[nzlug] DSE VoiP phone with Linux

[Donald Gordon]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:20:34 +1200, Morgan Read <mstuff at read.org.nz> wrote:
> Vik Olliver wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 10:34 +1200, Robert Coup wrote:
> ...
> > "free" SIP clients lock you in to using the writer's SIP server. Windows
> > users stand little chance of placing P2P or non-owned SIP connections.
> 
> A dedicated sip router ATA (Slingshot have one they call "voicebox" - but, may
> be they've clipped its wings - I use the wrt54gp2) will do that for any flavour
> - and you're normal handset.

Why would they have clipped its wings?  At $120ish it doesn't look
subsidised.  They'd happily tell you the admin password for a BudgeTone
they sold you along with iTalk service, according to people on the
forums (I never got to ask, going the tcpdump-the-boot-process route).

donald
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