[Asterisk-Users] Very Cool.........Asterisk Made Wired Magazine

[JR Richardson]

Hi Guys,

The article "They've Got Your number" in the Dec 2004 issue of WIRED
magazine mentions Asterisk PBX (on p.100).  The article is about phone
phreaks hijacking cell phones with Bluetooth technology along with spoofing
CID to pull some clandestine hacks on the PSTN.  Anyhow, Asterisk is
mentioned as the PBX of choice for an outfit: Telephreaks.org out of Florida
that has built their own free VoIP service.

Quotes:

"Slestak, Da Beave, and GiD are the crew behind Florida-based
Telephreaks.org, a free VoIP service that they've built to run on a
roll-your-own, open source private branch exchange (PBX) system called
Asterisk"  "But with Asterisk, there's no need for the phone company to
manage your phone lines anymore.  Your can do it yourself."

Well, it's good that Asterisk made WIRED magazine but really it should be on
the front page with Mark's smiling mug on the cover like Linus' was on the
Nov 2003 issue of WIRED.

This is a good day for Asterisk because WIRED magazine has a huge subscriber
base and this article will be read by a lot of people, and some of those
people might have the gumption to check out Asterisk and see what it's all
about.  If you all see a lot more newbie question pop up in the next few
weeks, be kind, help where you can and point to the Wiki for more info.

I'll be writing a letter to the editor, encouraging them to check out
Asterisk as a possible full featured article and I encourage you all to do
the same, if you're so inclined.

The article author is Annalee Newitz, annalee at techsploitation.com and WIRED
editor, editor at wiredmag.com

JR