VoIP4Linux

March 17, 2006

I just read Jeff Pulver's announcement of the first VON medal of honor

Greg broke into an already looted Office Depot in New Orleans; removed the store's own, and only remaining, Cisco router (all the other equipment already having been looted); found a single live connection at a Hyatt hotel; downloaded a Vonage soft-client; and established communications with the outside world, including President Bush.

Ok - this is nothing to do with Linux - but all about freedom. I thought VoIP was just about the convenience of the calls coming to you wherever you are. But with a bit of imagination, the roaming and presence inherent in a good VoIP deployment can bring far more than just convenience.

Great work, Greg, and great award, Jeff.

David

p.s. I met eduardo on IRC last night and was able to point him to yesterday's blog can-ekiga-connect-to-my-voip. Eduardo had asked the original question about ekiga. I am pleased that he is now looking forward to testing ekiga with his ISP's voip service.

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