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2004-10-04 12:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdlbearIn my copious spare time over the last week I have been researching VoIP, in hopes of saving a hundred-odd dollars/month on my long-distance bill. Last week, in addition to introducing ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
chaoswolf to Skype, I installed Asterisk, an open-source PBX. This morning I took the plunge and ordered a Sipura SPA-3000 telephone adapter. It has 3 ports, for the line, phone, and ethernet; its big advantage is that if the power fails or it can't connect for some reason, it just connects the phone to the line and gets out of the way. Also useful for 911 emergency calls.
As I reported yesterday, I'm feeling somewhat broke this month; this purchase isjustified rationalized by noting that the price was less than last month's AT&T bill (ouch!).
chaoswolf to Skype, I installed Asterisk, an open-source PBX. This morning I took the plunge and ordered a Sipura SPA-3000 telephone adapter. It has 3 ports, for the line, phone, and ethernet; its big advantage is that if the power fails or it can't connect for some reason, it just connects the phone to the line and gets out of the way. Also useful for 911 emergency calls.As I reported yesterday, I'm feeling somewhat broke this month; this purchase is