Universities get free VoIP
Now this is a great idea - to encourage research collaboration, connect up University phone systems around the world and provide free calling!
The project, Global University Phone System (GUPS), provides Linux software and hardware to link traditional phone networks via the internet to enable free calling between Universities and any internet connected PC.
The GUPS Initiative provides universities with a VOIP system they can easily install and configure to connect their phone networks with other academic institutions around the globe. Calls then travel over the internet using VOIP thus bypassing traditional telecommunication charges for phone calls and connecting universities to the rapidly expanding VOIP community.
Universities can distribute free VOIP software to students and affiliates such as Gizmo Project or to deploy SIP based digital phone devices such as wifi phones, all of which can make free calls to campus numbers.
GUPS participants are supplied with necessary software and hardware to connect their existing phone system at no cost from REEF. A secure Linux based PC is provided along with Asterisk software, a multi-protocol open source PBX. Free technical support and monitoring is provided by SIPphone.
More info at: http://aboutreef.org/gups.
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