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    Mon, 01 Aug 2005

    PhoneGnome

    They sell something that looks like a Sipura SPA-3000, which contacts their server to see whether it can route calls over VoIP, or falls back to using the PSTN.

    It all starts off looking great:

    1. PhoneGnome is a "thing". It is a revolutionary concept. FREE calling is a feature built into a piece of hardware that you purchase and own. There is no signup, no "account", and no monthly fees. ...
    4. Give your current phone service a kick with advanced capabilities you can't even get from the phone company, like voicemail-to-email, online phone book with click-to-dial, and more, all included FREE with your one-time purchase of PhoneGnome ...
    7. No obligations, No risk, full-moneyback guarantee.

    However, when you get down to the PhoneGnome License Terms and Conditions of Use Agreement

    Use of the PhoneGnome Services ...
    (d) You may not reverse engineer, distribute, publish, display, modify or in any way exploit the configuration parameters which we provide as a means to access the PhoneGnome Services.
    (e) You may not use the PhoneGnome Services for telemarketing, broadcast fax, or to deliver unauthorized or unsolicited advertising, promotional materials or solicitations.
    (f) You acknowledge that the PhoneGnome and any embedded software or firmware is exclusively for use with the PhoneGnome Services.
    (g) You agree not to perform a factory reset of the PhoneGnome hardware.
    (h) You may not use the PhoneGnome Services with or connect the hardware component of the PhoneGnome Servcie to a PBX or automated dialer.

    It doesn't look like a "thing" that I could configure to use with a home Asterix PBX setup for example.

    Also check out the Privacy Policy where they get to record and analyse your PSTN as well as VoIP call information.

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