Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/30/11 8:15 AM, ken wrote: > >> >> This description does sound like it uses the cell's in/outbound connection: >> http://www.frys.com/product/5916034 >> > > Again, I remember reading that bluetooth's range was 20 feet max. > That's not much. It'd be cheaper and easier and better just to get a

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-30 Thread ken
On 03/30/2011 08:55 AM Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/30/11 6:04 AM, ken wrote: >> >> On 03/29/2011 05:23 PM Les Mikesell wrote: >>> >>> What tames my enthusiasm about bluetooth though is its maximum range is said to be 20'. Gimme a wifi phone. >>> That was the point of the base station

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-30 Thread ken
On 03/30/2011 09:04 AM Stephen Harris wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 06:57:04AM -0400, ken wrote: >> What I'd hope to do is plug the analog output from the ATA into the >> input of my home's POTS (Plain Old Telephone System, i.e., the 1970s >> technology). That way all the cabling I have for ext

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-30 Thread Stephen Harris
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 06:57:04AM -0400, ken wrote: > What I'd hope to do is plug the analog output from the ATA into the > input of my home's POTS (Plain Old Telephone System, i.e., the 1970s > technology). That way all the cabling I have for extensions into nearly > every room could still be us

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-30 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/30/11 6:04 AM, ken wrote: > > > On 03/29/2011 05:23 PM Les Mikesell wrote: >> >> >>> What tames my enthusiasm about bluetooth though is its maximum range is >>> said to be 20'. Gimme a wifi phone. >> >> That was the point of the base station with wireless handsets. I've >> seen those wi

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-30 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 05:23 PM Les Mikesell wrote: > > >> What tames my enthusiasm about bluetooth though is its maximum range is >> said to be 20'. Gimme a wifi phone. > > That was the point of the base station with wireless handsets. I've > seen those with 3 or 4 handsets for well under $100.

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-30 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 05:10 PM Stephen Harris wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 05:02:47PM -0400, ken wrote: >> This was one feature I was interested in with the "answering machine" I >> spoke of before: I'd want to be able to pick up an incoming call with a >> bluetooth phone so I could walk around and not

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/29/2011 4:02 PM, ken wrote: > Exactly correct. It also works the other way; pick up the phone and dial a number and asterisk routes it via google chat so you get your free US calls and cheap international calls. >>> Do you know if asterisk (freeswitch, 2600hz, etc.) can do this

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-29 Thread Stephen Harris
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 05:02:47PM -0400, ken wrote: > This was one feature I was interested in with the "answering machine" I > spoke of before: I'd want to be able to pick up an incoming call with a > bluetooth phone so I could walk around and not be tethered by a phone > line. A friend of mine

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-29 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 04:32 PM Stephen Harris wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 02:52:16PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >> On 3/29/2011 1:37 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: >>> Exactly correct. It also works the other way; pick up the phone and >>> dial a number and asterisk routes it via google chat so you get yo

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-29 Thread Stephen Harris
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 02:52:16PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/29/2011 1:37 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: > > Exactly correct. It also works the other way; pick up the phone and > > dial a number and asterisk routes it via google chat so you get your > > free US calls and cheap international cal

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/29/2011 1:37 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 01:24:47PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >> The latter. If I followed the scenario correctly, the asterisk server >> (which acts as a PBX) logs into the google chat session pretending to be >> you at your browser, and when a voice

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-29 Thread Stephen Harris
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 01:24:47PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > The latter. If I followed the scenario correctly, the asterisk server > (which acts as a PBX) logs into the google chat session pretending to be > you at your browser, and when a voice call comes to the chat session it > forwards i

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-29 Thread Stephen Harris
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 02:17:58PM -0400, ken wrote: > > On 03/29/2011 01:21 PM Stephen Harris wrote: > >> phone line. Indeed I just wrote up a process :-) > >> http://sweh.spuddy.org/gvoice/ > >> > >> But I think that's getting a little off-topic :-) > Just read your webpage. It answered my o

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/29/2011 12:37 PM, ken wrote: > > On 03/29/2011 01:21 PM Stephen Harris wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:08:33PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> GV has been around for years - but previously you had to get an invite >>> from an existing user or go on a waiting list. Now you can just sign up

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-29 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 01:37 PM ken wrote: > On 03/29/2011 01:21 PM Stephen Harris wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:08:33PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> GV has been around for years - but previously you had to get an invite >>> from an existing user or go on a waiting list. Now you can just sign up

Re: [CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-29 Thread Stephen Harris
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 01:37:22PM -0400, ken wrote: > > On 03/29/2011 01:21 PM Stephen Harris wrote: > > With the right software and hardware (asterisk and an ATA) you can even > > use the conjunction of google voice and google chat to act as a "real" > > phone line. Indeed I just wrote up a pr

[CentOS] OT: google voice + chat <- Re: finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]>

2011-03-29 Thread ken
On 03/29/2011 01:21 PM Stephen Harris wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:08:33PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >> GV has been around for years - but previously you had to get an invite >> from an existing user or go on a waiting list. Now you can just sign up >> and get a free number which you ca