http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/08/31/via_arenatalk/ http://www.arenatalk.net/
// With VOIP starting to hit the big time in homes around the world, its use in commercial areas is starting to become more widespread too. VIA has announced a new partnership with the guys at ArenaTalk to provide the hardware for their new PBX system. The EPIA motherboard is housed in a Tranquil chassis, and runs the Asterisk software platform, an open source PBX solution. The basic package runs an ML6000 motherboard, which has a 600MHz VIA Eden CPU inside, running with just a heatsink, keeping noise to a minimum. What does all this mean? Well, it means that anyone can have a VOIP-based multiple phone line system in their home for next to nothing - well, comparatively. The basic package starts at just over £400 and allows you to have 8 separate phone lines, as well as lovely extras like music for when people are on hold. Haven't you always wanted to blast out some System of a Down at callers? If you're running a small business, the cost of a normal, commercial phone system can be astronomical. A VOIP solution - providing you have a fast net connection, of course - can be a simple answer to your telephone blues. // -- | First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, | then you win. -- Mohandas Gandhi
