[asterisk-biz] MagicJack

[BroadTel]

Hi Matthew,
BroadTel is pleased to release UPA-1, a USB to FXS adapter embedded with SIP
softphone. Product specification is as follows:

Hardware:
USB to RJ11 FXS adapter
1 USB port, for computer connection
1 RJ-11 FXS, for phone connection
Dimension (L x W x H): 53 x 15 x 28 mm
Support SIP 2.0, IAX2 or Skype
built-in 2MB flash drive for storage of BroadTel softphone
Support any analog phone or cordless phone
Support connecting to PBX
Plastic case for the adapter can be designed on a per-client basis

Main Features
USB to RJ11 FXS converter
Support Windows AUTORUN for SELF loading of driver and softphone
Embedded SIP, IAX2 softphones or Skype, supporting G.729, G.723.1,
G.711(uLaw,aLaw), GSM(FR,AMR), iLBC, Speex and so on
SIP and IAX softphones can be customized with customers'logo
Auto detection, installation and configuration of Windows USB audio deveice
when UPA-1 is plugged in
Support standard windows USB audio device with unique device ID
Connect USB phone adapter UPA-1 to your phone, no more microphone and
speaker
SLIC interface for analog phone connection
Support cordless phone set include DECT, 2.4GHz, 900MHz or others
Receive SIP, IAX2 or Skype calls by ringing and picking up handset - same as
home line
Dial SIP, IAX2 and calls through phone pad directly or softphone users
interface
Connect Skype and SkypeIn calls into PBX or enterprise IVR
Dial SkypeOut from PBX digital extension set directly
Support Skype speed dial and SkypeOut through phone pad directly
Support 1 REN standard loads

OEM and ODM orders are welcome. For details, please visit BroadTel corporate
web site http://www.broad-tel.com/products/phoneadapter.php , or conact us
at broadtel at 126.com if you are interested in the product.

Best regards,
BroadTel



On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 4:29 PM, Matthew Rubenstein <email at mattruby.com>wrote:

>        I saw an ad for MagicJack on TV, a USB VoIP dongle with a $20:year
> unlimited calling subscription,  and looked into it. I am in no way
> affiliated with MagicJack, except that I saw the ad and was curious. It
> was introduced at the TED conference last April, and was buggy through
> last Summer. But it's been around a year now, has a budget for
> mass-market advertising.
>
>        Anyone know any more details? How do they offer $20:year, when most
> VoIP competitors charge at least $15-35:month? Are they using Asterisk
> for infrastructure - any thing more than maybe just voicemail?
>
>        If this isn't a scam, or a bubble loss-leader that will collapse
> under
> a $20:year subscription, is it instead a new force pushing down prices,
> and pushing ahead the mass marketization of Internet voice?
>
>
>        I tried to send this message directly to the list WED afternoon, but
> once again the Digium filter is silently rejecting my posts. Digium
> really should fix that. And soon. These lists are badly broken by it.
>
>
> On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 12:00 -0500, asterisk-biz-request at lists.digium.com
> wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:34:15 -0500
> > From: "Kevin P. Fleming" <kpfleming at digium.com>
> > Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Asterisk - SIP - H323 - IAX
> > To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> >         <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
> > Message-ID: <47E1A2F7.7010905 at digium.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > Seysan wrote:
> >
> > > If yes, what have you used for H323 part? I'm not concerned about
> > RTP
> > > Passing through the Asterisk Box (except maybe for IAX), and it is
> > not used
> > > as an User Agent.
> >
> > IAX2 does not use RTP. Asterisk is always a User Agent. SIP and H.323
> > channels using RTP will always start out with RTP flowing through the
> > Asterisk box, and based on my understanding of H.323, it is not
> > possible
> > to redirect the RTP media to a different endpoint once the channel is
> > setup.
> >
> > In summary, while Asterisk is in a lot of ways 'like a softswitch', it
> > is not a softswitch.
> >
> > --
> > Kevin P. Fleming
> --
>
> (C) Matthew Rubenstein
>
>
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