Phoniness
I've been setting up Asterisk at home. It's a free, open-source PBX system that uses Voice over IP technology (VoIP). I've set it up to support SIP, and it also interfaces to the PSTN through a Linksys SPA-3102.
"OK, Nat, what the FUCK does all that mean?"
It means that when you call my land line number (which I will post in a separate, friends-locked entry), you're greeted by my friendly voice, which says: "Please select the person you wish to dial. For Nat, press 1. For Viktoriya, press 2. For Jon, press 3. For Josh, press 4. For Kevin, press 5."
If you press 1 for me, it will ring the phone in my bedroom for 3 rings, then if I don't pick up, it will ring the phones in the common room and kitchen for 3 rings, then it will go to my voicemail. You should in fact leave me a voicemail message, because it will be e-mailed to me, which means I'll get it right away even if I'm at work.
If you press 2, 3, 4, or 5, those guys don't have bedroom phones yet (suckers!), but it will try the common room and kitchen phones, and then go to their voicemail, which will also be e-mailed to them. Eventually, they may get bedroom phones, at which point, their extensions will work just like mine does now.
All this also means that if you're a lucky SIP user (for example, if you use an internet phone service like Vonage, SIPphone, or one of the other guys that is not Skype), you can call me over the Internet! I haven't actually tried this (so it may or may not work), but if you want to, you can call me at sip:nbudin@vox.aegames.org.
If anyone has any suggestions for how to make this even cooler, I'd appreciate any and all comments.
"OK, Nat, what the FUCK does all that mean?"
It means that when you call my land line number (which I will post in a separate, friends-locked entry), you're greeted by my friendly voice, which says: "Please select the person you wish to dial. For Nat, press 1. For Viktoriya, press 2. For Jon, press 3. For Josh, press 4. For Kevin, press 5."
If you press 1 for me, it will ring the phone in my bedroom for 3 rings, then if I don't pick up, it will ring the phones in the common room and kitchen for 3 rings, then it will go to my voicemail. You should in fact leave me a voicemail message, because it will be e-mailed to me, which means I'll get it right away even if I'm at work.
If you press 2, 3, 4, or 5, those guys don't have bedroom phones yet (suckers!), but it will try the common room and kitchen phones, and then go to their voicemail, which will also be e-mailed to them. Eventually, they may get bedroom phones, at which point, their extensions will work just like mine does now.
All this also means that if you're a lucky SIP user (for example, if you use an internet phone service like Vonage, SIPphone, or one of the other guys that is not Skype), you can call me over the Internet! I haven't actually tried this (so it may or may not work), but if you want to, you can call me at sip:nbudin@vox.aegames.org.
If anyone has any suggestions for how to make this even cooler, I'd appreciate any and all comments.