Open Source Telephony Journal

VMwareVMware recently released version 3 of their Fusion product for the Mac.  For those who don't know, VMware is a software maker specializing in virtualization products that run on Windows, Linux, and the Mac.  Many OS's (most?) including Linux and PBX distros are installable as a VMware 'virtual machine', allowing it to run safely sandboxed on your existing hardware.  For those wanting to get started with Asterisk or any flavor of Linux, this is an excellent way to get started without dedicating hardware....

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Callcentric has just been added to my stable of providers.  Despite an initial problem things are now swimming on a 1.4 PIAF install.  Callcentric has earned a good reputation for themselves in a few of the VoIP forums. According to users posts, quality and service are quite high.  Callcentric reminds me of, and seems to share a model that's a bit like VoicePulse's aproach as a provider.  They aren't the cheapest and don't have the biggest feature set, but are very committed to delivering a quality level of service and reliability.....

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