Asterisk VoIP News

Friday, July 22, 2005

VoIP on a bike - Infoworld Article

The fine guys at SineApps report on this article also. Of all the great services Asterisk provides, the one I hope is that it helps speed up the process of building infrastructure in 2nd and 3rd world countries. The only we will all be able to eat at the same table is if we can all have the same basics services. This is an inspiring article.

Here is a snippet of the article:

"The mission of Inveneo, a nonprofit group of inveterate high-tech adventurers, is to bring developing communities that never reached a 20th century level of infrastructure into the 21st century. Its bicycle-powered system brings not just VoIP but also e-mail and Web browsing to remote areas, using a combination of Linux and the Asterisk (Overview, Articles, Company) open source PBX."

Full Article Here

Editor Note: I have opened this post for comments. I would like to read people opinions of the article and if enough responses are posted I might make another post to open a discussion about this topic.