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Pseudo-related, yet does anyone know of a good replacement for Google Voice? I've heard Asterisk is good software to look into, yet ideally I'm looking for a way to self-host or cheaply have a standard phone number which can send SMS and call normal phones, from multiple devices, ideally with a web interface.
asterisk is an amazing, underrated stack of technology
To get full use of it back then, using high-quality hardware SIP phones was a necessity. These days I think that in-browser phones will work very well for most people.
Interconnection with telcos went from unsanctioned to orderable to being widely marketed during that time. If you know what you're doing you can save a lot of money. If you would prefer to have someone else do the work, the virtual PBX vendors are pretty good.
Pseudo-related, yet does anyone know of a good replacement for Google Voice? I've heard Asterisk is good software to look into, yet ideally I'm looking for a way to self-host or cheaply have a standard phone number which can send SMS and call normal phones, from multiple devices, ideally with a web interface.
Going to put my bias out in the open. My whole career has benefited from Open Source, yet when I see something from the FSF, I automatically assume it's going to be ugly and not user-friendly. Has anyone tried any of these FSF sanctioned tools? I'd love to have my bias be proven wrong.
The FSF doesn't develop the tools listed in the article. Since it's free software, anyone, including you, can help make it prettier and more user-friendly. But again, the point of the article isn't about which software is free as in cost or easiest to use. It's about taking an ethical stance despite sacrificing things like a pretty UI.
Zoom is still the best performing software. Alternatives fail in various ways. I wrote Emergency Remote[0], and for some companies thrown into the situation it is best to use it anyway. They can't handle more trouble during this time. [0] https://www.emergencyremote.com/EmergencyRemote.pdf
Not for Linux users. The client repeatedly crashes.
Jitsi Meet is the best I've found so far, but even that has some issues — I did a quick test with myself and the Android client wasn't able to send or receive audio. It also doesn't have any notion of a "host", which is normally good, but it doesn't work for a school setting where participants can't be trusted to not kick others.
Recent and related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22765899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22758131 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22756728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22755596 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22669968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22477785 Recent and seemingly related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22761816 Not so recent: https://news.ycombinator.com/item…
Pseudo-related, yet does anyone know of a good replacement for Google Voice? I've heard Asterisk is good software to look into, yet ideally I'm looking for a way to self-host or cheaply have a standard phone number which can send SMS and call normal phones, from multiple devices, ideally with a web interface.
Pseudo-related, yet does anyone know of a good replacement for Google Voice? I've heard Asterisk is good software to look into, yet ideally I'm looking for a way to self-host or cheaply have a standard phone number which can send SMS and call normal phones, from multiple devices, ideally with a web interface.
Twilio