VoIP Tech Chat

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.

With Skype for Asterisk, you can:

• Make Skype to Skype calls
• Call landlines, cellphones, even grandma!
• Receive SkypeIn calls
• Make multiple Skype calls simultaneously using the same Skype account
• Read Skype profile fields
• Support DTMF
• Set and retrieve online status
• Handle incoming Skype calls using your dialplan
• Use the Asterisk PBX for voice and the Desktop for IM
• And much more!

And you can do this all from your Asterisk PBX!

Ordinary Skype is a mess. You need your desktop and some sort of sound equipment just to make a call. Crazy. Skype for Asterisk Beta has the muscle to use your phone system directly with the Skype network. Use Skype for Asterisk Beta to provide an IVR or Sales portal for your company. You can use Skype for Asterisk Beta at home while watching TV. You can even use Skype for Asterisk Beta to send your Skype calls to one central voicemail.

Whether your Skype needs are large or small, Skype for Asterisk Beta can handle it all. Skype for Asterisk Beta is free, so it pays for itself.

Through Digium’s exclusive Beta offer you can download Skype for Asterisk Beta at the very low price of Free.

But wait, there’s more!

Skype for Asterisk Beta is a limited time offer. You have to act now to download and register the software. Skype for Asterisk Beta can only be downloaded until August 7th and used until August 31st. And of course, being beta, there’s some betaness to contend with.

So act now and download the Skype for Asterisk Beta software today directly from Digium.

(In case you hadn’t guessed, this is also our homage to Billy Mays.)

Here’s what Digium’s John Todd posted:

I know many of you have been waiting for this for a while, so I’ll  keep this short:  The Skype for Asterisk Public Beta is now available on the Digium store.

We are pleased to announce the open beta of Skype For Asterisk is ready to begin and we look forward to you participation. To obtain your copy of the software, please visit Digium’s web store and purchase (for zero dollars) the Skype For Asterisk product. The web store does require a Digium.com account, which can be set up during the purchase process if you don’t already have one. Once the web store process is complete, you will be e-mailed your license key and directions on where to download Skype For Asterisk beta software.

This is a “time-expiring” beta – the software will stop working on August 31.  The download is also currently time-limited – it will be available until August 7 on our website.  After the 31st, you would need to have purchased a license for the SfA software (sorry, no pricing that I can give you right now – that will be a separate announcement.  I’m just the community guy – I have no idea about pricing or commercial contracts or the like, so please wait until that’s been announced as I will find out about the same time as you do.

Trial “purchase” page:
http://store.digium.com/productview.php?product_code=804-00019

JT

While you’re downloading Skype for Asterisk, read Michael Grave’s post over at Graves On SOHO VoIP.