VoIP Tech Chat

Or cleverly disguised secret agent for the video phone revolution?

I R Eatz U R Dataz!

I love my netbook. I love my netbook so much, I have two of them (okay, one is the wife’s). Surprisingly, I managed to survive months on nothing but my netbook doing fairly intensive SQL / VoIP / Web work. The hard drive is a little slow, but the overall performance is outstanding.

When I travel, I can use Skype to video chat with the built in webcam and get great quality (both ways) for both picture and sound. It’s like a giant smart phone. It reminds me of the $1000+ “video phones” that were supposed to be the future of talking on the phone… then people realized they really didn’t want to “get pretty” to use the phone. Now, for around $250 a unit, you can have that and so much more.

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Hi, VoIP Tech Chat here introducing a BRAND NEW download from Digium, the company bringing you Asterisk. Are your Skype calls limiting you to sitting in front of your computer? Do you ever forget to plug in your microphone and lose audio? Well, Digium has the perfect product for you!

Skype for Asterisk Beta is a download that lets you integrate your Asterisk system with the Skype network.

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After celebrating the Indian Summer with personal reflection, Fred and Patrick return to podcasting — and this time… it’s personal.

This week, we discuss such great things as Harley Davidson Motorcycles, Skype, Asterisk (briefly), the Boy Scouts, and more!

As always, VoIP Tech Chat can be accessed from:

• VoIP Tech Chat (download mp3)
• iTunes
• And, thanks to popular request, you can also stream the chat by pressing the play button below

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Related Links:

• Boy Scouts Webelos
• Harley-Davidson
• The “Millennials” Are Coming – 60 Minutes
• Obama Change
• Clearwire and Sprint
• Skype
• Japanese man petitions to marry comic-book character
• VoIP Tech Chat Script

Skype announces partnership with Asterisk at AstriCon. More to come

Andy Abramson posted a great comment about American Airlines blocking Skype from their new inflight internet WiFi access. Now, only the wisdom of Solomon can understand either this rule or how American Airlines is interpreting the “federal ban on phone calls.”

Should we believe that somehow, using VoIP during a flight will present a security risk compared to being allowed the use of a cellphone the second you land and right before flight? There’s a great line from Man of the Year where Robin Williams’ character explains that if old ladies in walkers are trying to blow up planes, the game’s over.

We understand that using a cellphone during a flight could bother airplane electronics — but if you can use WiFI, then how does a VoIP conversation pose the same threat. Unless, we are to believe that somehow allowing Skype or telephone conversations during a flight will somehow allow devastation to occur? We don’t get it. Isn’t blocking more than 4 ounces of liquid already protecting us?

Does this mean that all IM communication will be blocked, or is it just the verbal communication that Feds deem destructive?

Welcome to this week’s Voip Cast. In this week’s chat, we discuss topics such as George Michael, Skype, encryption, airports, slot machines, super-heroes and more.

You can download this week’s podcast for FREE at these fine locations:

• Voip Tech Chat (download mp3)
• iTunes
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Looking for links from our podcast? Well look no further friends. Simply point, click, and read:

• That great IM Security article at CNET.com
• Asterisk
• Wikipedia’s list of Female Super-heroes
• Skype
• Las Vegas Airport
• George Michael