Several Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) developers have expressed interest in using VOIP over mesh nodes. Many (most?) business phone systems are now VOIP. This means that the phones themselves won't work in a standard phone jack in your home and that computer networks are used to pass conversations after your voice has been converted to data. It also means that when phones fail, they need networks to rescue them (hey... we have networks...) It also means that there is an ever increasing pool of VOIP hardware becoming available.

Asterisk (acting as a telephone switch), hardware to convert POTS phones to VOIP, software phones (softphones) and apps for Android or other wireless devices are a few of the topics of interest. If your group is currently using VOIP over HSMM-MESH or is currently developing any of the above, contact us.

We are trying to facilitate things by learning who the players are, what has been done already, and providing space/content on this site to support the effort. Use the Contact the Webmaster link here or on the front page to drop us a line. Say a little about what you have done and what you are doing. We will try to get people together to assist the process.