Be very careful if you intend to purchase one of these dongles. I purchased 1, got notification that I have purchased 2 that will be ready for shipping soon but a discount can be given if I make it an initial purchase of 3. Keep in mind that I only purchased 1. I also noticed that they have a special if you purchase 5. Hmmm not sure if I fall for the offer of 3 what is going to happen. Will I then get notified that I have purchased 5 ???. Ps: still have not received the initial 1 that was bumped up to 2. There is a delay for Canadian orders.
>From: Trixter aka Bret McDanel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk >Discussion<asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com> >To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk >Discussion<asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com> >Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] MagicJack >Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:32:51 +0100 > > >On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 04:29 -0400, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > > I saw an ad for MagicJack on TV, a USB VoIP dongle with a $20:year > > unlimited calling subscription, and looked into it. I am in no way > > affiliated with MagicJack, except that I saw the ad and was curious. It > > was introduced at the TED conference last April, and was buggy through > > last Summer. But it's been around a year now, has a budget for > > mass-market advertising. > > > >you have to use their dongle (which appears to be a softmodem packaged >as an FXS port) and their service. They do not have linux support for >it, only windows and osx. > >I have already approached them about linux stuff, but that was just >today, so nothing yet has happened more than finding out who exactly to >contact and a proposal submitted to do the work. > >Based on their webpage they use G.711 as the codec (they say you need >80kbps of bandwidth per call). It is unclear at this time if they >support any standard VoIP protocol or not, they specifically state they >are not compatible with asterisk, and imply they are only compatible >with their device. > >It is my belief that the dongle itself is not smart enough to do >anything but act as a FXS port, and that the software that controls it >is what controls everything else. I do not know if they are receptive >to linux support (which should be most BSD/POSIX compatible systems if >my proposal is accepted). > >I also do not know if they are even receptive to the idea of a 3rd party >writing and maintaining drivers for their hardware since it can cause >them some problems in terms of support queries. My hope is yes, but I >probably wont know until well after the weekend since it is a holiday in >many places around the world. I further do not know if they will allow >open source or not, I do not know if they will allow support for their >service (regardless of the device itself) which would allow open source >switches to utilize it. > >Worst case I may just get one and sniff the usb bus to see what they do >and how they do it and code based on that, if the inet part isnt >terribly difficult I may write something that would interface, for all I >know its just generic SIP. > > >-- >Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel >Belfast +44 28 9099 6461 US +1 516 687 5200 >http://www.trxtel.com the phone company that pays you! > > >_______________________________________________ >--Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > >asterisk-biz mailing list >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz