Asterisk IPPBX Indian Forum

I was searching for Digium's open source PBX Asterisk in India and found the India forum - which contains blogs, Howto's, list of Asterisk consultants in India including Hyderabad. Also present are Tips, tricks for Asterisk, a place for ordering Asterisk hardware like FXO cards - FXS and ATA's seem to be not present yet on the site. Lots of information and useful tips for India deployment. Check out the site - http://asterisk.pbx.in/.

Click to dial application from Webpage

If you are looking for some cool scripts that you can use to dial a number using VOIP clients like Skype, you can use either AstJAX dialer script for Firefox or Dial Engine Pro application.

For AstJAX to work, you need to install greasemonkey (http://www.greasespot.net/) which is an extension to Firefox which allows you to customize the way web pages look and function. Make sure you are using the latest version of Firefox (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/). Follow the instructions from (http://www.yaptele.com/asterisk-firefox-click-to-dial-ajax-script) and you are all set to dial from your webpages.

Phone Dialer Pro site has a list of products (nine to be precise) which work well with dialing from webpages. They are TAPI compliant products and can be used with any PC modems. For more information, check http://www.phonedialerpro.com/index.html and http://www.phonedialerpro.com/apps.htm for instructions on usage and features set. The Phone Dialer applications are not free, you can get a trial version for testing out.

VOIPers - Go Green

Skyrocketting oil prices, unabating inflation, rising daily costs, etc, etc - I think its time to go green. Electric bikes are hitting the market like never before and there's no better time than to buy one - start, now!!!

There are a number of big players like Hero Motors, TVS Motors, Kinetic Motors who have introduced some e-scooters and are introducing more models in coming months.

Also, there are a number of small players like Yo Bikes (Yash E-bikes?), Vijaya Electrics, Atlas Cycles, Avon Cycles to name a few.

Some of the best information sites for E-bikes include EVFuture.com which includes a complete list of players in this niche space and also includes pictures of vehicles with prices for some of them(http://www.evfuture.com/products/electric_scooters).

Watch out for the following models:

Hero Ultra's VeloPlus (http://www.ultramotor.com/India/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?gProductId=73#)

Hero ultra's Marathon (http://www.ultramotor.com/India/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?gProductId=70)

Hero Ultra vehicles are available at your nearest "Digital Shoppy" dealers (http://www.digitalshoppy.com/).

Yo Smart (http://www.induselectrans.com/yo_smart.htm) and Yo Speed (http://www.induselectrans.com/yo_speed.htm)

Also, check out Vijaya Electric's Glide25 (http://www.vvelectricscooters.com/scooter.html)

Don't forget to check out (http://www.kabirdass.com/), Scooty Teenz Electric (http://www.scootygals.com/teenzelectric.aspx), Elektra 2.5 (from CAL-ON motors, info@cal-onmotors.in, calonmotorsltd@rediff.com, www.cal-onmotors.in), E-GO Electric bike and other vehicles at your nearest store.

The prices of these vehicles range anywhere from low 20,000's to 40,000's (rupees) depending on various technical specifications. Also available are e-bikes, electric mopeds or bicycles apart from electric cars.

If you are located outside India, don't forget to check out some sites like http://electricscootersworld.com/, http://www.egovehicles.com/, http://www.neoscooters.com/electric_scooters.asp, http://www.zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/electric-bikes.

Well, before you buy your next scooter, think about your carbon footprint, your responsibility to environment and the future. Like all VOIPers do, go green and buy that e-bike you have always dreamt of - Cheers!!!