Re: [asterisk-users] UK English sounds packs

2011-05-26 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 02:28:31PM +0100, Steven Howes wrote: On 26 May 2011, at 14:09, Ishfaq Malik wrote: Does anyone know if there are any free UK accented English sounds packs? http://www.tel.net Not perfect, but damned near :) If anything's missing please let me know and I can get

Re: [asterisk-users] PostgreSQL is asterisk friendly with it?

2010-09-13 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 12:31:55PM -0400, Vince Vielhaber wrote: change from mySQL to PostgreSQL. I love mySQL but am getting very concerned about i'ts new owners. Should I be able to move all my realtime stuff to PostgreSQL is it fully [snippage and probably off topic] Why are you worried

Re: [asterisk-users] OT: UK PPP certification -- what is it?

2010-08-13 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:46:51PM +0100, Faris Raouf wrote: They mean PhonePayPlus (formerly ICSTIS). www.phonepayplus.org.uk I am not aware of them certifying particular phone systems. Rather, they impose certain requirements and obligations on the service provider depending on the nature

Re: [asterisk-users] Femtocell to VoIP?

2010-08-04 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 01:13:56PM -0400, Matt wrote: Can you recommend any 3G femtocell to VoIP manufacturers? I'm coming up very dry. OpenBTS sounds like it would work, but is way too expensive to roll out to residential homes. Pretty much all Femtocells use 3G locally and send

Re: [asterisk-users] Femtocell to VoIP?

2010-08-02 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 03:36:59PM -0400, Matt wrote: Is anyone aware of a GSM femtocell that will trunk back to a VoIP softswitch such as Asterisk? Most people seem to be concentrating on 3G femtocells (there are various companies making designs based on picoChip soft radios). OpenBTS

Re: [asterisk-users] Skype for Asterisk, Skype For SIP

2010-07-18 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 09:56:30AM -0700, Vieri wrote: As I said above, once you have purchased your SIP channel you can make free calls to your PBX using the special number but it's only INBOUND AFAIK. [lots snipped] With Skype's just released SkypeKit it should be possible to build

Re: [asterisk-users] Hosted PBX in the UK

2010-07-14 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:27:13PM +0100, Wipe_Out wrote: Might be off topic but I thought it would be a good place to ask.. I am investigating switching to a hosted PBX and dumping my old Asterisk box thats been running in my office for the last few years.. The few I have found

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM Gateway

2010-02-08 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 02:52:33PM +0200, Peter wrote: I am looking for a gsm gateway that is SIP based i.e no need of FXO/FXS analogue connection. I searched the email archives and found messages from 2008 but not sure how accurate these are. What do you use and how well it works ? The only

Re: [asterisk-users] Wifi GSM handover

2009-10-10 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:16:43AM +0200, Patrick wrote: Thank to Frank and Steve for your answers My understanding is that you need to place on operator premise an equipment that checks first the availability of the user on VoIP. If not registered, it's routing the call through the cellular

Re: [asterisk-users] Wifi GSM handover

2009-10-09 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 03:15:20AM +0200, Patrick wrote: Hello guys, I'm wondering what is required and involved in order to provide a wifi/GSM handover to customers. After googling I haven't found any product/vendor. Do you have an idea ? That's called UMA and you need operator cooperation.

Re: [asterisk-users] Is Enum safe from spammers?

2009-07-14 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 06:46:50PM -0500, Karl Fife wrote: [snip] missed the original message - Original Message - From: Gordon Henderson gordon+aster...@drogon.net To: Asterisk Users Mailing List Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:14 AM

[asterisk-users] IAX2 issue?

2009-06-09 Thread Steve Kennedy
Just founnd a weirdy. My end is Asterisk 1.2.32 using an IAX2 link to the US. The IP address of the remote end changed (though in the config file it's registered as a name i.e. asterisk.remote.end), my system didn't recognised the IP change, it must be cached once and then the cached value used

Re: [asterisk-users] IAX2 issue?

2009-06-09 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Jun 09, 2009 at 02:02:50PM -0500, Danny Nicholas wrote: Did you do an IAX2 show peer on it? Remote end unreachable and old IP address Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44 7775 755503 UK +44 20 7993 2612 / US +1 310 857 7715 / Fax +44 20 7483 2455

Re: [asterisk-users] [asterisk-biz] OpenBTS chat with David A. Burgess

2009-03-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 09:39:47AM +0100, randulo wrote: Hi, The OpenBTS Project is an effort to construct an open-source Unix application that uses the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) to present a GSM air interface (Um) to standard GSM handset and uses the Asterisk software PBX

Re: [asterisk-users] Upgrade to v.1.2.31 ... weird change

2009-01-14 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 02:56:44PM -0200, Leonardo Gomes Figueira wrote: Tilghman Lesher escreveu: On Monday 12 January 2009 01:26:02 pm Steve Kennedy wrote: I think it happened when I upgraded an install to 1.2.31 The variable CALLERIDNUM no longer works and CallerID(num) has to be used

[asterisk-users] Upgrade to v.1.2.31 ... weird change

2009-01-12 Thread Steve Kennedy
I think it happened when I upgraded an install to 1.2.31 The variable CALLERIDNUM no longer works and CallerID(num) has to be used. I know the initial one was being depreciated, but I didn't see any mention of it. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44 7775 755503 UK +44 20 7993 2612 / US +1 310

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM / 3g channel bank

2008-10-01 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Oct 01, 2008 at 12:53:41PM +0100, Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: More than 60% of our outbound calls are now to mobiles, so the time has come to whack in a gsm channel bank. Does anyone have any preference of bank ? Do you use a PRI or VOIP connection from the bank to asterisk ?

Re: [asterisk-users] uk tole-free dids?

2008-09-29 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 09:17:11AM -0800, Babcock, Michael Alex wrote: right will stay away from them, smile. On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Babcock, Michael Alex wrote: what are 70 numbers? Prefix 070 (then 8 more digits) These are so-called personal numbers. They're a blot and an anomaly.

Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco acquires Jabber

2008-09-20 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 12:18:42PM -0400, Dean Collins wrote: No I know they just bought the company and not the protocol basically they bought engineering bums on seats. [1]http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/cisco-acquires-jabber.ht ml Cisco obviously didn't buy

Re: [asterisk-users] Number portability in other parts of the world.

2008-06-26 Thread Steve Kennedy
, but Cell to PSTN and PSTN to Cell are NOT OK.Dean Collins Poland: Not Today but possibly in 2009 Daniel UK: Portable if Telco has a porting agreement. Not all Telco have agreements in place. Steve Kennedy France: Porting from France Telcom to another

Re: [asterisk-users] Number portability in other parts of the world.

2008-06-25 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 10:49:18AM -0400, Alexander Lopez wrote: Are phone numbers portable in other countries? Depends what country Are the same rules and conditions that exist here in the States mirrored elsewhere? How does a person in Europe go fully VoIP and still keep the

Re: [asterisk-users] Controlling cell phone VM / Fax waiting notification icon for asterisk VM

2008-06-23 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 08:24:42AM -0400, Matt Watson wrote: On June 23, 2008 08:08:53 am OCG Technical Support wrote: I little more digging and I confirmed that cell phone VM and FAX waiting icons are in fact controlled by a proprietary SMS message format. Here's what I found: [snip]

Re: [asterisk-users] Controlling cell phone VM / Fax waiting notification icon for asterisk VM

2008-06-23 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:03:49AM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 08:24:42AM -0400, Matt Watson wrote: Now the tough part...does anyone want to create an app to send notification to a cell phone to set/clear these bits? could you provide a link to where you got

Re: [asterisk-users] Out-Going Calleriid

2008-05-07 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 07:46:59PM +0100, Tim Guy wrote: Installing a new box onto UK NTL (Virgin Media) During testing phase the callerid worked, now it doesn't. Can someone confirm that my syntax is right before I start ripping the configs to bits exten =

Re: [asterisk-users] OT: UMA in UK, any use?

2008-04-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:02:13AM +0100, Mike Dent wrote: sorry for off topic post, struggling to find any information on UMA in the UK. I have a Blackberry 8320 phone with wi-fi and UMA capability, its actually an unlocked Orange branded phone. T-Mobile don't support UMA in the

Re: [asterisk-users] Best alternative for getting prompts recorded.

2008-03-11 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 03:03:38AM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone for the reply. Till now we had simple IVR so we recorded it ourself. Now I have a requirement where customer needs a customized message to be played to customer. I am basically looking for some Text to Speech

Re: [asterisk-users] How can I call cheap to UK cell phones

2008-02-26 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 01:38:31PM -0600, Erik Anderson wrote: On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Zeeshan Zakaria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, How can I call cheap to UK cell phones. I am located in Toronto, Canada, but need to call UK cell phones both from Toronto and London. I'd

Re: [asterisk-users] asterisk gateway

2008-01-30 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:59:03AM +0800, Sam Tam wrote: Try the CT-G1000 from cyber-telecom.net it is 39.99 GBP atm. err biz again ... Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac

Re: [asterisk-users] SIP GSM

2008-01-28 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 09:12:11AM +0800, Sam Tam wrote: Try cyber-telecom.net May be get a X100P with a CT-G1000 or G2000 a) this should be on the biz list b) why don't you post from your cyber-telecom.net address? c) it must be the end of the sales cycle and trying to get a bit more revenue

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM SIM Cards and Digium, or GSM SIM Adaptor

2008-01-14 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Jan 14, 2008 at 08:20:11AM -0500, Steve Totaro wrote: On Jan 14, 2008 7:42 AM, bilal ghayyad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an Digium cards support GSM SIM cards so we can fix an SIM card to be used for calls within mobiles as it is less rate? Or I have to

Re: [asterisk-users] Softphone to be installed on the Mobile

2007-11-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 11:35:42AM -0500, Dean Collins wrote: There's an application server that sits between asterisk and the gprs network that can switch calls real time between wifi, your office pabx extensions and the gsm network. I've forgotten the name of it but I remember it costs

Re: [asterisk-users] Mobile phone codecs ...

2007-11-01 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 01:09:24PM +0100, Benny Amorsen wrote: AM == Anselm Martin Hoffmeister [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AM Maybe the GSM codec is implanted to the GSM chip and that one AM does alaw, ulaw... Also, modern handsets like the E90 rarely use the plain GSM codec. They use newer

Re: [asterisk-users] Opinions on Release Numbering

2007-10-10 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 02:10:54PM -0400, SIP wrote: [snip] I think that using 1.5.x as the name for a release candidate for 1.6 is pretty close to as unintuitive as it can possibly be. 1.6.Xrc-Y is a strikingly MORE intuitive naming scheme for 1.6 release candidates. mutt uses the x.y

Re: [asterisk-users] How to handle + prefix

2007-08-31 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 10:03:07AM -0600, Kai-Uwe Jensen wrote: On 8/31/07, Anthony Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mindfully wanting to use a + instead of knowing the international access code seems like willful ignorance to me. I beg to differ. Consider cell phones as an example. They

Re: [asterisk-users] Zaptel 1.2.20.1 and 1.4.5.1 released

2007-08-22 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 01:19:14PM -0500, Asterisk Development Team wrote: The Asterisk.org development team has announced the release of Zaptel versions 1.2.20.1 and 1.4.5.1. These releases are to correct an error in the install target in the Makefile of the 1.4.5 and 1.2.20 Zaptel

Re: [asterisk-users] Royalty for On Hold Music ?

2007-07-31 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 03:05:32PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 01:37:00PM -0500, voiplist wrote: I have done this in the past and I don't recall ever finding any popular music by popular artist. For example, if I wanted to play oh I don't know an original song

Re: [asterisk-users] Royalty for On Hold Music ?

2007-07-31 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 05:22:20PM -0400, Jon Pounder wrote: Quoting John Millican [EMAIL PROTECTED]: there are plenty of radio stations with internet feeds of their audio, piping that in would not change any coverage area since anyone with internet could listen anywhere already, you're

Re: [asterisk-users] improved SMS?

2007-07-17 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 11:56:35AM +0200, Anselm Martin Hoffmeister wrote: Am Donnerstag, den 12.07.2007, 16:57 -0700 schrieb Russ McBride: Newbie question(s): From what I can determine it sounds like the SMS messaging isn't as robust as it could be (?). I'm wondering if there's active

Re: [asterisk-users] Suing Dell||Dull Computers for CID abuse

2007-07-04 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 08:06:49AM -0500, Lacy Moore - Aspendora wrote: On 7/3/07, Joe acquisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Contrary to the opinions of Anglo-Philes, we, here in the Colonies, speak American, not English. In some places, 'Murican. Merkins speaking Murican ...

Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco 7941 localized menus with SIP firmware

2007-06-26 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 09:45:48PM +0200, Olivier wrote: Has anyone met any success, installing localized (ie non-english) menus within SIP firmware enabled Cisco 7941 ? Those phones seem to be trying to download localized menus from Cisco Call Manager but as they are managed by

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk GUI

2007-06-22 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 08:06:39AM -0400, Dave Bour wrote: So I'll ask the question. What's wrong with top posting. I use a blackberry to read most of my email, and bottom posting means excessive scrolling, often waiting to download additional content resulting in higher usage

[asterisk-users] shorting flash time

2007-06-06 Thread Steve Kennedy
Is there anyway to change the flash time on a TDM400 phone port (a user has a phone that seems to generate a short flash which isn't being picked up). Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455

Re: [asterisk-users] shorting flash time

2007-06-06 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 08:46:20AM -0500, Eric ManxPower Wieling wrote: Steve Kennedy wrote: Is there anyway to change the flash time on a TDM400 phone port (a user has a phone that seems to generate a short flash which isn't being picked up). I suspect the phone us going off hook every once

Re: [asterisk-users] VoiceMail Access

2007-05-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 03:10:23PM -0400, Lee Jenkins wrote: Mike Hammett wrote: I was looking at the ILECs? web sites to determine how their users access voicemail. What method should I use for my users checking their voicemail? Can Asterisk voicemail be made to accept hitting * during

[asterisk-users] zap fallback

2007-05-18 Thread Steve Kennedy
I'm trying to get zap fallback to VoIP working. I dial the zap channel and if it fails I want to then try another route. If the channel is busy (i.e. CHANUNAVAILABLE) it works, however if there's no dial-tone, it doesn't seem to detect this? Using a TDM400 with UK settings. Steve -- NetTek

Re: [asterisk-users] zap fallback

2007-05-18 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 12:54:19PM -0500, Matthew Fredrickson wrote: On May 18, 2007, at 11:50 AM, Steve Kennedy wrote: I'm trying to get zap fallback to VoIP working. I dial the zap channel and if it fails I want to then try another route. If the channel is busy (i.e. CHANUNAVAILABLE

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM Cards for Asterisk (UK)

2007-05-17 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 09:15:49PM +0100, Matt Brown wrote: [snip] No, this client has a number of engineers all over the UK and they have a large mobile contract with several handsets - their current tariff includes free calls to other mobiles under the contract so what they are trying

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM Cards for Asterisk (UK)

2007-05-16 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 02:17:11PM +0100, Matt Brown wrote: I am currently building a 1.4.4 Asterisk box for a client and they are interested in GSM functionality. Does anyone have any experience with a GSM card, preferably Quad Span (4 GSM modules or higher) for use in the UK. I have

Re: [asterisk-users] List of telemarketers??

2007-05-13 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 01:54:08AM +0100, Chris Bagnall wrote: 3. a list of bogus entries..so when you look at it, you know it's a fake phone number...one that recently came in that got me thinking this was 407 111 . I don't know much about the legal position over the other side of the

Re: [asterisk-users] force outgoinc callerid

2007-05-10 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 06:36:53PM +0200, nik600 wrote: i have a Te205P connected to a PRI E1, can i force the outgoing callerid to change for each context? for example: [outgoing_context_one] ;force callerid to 12345 exten = _XXX,1,Set(CALLERID(number)=12345) exten =

Re: [asterisk-users] IAX Trunk

2007-05-03 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 01:22:07PM -0300, Ronaldo wrote: Can you suggest me any documentation about using IAX trunking? Thank you. There are examples in the iax.conf files I think, but basically just put something like [iax-toremote] type=friend username=whatever secret=somesecret

Re: [asterisk-users] IAX Trunk

2007-05-03 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 03:23:16PM -0300, Ronaldo wrote: OK Steve, Just one more question. Using this configuration can I make more than one call at the same time? The whole point of trunking is to support multiple calls down the same IAX trunk (well actually down the same packets). Steve

[asterisk-users] IVR dictionary dial-plan

2007-04-30 Thread Steve Kennedy
Does anyone know of an (E)AGI or program to develop a IVR dial-plan which will take a list of words and then do something when a unique branch has been found. i.e. Say there's 3 words demon deacon bishop On a phone they'd be represented as 33666 332266 247467 So if the user enters 2 we know

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk brute force watcher (was FYI)

2007-04-26 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 06:46:41AM -0400, J. Oquendo wrote: Steve Totaro wrote: I suspect that this will happen more and more. I also suspect that many people who have weak SIP credentials like user=100 secret=100 will be the victim of toll fraud and worse, call to 900 and other very high

[asterisk-users] FYI

2007-04-25 Thread Steve Kennedy
Just been getting lots of failed SIP registrations to a system here. All coming from Taiwan. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News

[asterisk-users] UK zaptel and zapata.conf for TDM400P

2007-04-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
Has anyone got a sensible zaptel.conf and zapata.conf for 2 TDM400P's working with UK set-up. They're set-up with 7 analogue phones and 1 PSTN port. Currently zaptel.conf has fxoks=1-7 fxsks=8 loadzone=uk defaultzone=uk It's really zapata.conf that would be useful. Currently using the

Re: [asterisk-users] sending an SMS via Asterisk?

2007-04-19 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 08:36:12AM -0400, Steve Totaro wrote: Just a thought, try kannal, use system in your dialplan and call lynx with a properly formatted URL for Kannal. Or indeed Kannel (www.kannel.org) Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US

[asterisk-users] UK PRI and outgoing CLI FYI

2007-03-29 Thread Steve Kennedy
Just a FYI to the list. It seems that although BT only present 6 digits (as standard) for CLI they expect the full number minus the leading 0 to set CLI. So if a number is 01234 987654 They will present 987654 and you need to present to them 1234 987654 Hmmm Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob

Re: [asterisk-users] UK PRI and outgoing CLI FYI

2007-03-29 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 10:40:50PM +0100, Julian Lyndon-Smith wrote: We only present the 6 digits ... and they give us 6 digits. For our outbound calls, for the the numbers 01702 1234[00-99] we have to present 1234[00-99]. BT isdn pri line. Weird, seems they're inconsistant or there's some

[asterisk-users] UK BT PRI

2007-03-27 Thread Steve Kennedy
Has anyone got a working zaptel.conf and zapata.conf for a Digium Wildcard TE110P T1/E1 Card. It's connected to a BT ISDN PRI (EuroISDN) with 24 channels. Inbound works fine, but outbound isn't setting CLI (it seems the line supports 6 digit CLI). Inbound CLI works fine. In the dial-plan using

[asterisk-users] Queues

2007-03-17 Thread Steve Kennedy
A quick question on queues in Asterisk, if you specify a specific resource as a queue member (i.e. member = SIP/40 say) is it automatically a member of the queue without having to specifically log on via AgentLogin stuff? I under stand if you specify something like member = Agent/100 you then

Re: [asterisk-users] Queues

2007-03-17 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 11:44:52AM -0700, Steve Edwards wrote: Yes. to which bit? auto-agent (as per resource) or voicemail to an agent? Steve On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, Steve Kennedy wrote: A quick question on queues in Asterisk, if you specify a specific resource as a queue member (i.e

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Sending SMS

2007-03-03 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 12:01:58PM +, Gordon Henderson wrote: You're missing nothing; The telcos have us by the short curlys. For them, it's money for old rope. They probably (in the UK at least) make many times more money through TXT messages than voice. The base rate here is about

Re: [asterisk-users] UK SIP Gateway

2007-03-01 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 12:17:49PM -, Chris Stenton wrote: I have used www.voiptalk.org for a number of years with their IAX2 connectivity and they seem very reliable with no echo issues. They will also change the CID to your number if you fax them proof of ownership. There's several

Re: [asterisk-users] Sending SMS from Asterisk

2007-02-14 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 03:42:23AM +0100, Patrick wrote: On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 18:31 -0700, Stephen Bosch wrote: Singer Wang wrote: by your .ca address I assume your in Canada.. both Telus and Rogers have a email-to-SMS gateway... Well, those are notoriously unreliable. I've had

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM Gateway promotion from ?69GBP

2007-02-14 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 09:41:32AM +0100, Dave Cotton wrote: On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 15:33 +0800, Sam Tam wrote: Hello All This month we would like to offer our GSM Gateway range for less to clear up some spaces. etc Perhaps, you could explain what is NON COMMERCIAL about your post. I

Re: [asterisk-users] Sending SMS from Asterisk

2007-02-14 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:29:20AM -0700, Stephen Bosch wrote: [snippage] If I understand correctly, this means I'll need an extra SIM just to send messages -- is that right? I build a Kannel server so that it can talk to a terminal that is on the network and can send messages. (It's an awful

Re: [asterisk-users] SMS via VoIP and web

2007-02-13 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 07:17:32AM +0800, Ronald Wiplinger wrote: Where can I get a starting point for setting up sms via VoIP and via web. I want to send SMS from VoIP or web to VoIP phones and GSM phones. 1. how to set-up? 2. which smsc should I use? (what is the price?) 3. which phones

Re: [asterisk-users] error when compiling zaptel-1.4

2007-02-08 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 05:58:08PM +, younss azzayani wrote: when i compile zaptel make linux26 make install i got these errors: make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/zaptel-1.4/wct4xxp' make -C datamods clean make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/zaptel-1.4/datamods' make -C

Re: [asterisk-users] H.264 *Not Patented*

2007-01-27 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 10:20:40AM -0500, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: How does H.264 compare with GSM and G.729 in CPU demand (MIPS:Kbps) and audio quality at low bitrates? GSM is $free, but G.729 is higher quality (tho patented with at least $10 per running codec instance royalties).

Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Is there a low cost cell phone base station for asterisk ?

2007-01-10 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 06:33:05PM -0500, M.Hockings wrote: That is more what I was thinking of but it is still a cell provider type of hardware. In my mind I was thinking of something very low powered and turning off the roaming, etc on the phone so they only work with the one base.

Re: [asterisk-users] Is there a low cost cell phone base station for asterisk ?

2007-01-09 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 05:11:55PM -0500, M.Hockings wrote: I don't really know the name of what I want to look for but maybe someone could tell me if it would be available. I have a number of old analogue cell phones laying about here and I was thinking it would be useful if I could set up

Re: RE: [asterisk-users] WIFI SIP- The Best phone

2007-01-09 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 02:40:07PM -0800, mitcheloc wrote: Wait for the iPhone...seriously. I assume you mean Apple iPhone not Linksys iPhone ? It looks lovely, shame it's not available in UK until Q4. (also not FCC approved yet, but I assume that was deliberate as most phone leaks tend to

Re: [asterisk-users] Some queries on g729 license.

2007-01-08 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:51:03AM -0500, Al Bochter wrote: What about the free open source G729 There's no such thing ... g.729 (as per the ITU specification) is patent encumbered. Anyone USING the codec has to pay a license to the patent holders. Digium have negotiated a bulk-buying

Re: [asterisk-users] Some queries on g729 license.

2007-01-08 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 02:53:39PM -0500, Al Bochter wrote: So tell me what this FREE open source G729 is I am told that you can use these Codecs with your Asterisk ! [1]http://www.readytechnology.co.uk/open/ipp-codecs-g729-g723.1/ You can do it Freely !! No, Ready Technology

[asterisk-users] Slightly updated UK English voice prompts

2007-01-02 Thread Steve Kennedy
I believe there were some new prompts added for 1.4 for Directory Info. These have now been added to http://www.tel.net Have a good 2007. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac

Re: [asterisk-users] VoIP GSM Gateways

2006-11-30 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 06:24:46AM +0800, Sam Tam wrote: We do have @cough VoIP GSM Gateway for sell as well @ cough Try to search on ebay for gsm voip gateway and you will see some in there As far as I am concern it is cheaper than 2n. And if you are looking for multi ports then it will come

Re: [asterisk-users] Zaptel drivers for Solaris?

2006-11-28 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 08:30:55AM -0500, Frank Tarczynski wrote: I'm looking to build the zaptel drivers on a Solaris 10 X86 box. I've found the driver source code on https://svn.sunlabs.com/svn/solaris-asterisk but this source is posted along with Asterisk 1.2.7.1 Does anyone know of

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk and UK ISDN 30

2006-11-24 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 11:51:41PM -, Neil Tancock wrote: Anyone know if Asterisk will work with ISDN 30 and what sort of device I'll need to connect it? It will work with UK ISDN, but ensure it's EuroISDN and NOT UK ISDN (it's set in the telco switch and can generally be changed). UK

Re: [asterisk-users] Why Aastra uses 48V whereas other IP Phones usemuch less, i.e. 5-12V

2006-11-23 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 12:40:03AM -0800, Brad Templeton wrote: [snip] The USA uses 120v for house current. That's enough to hurt you and can kill you if you touch it wrong, though I've touched it a few times. A lot of the world uses 220. This causes enough of a spark that they require all

Re: [asterisk-users] Hairping calls and Originating CLI

2006-11-23 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:55:41PM +, Tim Panton wrote: I've asked gradwell about my second point (still waiting...), but your thoughts are the same as mine. In theory it should be ok, because I have to authenticate the IAX connection with a username/password, which in turn they own

Re: [asterisk-users] Why Aastra uses 48V whereas other IP Phones use much less, i.e. 5-12V

2006-11-22 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 06:58:13PM +0100, Huib van Wees wrote: On 11/22/06, Zeeshan Zakaria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why Aastra phones use more electricity, i.e. 48VDC whereas other phones use much less, e.g. Grandstream and Linksys both use only 5VDC. I first thought it was

Re: [asterisk-users] A question on ISDN cards... (in the UK)

2006-11-15 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Nov 15, 2006 at 11:15:16AM +, Gordon Henderson wrote: (I'm in the UK if that makes a difference) There seems to be a plethora of different ISDN cards available in both the BRI and PRI range - all with varying prices too - from ?25 to nearly ?1000 from some popular reseller

Re: [asterisk-users] VOIP Bandwidth questions

2006-11-02 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 02:47:42PM -0500, Erick Perez wrote: This one will surely heat up. Usually the telcos have to calculate the subscribers vs telco capacity. I use simple figures, so extrapolate this to millions of customers, millions of lines, peak amount of calls at any given time of

Re: [asterisk-users] porting numbers in UK telewest/bt/adept

2006-10-30 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 03:09:42PM +, Conrad Wood wrote: On 29 Oct 2006, at 11:02, Matthew Thompson wrote: On 26 Oct 2006, at 11:59, Conrad Wood wrote: A client used to use BT isdn30 and ported the numbers to telewest several years ago. Now, the client moved to adept telecom. I *think*

Re: [asterisk-users] TNT Max Password reset

2006-10-05 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 06:01:25PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 02:18:49PM -0600, Natambu Obleton wrote: Anyone have happen know how to reset the password on a TNT Max? Thanks. Does your asking here suggest that the the MAX's can do, say, voice gateway service?

Re: [asterisk-users] GSM Gateway Promotion from ?69GBP

2006-09-25 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 06:09:02PM -0400, Alex Robar wrote: This is a non-commercial discussion list, hence the name Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion. Post this to the -biz group. He does this every month or so Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob

Re: [asterisk-users] DSL router with integrated SIP proxy?

2006-09-24 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 10:11:43PM +0100, Brian Candler wrote: Does anyone here know of an ADSL router with integrated SIP proxy? Netscreen 5GT ADSL, it has what's called an ALG (application layer gateway) and it does indeed support SIP. Full featured firewall etc too. Steve p.s Hi Brian :)

Re: [Asterisk-Users] UK Male English Voices

2006-09-24 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 02:56:39PM +0100, Will Tatam wrote: Steve Kennedy wrote: I'd like to announce that the UK Male English Voices are now up on http://www.tel.net/ [snip] The website appears to be down Yup, did an upgrade on Fri and something went wrong - will be fixed tomorrow. Steve

[asterisk-users] ChanIsAvail

2006-09-21 Thread Steve Kennedy
I managed to work around my Dialplan. The ChanIsAvail application is great, except it only returns the 1st available channel. Could there be a ChansAreAvail which returns all the channels available instead of just the first. I'm sure it could be implemented as a macro or I guess a rewrite of the

[asterisk-users] Available channels

2006-09-20 Thread Steve Kennedy
I'm trying to dial multiple SIP channels and check availability before I dial them. i.e. say I have an internal group that I define (extension 50) which actually dials SIP extensions 51 and 53 I'd use Dial(SIP/51SIP/53), but if a phone isn't registered (i.e. someone's unplugged 53) it does weird

Re: [asterisk-users] Grandstream SX2000 attended tranfer

2006-09-20 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Sep 20, 2006 at 04:12:34PM +0100, Faris Raouf wrote: magnus wrote: Hi all, could anyone share how to perform attended transfers with Asterisk and Grandstream SX2000's - we are able to perform blind transfers with no problem, but attended transfers fail - is it necessary to set two

Re: [asterisk-users] amr codec

2006-09-18 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 03:04:35PM -0700, Net Nut wrote: Well this would not be for comercial use.. I just want it for my own cell phone to talk on my own asterisk system. is that ok? Voiceage are quite agressive in terms of licensing. However as an individual it's probably not worth their

[asterisk-users] CSR introduces UniVox reference platform

2006-09-18 Thread Steve Kennedy
I'm not anything to do with them, but sounds a nice design. CSR have introduced a VoWiFi reference design that costs around $20. The interesting thing is that it supports both SIP and IAX2. Maybe Digium should make a WiFi handset ... Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK

Re: [asterisk-users] amr codec

2006-09-16 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 07:28:29PM -0700, Net Nut wrote: I have been searching, but I have not found the answer.. How might I add the amr codec to my asterisk server? I believe I found the amr source from http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/latest/Rel-6/26_series/26073-600.zip I compiled it but

Re: [asterisk-users] Building Zaptel 1.2.9 with Octasic

2006-09-13 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 12:33:01PM -0400, Steven Totaro wrote: Use SVN and not the tarball. Digium updated to 1.2.9.1 earlier this week. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac

Re: [asterisk-users] Building Zaptel 1.2.9 with Octasic

2006-09-13 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 01:34:30PM -0400, Mark Hulber wrote: Yes, it worked. I didn't get the announcement of 1.2.9.1. Seems it wasn't announced, nor Asterisk 1.2.12.1 Nor their new Asterisk Appliance that seems to run off Flash (with a GUI that configures it all). ALso the new 4 port BRI

[asterisk-users] updated zaptel tarball

2006-09-11 Thread Steve Kennedy
When are Digium going to upload a corrected 1.2.9 zaptel tarball that compiles? I know it's correct in svn, but the public ftp servers still hold the incorrect version. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455

[asterisk-users] Cisco MWI

2006-09-06 Thread Steve Kennedy
I have Asterisk 1.2.11 running and a Cisco 7960 (SIP v7.3). I cant seem to get the message waiting indicator working. I did try changing the MIME type as suggest, but then the phone kept continuously ringing. Any pointers? Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612

Re: [asterisk-users] Cisco MWI

2006-09-06 Thread Steve Kennedy
On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 03:36:53PM -0400, Doug Lytle wrote: Steve Kennedy wrote: Phone itself. [S-5200] This is incorrect. It should be: [5200] mailbox=5200 That bit seems to work, phones registers ok and can receive and make calls. You're missing the @context on your mailbox line. i.e

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