVoice with Asterisk How-To

Kerbo writes "With all the hype surrounding open source PBXs (telephone switches) such as Asterisk, the user community is clamoring for more help in getting these systems up and running. The Geek Gazette has published an article on how to configure Asterisk to work with BroadVoice VoIP service and eliminate the need for the phone company."

Comments

Re:Sounds like a vonage commercial

[LinuxHam]

"For [Wil's Sister], press one. For [Wil's Brother], press two. For the most annoying sound in the world, press three. For Wil, press three..."

Hey Wil, did you notice you're the most annoying sound in the world?

j/k :)

Re:Coolest stuff I've seen in a while

[GNUALMAFUERTE]

Cause nobody ports free software.

Many people ports free software, to free plataforms.
It's ethically wrong to port free software to propietary plataforms. You are heling exactly what you are fighting if you do.

Be careful not to use the name 'Asterix'

[mamladm]

It may seem a little paranoid, but I really believe we should take care not to use the incorrect name "Asterix" when referring to Asterisk.

Evidently, the publishing company of the popular French comic books with the famous character Asterix are extremely litigious. They have sued a German Linux company over the use of the name Mobilix for a Linux distro that was aimed specifically at mobile computing, hence Mobilix.

They don't have any character by the name Mobilix in their comic books, but they claimed that Mobilix was passing off anyway just because it was similar in appearance as all their characters have a name ending in "ix". Worse still, they won the lawsuit and those poor Linux developers had to hand over their domain. AFAIK, the case is now awaiting appeal at the German high court, so not all is lost, but it's pretty scary nevertheless.

Now, if there is enough noise on the net where people use "Asterix" instead of Asterisk, those comic book people may get ideas and sue Digium. They may claim that there is proof of confusion with their Asterix trademark by merely pointing out how many times somebody used "Asterix" instead of Asterisk. And they may just find a judge crazy enough to go along with that.

So, I say, let's be careful, let those sleeping dogs lie.