VoIP Hacks
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is gaining a lot of attention these days, as more companies and individuals switch from standard telephone service to phone service via the Internet. The reason is simple: A single network to carry voice and data is easier to scale, maintain, and administer. As an added bonus, it's also cheaper, because VoIP is free of the endless government regulations and tariffs imposed upon phone companies.\ VoIP is simply overflowing with hack potential, and VoIP Hacks...
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Voice over Internet Protocol is gaining a lot of attention these days. Both practical and fun, this text provides technology enthusiasts and voice professionals with dozens of hands-on projects for building a VoIP network, including a softPBX.
Ch. 1Broadband VoIP services1Ch. 2Desktop telephony22Ch. 3Skype and skyping63Ch. 4Asterisk95Ch. 5Telephony hardware hacks150Ch. 6Navigate the VoIP network184Ch. 7Hard-core voice241
\ From Barnes & NobleThe Barnes & Noble Review\ VoIP makes telephony even more hackable than it was in the halcyon days of Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and their legendary “black boxes.” To get a taste of what’s possible, get VoIP Hacks, another entry in O’Reilly’s marvelously hands-on Hacks series. \ Some of these are “true” hacks, in the sense that they require significant technical expertise. (Set up Asterisk, the full-fledged business PBX that also happens to be open source software running on Linux, Mac OS X, or BSD. Then, configure it to make and receive free calls on the Skype network.) Others just require downloading a little software. (Skype the contacts in your Outlook or Mac OS X address book.) Both types of hack are fascinating, and -- think of this as a bonus -- most of them are quite useful. Bill Camarda, from the January 2006 Read Only\ \ \
