VoIP Users Conference » Astricon http://www.voipusersconference.org Live every Friday at 12 Noon Eastern time Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:43:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.voipusersconference.org/feed/podcast/ This is a weekly live meeting of people all over the world who are interested in sharing knowledge and experiences about telephony over the Internet. Guests include authors, innovators, programmers and Internet personalities. The conference is reached by phoning in using SIP, Skype or a web page widget shown on the main web site http://vuc.me @voipusers clean @voipusers itunes@voipusersconference.org itunes@voipusersconference.org (@voipusers) VOIP allows you to do almost anything with incoming and outgoing telephone lines. telephony,communications,international,asterisk,freeswitch,freepbx,skype VoIP Users Conference » Astricon http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/_vuc144.jpg http://www.voipusersconference.org Happy 2012 from the VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/happy-2012-from-the-vuc/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/happy-2012-from-the-vuc/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:04:40 +0000 VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=3735

The recording is an informal chat (is there any other kind of VUC?) about Republic Wireless (why won’t Brian talk to us?) and Invoxia’s iOS desk phone, the one Michael Graves is evaluating.

2011 was a fantastic year for VUC. I was able to get to Astricon, thanks to Digium, and met several new VUC folks (such as the ubiquituous James Body) as well as seeing old friends again, including the elusive John Todd 2.0.

We’re on Google Plus this year and we hope to see it grow: http://gplus.to/vuc. Please spread the word. G+ is a great way for us to communicate about each week’s sessions. Don’t be shy, that’s what we’re there for.

We had help from great sponsors and partners: Voxeo Labs, Sangoma, OnSIP.com, e4strategies and of course our great partnerships with ZipDX and Voxbone.

We chatted with amazing people doing amazing things: Allison Smith, Bryan Johns, Simon Wood, John “Captain Crunch” Draper, Kevin Fleming, Chris Veazy, Danielle Morrill, Chris Matthieu, Diana Cionoiu, Gerd Graumann, Jason Goecke, Dan York , David Burgess, Steven Song, Dave Michels, Ward Mundy, Brough Turner, Eric Klein, Nir Simionovich, Ben Klang, Alok Saboo, Alex Balashov, Andy Abramson, Bryan Martin, John Riordan, Charlotte Oliver, Emil Ivov, Rob Wolpov, Mike Oeth, Thilo Salmon, Frederic Dickey, Pascal Doré, Todd Carothers, Randal Schwartz, Jim Gettys, Dave Taht, Hugh Goldstein, Adrian Georgescu, Andrew Kuan and all the great regulars!

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/happy-2012-from-the-vuc/feed/ 0 Adrian Georgescu,Alex Balashov,allison smith,Alok Saboo,Andrew Kuan,Android,Andy Abramson,Astricon,Ben Klang,Brough Turner,Bryan Johns,Bryan Martin The recording is an informal chat (is there any other kind of VUC?) about Republic Wireless (why won't Brian talk to us?) and Invoxia's iOS desk phone, the one Michael Graves is evaluating. - 2011 was a fantastic year for VUC. The recording is an informal chat (is there any other kind of VUC?) about Republic Wireless (why won't Brian talk to us?) and Invoxia's iOS desk phone, the one Michael Graves (http://mjgraves.org) is evaluating. 2011 was a fantastic year for VUC. I was able to get to Astricon, thanks to Digium, and met several new VUC folks (such as the ubiquituous James Body) as well as seeing old friends again, including the elusive John Todd 2.0. We're on Google Plus (http://gplus.to/vuc) this year and we hope to see it grow: http://gplus.to/vuc. Please spread the word. G+ is a great way for us to communicate about each week's sessions. Don't be shy, that's what we're there for. We had help from great sponsors and partners: Voxeo Labs (http://labs.vixeo.com), Sangoma (http://sangoma.com), OnSIP.com (http://onsip.com), e4strategies (http://e4strategies.com) and of course our great partnerships with ZipDX (http://zipdx.com) and Voxbone (http://voxbone.com). We chatted with amazing people doing amazing things: Allison Smith, Bryan Johns, Simon Wood, John "Captain Crunch" Draper, Kevin Fleming, Chris Veazy, Danielle Morrill, Chris Matthieu, Diana Cionoiu, Gerd Graumann, Jason Goecke, Dan York , David Burgess, Steven Song, Dave Michels, Ward Mundy, Brough Turner, Eric Klein, Nir Simionovich, Ben Klang, Alok Saboo, Alex Balashov, Andy Abramson, Bryan Martin, John Riordan, Charlotte Oliver, Emil Ivov, Rob Wolpov, Mike Oeth, Thilo Salmon, Frederic Dickey, Pascal Doré, Todd Carothers, Randal Schwartz, Jim Gettys, Dave Taht, Hugh Goldstein, Adrian Georgescu, Andrew Kuan and all the great regulars! @voipusers clean 46:53 Astricon 2011 http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/astricon-2011/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/astricon-2011/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:09:51 +0000 VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/astricon-2011/

Be sure to look at our Live Blog for photos, videos and interviews from Astricon!

How can I list the names of everyone I met and enjoyed hanging with? Here are a few but I know I’m forgetting many: Allison, Andrew, Ant, Barry, Ben, Dave, David, Eric, Evan, Jacinda, John, Julie, Mark x 3, Michael x 2, Nir, Rebecca,  Tristan…

Would you buy a used PBX from these guys?

Astricon Photo

One last look at the snowy landscape of Westminster. Friday, many lucky souls had a 3:30AM shuttle to the airport. My own trip will be “easy”: Up at 5:45AM, finish packing get the 6:30 AM shuttle. Then about 21 hours of straight travel joys, security checks, shoes on and off, in and out of three aircraft and finally a mercifully short ride home. Door to door, about 24 hours. See you next year.
]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/astricon-2011/feed/ 0 Astricon,Beek,Eric Klein,James Body,John Todd,nir simionovich,randulo,VoIP,zeeek Be sure to look at our Live Blog for photos, videos and interviews from Astricon! - How can I list the names of everyone I met and enjoyed hanging with? Here are a few but I know I'm forgetting many: Allison, Andrew, Ant, Barry, Ben, Dave, David, Eric, Be sure to look at our Live Blog (http://storify.com/voipusers/astricon-2011)for photos, videos and interviews from Astricon! How can I list the names of everyone I met and enjoyed hanging with? Here are a few but I know I'm forgetting many: Allison, Andrew, Ant, Barry, Ben, Dave, David, Eric, Evan, Jacinda, John, Julie, Mark x 3, Michael x 2, Nir, Rebecca,  Tristan... Would you buy a used PBX from these guys? (http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/AstriThu37stashes.jpg) One last look at the snowy landscape of Westminster. Friday, many lucky souls had a 3:30AM shuttle to the airport. My own trip will be "easy": Up at 5:45AM, finish packing get the 6:30 AM shuttle. Then about 21 hours of straight travel joys, security checks, shoes on and off, in and out of three aircraft and finally a mercifully short ride home. Door to door, about 24 hours. See you next year. @voipusers clean 30:00 Invoxia NVX 610 http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/invoxias-innovation/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/invoxias-innovation/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:00:56 +0000 VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=3502

Meet the Invoxia NVX 6210, a desktop phone that integrates the iPod, iPhone or iPad as a control interface. You make calls by dialing from your iPod, iPhone or iPad using the dedicated invoxia app. You can now receive calls made to your mobile as well as calls to your office on the Invoxia phone. To answer a call in handsfree mode, whether it’s coming from your mobile or desktop phone, simply press the volume button. There are just two sensory buttons on the invoxia phone’s base: one for muting the mic, and the other to access your voice mail.

Features

A wide range of connections are available on the invoxia desktop phone:

  • 2 USB ports (for the corded handset, your iPad and for headphones, for example)
  • 2 Ethernet ports, including 1 PoE port to power your phone and to connect your network cable and computer.
  • iPhone/iPod docking station
  • Bluetooth technology for wireless communication with your iPhone or iPod, or to pair your phone with a wireless headset (Headset Profile or A2DP),
  • DECT technology for optional cordless handsets
At the end of the call, Bryan Johns chimes in with an Astricon report.
]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2011/invoxias-innovation/feed/ 2 Astricon,digium,France,Invoxia,iPad,iPhone IOS,iPod Meet the Invoxia NVX 6210, a desktop phone that integrates the iPod, iPhone or iPad as a control interface. You make calls by dialing from your iPod, iPhone or iPad using the dedicated invoxia app. You can now receive calls made to your mobile as well ... (http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Invoxia.png) Meet the Invoxia NVX 6210 (http://www.invoxia.com/en/products/nvx610), a desktop phone that integrates the iPod, iPhone or iPad as a control interface. You make calls by dialing from your iPod, iPhone or iPad using the dedicated invoxia app. You can now receive calls made to your mobile as well as calls to your office on the Invoxia phone. To answer a call in handsfree mode, whether it’s coming from your mobile or desktop phone, simply press the volume button. There are just two sensory buttons on the invoxia phone’s base: one for muting the mic, and the other to access your voice mail. Features A wide range of connections are available on the invoxia desktop phone: * 2 USB ports (for the corded handset, your iPad and for headphones, for example) * 2 Ethernet ports, including 1 PoE port to power your phone and to connect your network cable and computer. * iPhone/iPod docking station * Bluetooth technology for wireless communication with your iPhone or iPod, or to pair your phone with a wireless headset (Headset Profile or A2DP), * DECT technology for optional cordless handsets At the end of the call, Bryan Johns chimes in with an Astricon (http://astricon.net) report. @voipusers clean 41:02 Video Conference Technologies, Cisco, Astricon http://www.voipusersconference.org/2010/video-conference/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2010/video-conference/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 12:00:52 +0000 VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=2490

VUC is an international group that meets every Friday at 12 Noon Eastern Time. We discuss technology and often VoIP, telephony, the Internet, web sites and hosting, networks and networking. VUC is @voipusers on Twitter. This week, no specific guest product or service made the discussion wide-ranging, with participants from Hong Kong, Algeria, France, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Spain, Barbados and even the USA. A few of the subjects covered this week:

Cisco umi, is this worth following? Is the concept of video conference on your TV even something there’s an audience for? Do many people have the needed bandwidth for 720p or 1080p?

Counterpath launches a beta trial for there Bria Android app.

Who still have landlines? Why?

TV standards like PAL, NTSC, Secam…

David Duffet on the Ringer Rodeo at Astricon.

AG Projects’ Blink was bridging the ZipDX wideband conference bridge and Talkshoe for 3.5 hours without a single glitch.

Join us every Friday! If you have a product or service you think would be of interest, please reach out to us for a guest spot using the contact form or by grabbing @VoipUsers on Twitter. Join our mailing list or read it on the web as a Google group.

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2010/video-conference/feed/ 0 Astricon,Cisco UMI,David Duffet,Karl Fife,Michael Graves,video conference VUC is an international group that meets every Friday at 12 Noon Eastern Time. We discuss technology and often VoIP, telephony, the Internet, web sites and hosting, networks and networking. VUC is @voipusers on Twitter. This week, (http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Connections-300x224.jpg)VUC is an international group that meets every Friday at 12 Noon Eastern Time. We discuss technology and often VoIP, telephony, the Internet, web sites and hosting, networks and networking. VUC is @voipusers on Twitter. This week, no specific guest product or service made the discussion wide-ranging, with participants from Hong Kong, Algeria, France, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Spain, Barbados and even the USA. A few of the subjects covered this week: Cisco umi (http://home.cisco.com/en-us/telepresence/Umi/), is this worth following? Is the concept of video conference on your TV even something there's an audience for? Do many people have the needed bandwidth for 720p or 1080p? Counterpath (http://www.counterpath.com/softphone-products.html) launches a beta trial for there Bria Android app. Who still have landlines? Why? TV standards like PAL, NTSC, Secam... David Duffet on the Ringer Rodeo at Astricon (http://astricon.net). AG Projects' Blink (http://icanblink.com) was bridging the ZipDX wideband conference bridge (http://zipdx.com) and Talkshoe (http://talkshoe.com) for 3.5 hours without a single glitch. Join us every Friday! If you have a product or service you think would be of interest, please reach out to us for a guest spot using the contact form or by grabbing @VoipUsers on Twitter. Join our mailing list (http://vuc.me/mailinglist) or read it on the web as a Google group. @voipusers clean 1:25:46 More on Astricon and the Great Wave Experiment http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/astricon-wave/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/astricon-wave/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:00:40 +0000 VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=1129

like the title says…

Trying to link things together with Google Wave.

vucwave

Astricon: a few critical comments, a few funny stories…

[audio:http://media.blubrry.com/winelover/recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-22622/TS-281991.mp3]

IRC Transcript 2009-10-23

Tim Panton’s ScreenCast of his Astricon 2009 presentation. This used technologies from: phonefromhere.com, wave.google.com, voice.ibook.com, digium.com and skype.com.

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/astricon-wave/feed/ 0 astricon,google voice,google wave like the title says... - Trying to link things together with Google Wave. - Astricon: a few critical comments, a few funny stories... - IRC Transcript 2009-10-23 - Tim Panton's ScreenCast of his Astricon 2009 presentation. like the title says... Trying to link things together with Google Wave. (http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/vucwave.png) Astricon: a few critical comments, a few funny stories... IRC Transcript 2009-10-23 (http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091023.txt) Tim Panton's ScreenCast of his Astricon 2009 presentation (http://blip.tv/file/2762980). This used technologies from: phonefromhere.com (http://phonefromhere.com), wave.google.com (http://wave.google.com), voice.ibook.com (http://voice.ibook.com), digium.com (http://digium.com) and skype.com. (http://skype.com) vuc clean 1:00:00 Randal Schwartz visits Astricon http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/randal-schwartz-astrico/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/randal-schwartz-astrico/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:58:25 +0000 VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=1127

I called him an “honorary member” of VUC, but he’s actually a regular and he did get his T-shirt at Astricon. We stopped in front of the cheapest happy hour place just long enough to record this for posterity.

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/randal-schwartz-astrico/feed/ 0 Astricon Wrap Up http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/astricon-wrap-up/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/astricon-wrap-up/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:00:03 +0000 VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=1106

astricon-fall-2010

Heroic efforts were required to produce this live call and edit it, and it will take patience and strong will to listen to it because of the noise and levels. We post it here because a lot of interesting things were said by participants (in random order) Tim Panton, Darrick Hartmann, Barry Kline, Philippe Lindheimer, Fred Posner, Zoa, David Duffet and whoever else wandered in.

[audio:http://media.blubrry.com/winelover/recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-22622/TS-281043.mp3]

All in all, Digium did a great job in organizing the event with compelling content, fun, good food, and a space where people with our shared interests can gather and basically bother Allison Smith for three whole days.

IRC TRanscript 20091016

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/astricon-wrap-up/feed/ 1 mobile voip,wideband Heroic efforts were required to produce this live call and edit it, and it will take patience and strong will to listen to it because of the noise and levels. We post it here because a lot of interesting things were said by participants (in random orde... (http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/astricon-fall-2010.jpg) Heroic efforts were required to produce this live call and edit it, and it will take patience and strong will to listen to it because of the noise and levels. We post it here because a lot of interesting things were said by participants (in random order) Tim Panton, Darrick Hartmann, Barry Kline, Philippe Lindheimer, Fred Posner, Zoa, David Duffet and whoever else wandered in. All in all, Digium did a great job in organizing the event with compelling content, fun, good food, and a space where people with our shared interests can gather and basically bother Allison Smith for three whole days. IRC TRanscript 20091016 (http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/20091016.txt) VUC clean 1:00:00 Skype for Asterisk, Astricon, SIP for Skype http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/more-skype/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/more-skype/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:05 +0000 VUC http://www.voipusersconference.org/?p=894

Direct mp3 link (part 1) – Direct mp3 link (part 2)

Part 1 [audio:http://media.blubrry.com/winelover/recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-22622/TS-256280.mp3|titles=Part 1 Skype for Asterisk]
Part 2 [audio:http://media.blubrry.com/winelover/recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-22622/TS-264537.mp3|titles=Part 2 Email servers SPF spam sendmail postfix]

Lots of talk about Skype for Asterisk, with Tim Panton who has been on the SfA beta for over a year and who will be speaking at Astricon in October.

IRC Transcript 2009-09-04

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2009/more-skype/feed/ 0 Skype,voip,telephony,sip for asterisk Direct mp3 link (part 1) Direct mp3 link (part 2) Part 1 Part 2 - Lots of talk about Skype for Asterisk, with Tim Panton who has been on the SfA beta for over a year and who will be speaking at Astricon in October. - IRC Transcript 2009-09-04 Direct mp3 link (part 1) (http://media.blubrry.com/winelover/recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-22622/TS-256280.mp3) - Direct mp3 link (part 2) (http://media.blubrry.com/winelover/recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-22622/TS-264537.mp3) Part 1 Part 2 Lots of talk about Skype for Asterisk, with Tim Panton who has been on the SfA beta for over a year and who will be speaking at Astricon (http://www.astricon.net) in October. IRC Transcript 2009-09-04 (http://www.voipusersconference.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/20090804.txt) randulo clean 1:00:00 Cellphone SIP via wifi and 3G, Astricon last minute http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/cellphone-sip-via-wifi-and-3g-astricon-last-minute/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/cellphone-sip-via-wifi-and-3g-astricon-last-minute/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:00:09 +0000 VUC http://sessions.voipusersconference.org/?p=265

[audio:http://media.blubrry.com/winelover/recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-22622/TS-143738.mp3]

It’s down to the wire for Astricon, a few days. We talked to a few people who have experienced Nokia phones SIP stack. Other more general stuff, and the dCap certification process.

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/cellphone-sip-via-wifi-and-3g-astricon-last-minute/feed/ 0 3G,Astricon,dCap,E61,N95,Nokia,sip,wifi It's down to the wire for Astricon, a few days. We talked to a few people who have experienced Nokia phones SIP stack. Other more general stuff, and the dCap certification process. It's down to the wire for Astricon, a few days. We talked to a few people who have experienced Nokia phones SIP stack. Other more general stuff, and the dCap certification process. @voipusers clean Recent Voip News & Commentary with Michael Graves http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/recent-voip-news-michael-graves/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/recent-voip-news-michael-graves/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:00:44 +0000 VUC http://sessions.voipusersconference.org/?p=267

[audio:http://media.blubrry.com/winelover/recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-22622/TS-137957.mp3]

Recent Voip News & Commentary, Digium partners with FreePBX, SIP/DECT vs ATA+DECT for cordless phones, Karle Fife on the new Rhino failover BRI/PRI card, John Todd on “The Proxifier”, Darrick Hartman announced Astlinux 0.6 expected next week, includes Asterisk GUI 2.0 Digital Opsys draw for Astricon 08 exhibitors pass Many thanks to Michael Graves for stepping in!

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2008/recent-voip-news-michael-graves/feed/ 0 astlinux,Astricon,ATA,Darrick Hartman,DECT,digium,FreePBX,gui,John Todd,Michael Graves,Rhino,sip Recent Voip News & Commentary, Digium partners with FreePBX, SIP/DECT vs ATA+DECT for cordless phones, Karle Fife on the new Rhino failover BRI/PRI card, John Todd on "The Proxifier", Darrick Hartman announced Astlinux 0.6 expected next week, Recent Voip News & Commentary, Digium partners with FreePBX, SIP/DECT vs ATA+DECT for cordless phones, Karle Fife on the new Rhino failover BRI/PRI card, John Todd on "The Proxifier", Darrick Hartman announced Astlinux 0.6 expected next week, includes Asterisk GUI 2.0 Digital Opsys draw for Astricon 08 exhibitors pass Many thanks to Michael Graves (http://mgraves.org) for stepping in! @voipusers clean Caller ID, Providers http://www.voipusersconference.org/2007/caller-id-ipkall/ http://www.voipusersconference.org/2007/caller-id-ipkall/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:00:04 +0000 VUC http://sessions.voipusersconference.org/?p=282

[audio:http://media.blubrry.com/winelover/recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-22622/TS-43875.mp3]

Callerid, a short report about Astricon and 1.6 news – more next week. IPKall, what it’s about and where it’s going.

]]> http://www.voipusersconference.org/2007/caller-id-ipkall/feed/ 0 asterisk 1.6,Astricon,callerid,DECT,IPKall,providers,X100P clones Callerid, a short report about Astricon and 1.6 news - more next week. IPKall, what it's about and where it's going. Callerid, a short report about Astricon and 1.6 news - more next week. IPKall, what it's about and where it's going. @voipusers clean