Finally, it’s out: the Gizmo Project - an easy to use, SIP-based VoIP program for everyone. It’s like Skype, except it’s based on open standards. After downloading and installing Gizmo, the first thing I did was to plug in my Asterisk SIP address into it and see whether it would dial, and it did! Similarly, Gizmo users can be dialled directly by their Gizmo username@proxy01.sipphone.com, or as gizmonumber@proxy01.sipphone.com. It provides PSTN termination (for a fee), and you can get a DID (Direct Incoming Dialling) number (again for a fee). One nice though though: if you don’t want a dedicated DID number, you can give out a shared Access number, and your Gizmo number. Users can then call in to the Access number, and when prompted, enter your Gizmo number to contact you.

All the features that they have, plus the fact that it interoperates with other SIP networks, definitely gives Gizmo the potential to be a Skype-killer - let’s wait and see what happens.

SIP to the masses!

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