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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After many months of development, I'm pleased to
announced Firefly - an IAX soft phone and network.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The firefly softphone - free, runs under windows,
allows connection to multiple networks, skinable interface, connection to
firefly network, IAX2 protocol, (SIP in next release), codecs supported - iLBC,
G.711 ulaw/alaw, GSM. - contact lists, selectable ringtones.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>download from here - <A
href="http://www.virbiage.com/firefly/">http://www.virbiage.com/firefly/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The firefly network - also free, runs on an
enhanced version of IAX2 (simply uses IAX2 text messages for customised part),
voicemail, text messaging, online presence, ability to indicate status
(available, away, NA). I believe you can connect using a standard asterisk box
but you'll miss out on the extended features. The network runs on iLBC so
unforunately it won't work with most IAX2 clients (unless you get * to
translate)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thousands of people have used it but it's still
regarded in beta, as we are still in heavy development (so expect a few bugs).
It doesn't use iaxcomm as we needed our own framework to support sip, including
our own jitterbuffer. If you don't wish to connect to the firefly network, click
cancel when it asks you.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Coming soon features<BR>SIP - in alpha, few bugs
outstanding<BR>music onhold - playing mp3s while the other party is
onhold<BR>fast audio - will reduce the latency by 40-50ms<BR>speex - (if anyone
wants it?)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Feel free to contact me on or off the list to
report bugs and suggestions. I'll post everytime we release a new version
(probably every week), including fixed bugs and new features</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Our website is <A
href="http://www.virbiage.com/">http://www.virbiage.com/</A></DIV>
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