The Code Project Reputation Hotline - A sample Azure telephony application [modified]
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True :-) Well you are just going to have to take my word for it, and I know that's asking a lot because we all know that programmers can be utter liars online!
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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I think Nish just gave away his age, or the fact that he hasn't had a land line in a long time.
Software Zen:
delete this;A lot of land line companies are offering flatrate long distance packages now; for some odd reason they tend not to advertise them to people who would actually save money by switching from a per minute plan. :rolleyes: My parents only found out that their telco offered on when the AOL number they were using was discontinued, AOL automatically found a new number without checking it was local, and ran up several hundred dollars of phone charges. The only good thing I'll say about that debacle is that at the end of it they switched over to DSL.
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Your home phone provider charges you for non-local numbers? :omg:
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
I have a landline without long distance service. I have a cell phone that calls other cell phones for free (I think). If I call a long distance landline with it, I get charged. I'm not one to go chasing after every new gadget or technology everytime a manufacturer farts, and I don't fret over whether or not my current phone plan is the cheapeast one I can find. I have much more worthwhile stuff to do than to worry about it. I have a "smart" phone, but it's almost worthless to me because the only thing I do on it is use it as a phone and a watch. Nothing else on it interests me in the least.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
I have a landline without long distance service. I have a cell phone that calls other cell phones for free (I think). If I call a long distance landline with it, I get charged. I'm not one to go chasing after every new gadget or technology everytime a manufacturer farts, and I don't fret over whether or not my current phone plan is the cheapeast one I can find. I have much more worthwhile stuff to do than to worry about it. I have a "smart" phone, but it's almost worthless to me because the only thing I do on it is use it as a phone and a watch. Nothing else on it interests me in the least.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997Ah alright. For a guy who has the most up to date television sets and hard disk drives, your telephone approach is a tad outdated :-)
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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Ah alright. For a guy who has the most up to date television sets and hard disk drives, your telephone approach is a tad outdated :-)
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
The last thing I want to do is communicate with the outside world. :)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
The last thing I want to do is communicate with the outside world. :)
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
Besides, if I feel the need to communicate, all I have to do is finish my manifesto and post it on a social networking site.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997 -
Pretty much every home phone service I know of (including non-VOIP) does not treat long distance any different from local calls (for some 3-4 years now). What provider are you on? Alternatively, you can just use a cell phone.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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These days I am playing with telephone applications. Unlike mobile web applications, these applications still use old fashioned voice, dial and text inputs. As a sample, I developed a code project reputation hotline. Those of you in the US can dial (404) 721 1770 (I know it is risky to give away numbers but I am going to recycle the number for my real production application). You can dial in your member id and you will hear your reputation score. Alternatively, you can sms to this number with your member id and you will get a reply SMS with your reputation score. Try it out. [Edit] You can use Gmail voice calling to call free and anonymously [/Edit] I am myself curious to know how well it holds up with substantial traffic. I can post it as an article but since it uses a third party service, the article may be construed as an ad by some.
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Sleek :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Yusuf May I help you?
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? What planet are you on? When did they stop charging for long distance calls?
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I first moved to N.A. in 2002 and even back then most cell phones treated long distance and local calls the same. A couple of years later VOIP became so popular and most VOIP providers also included nation-wide calling. Since at least 2008, landline services (non VOIP) also include nationwide calling plans and incidentally VOIP services like Vonage now include Canada, UK, India etc. in their monthly plans. So if you are all still using phone services from pre-2002, I am sorry, I don't have any experience with that.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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Considering I am still alive and not particularly maimed in any way, what do you think is the answer to that? :rolleyes:
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
You dodge faster than she can swing? :-\ Flynn
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It's a long distance number. Besides that, if I'm at the computer, I don't need to make a phone call to check my rep points. I either go to the CP site, or I run CPAM. If I'm NOT at the computer, I'm typically not in a position to make a call, or I'm simply not thinking about my rep points.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
If I'm NOT at the computer, I'm typically not in a position to make a call, or I'm simply not thinking about my rep points.
So, you took the "get a life" advice seriously? ;P
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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? What planet are you on? When did they stop charging for long distance calls?
There is no failure only feedback
In these world of VOIP, Skype, Gmail calling, Jajah etc. all calls are treated as same unless you are still stuck with the big phone company. These days even unlimited international calling is included for a flat very low fee ($31/mo after tax).
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I first moved to N.A. in 2002 and even back then most cell phones treated long distance and local calls the same. A couple of years later VOIP became so popular and most VOIP providers also included nation-wide calling. Since at least 2008, landline services (non VOIP) also include nationwide calling plans and incidentally VOIP services like Vonage now include Canada, UK, India etc. in their monthly plans. So if you are all still using phone services from pre-2002, I am sorry, I don't have any experience with that.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
most cell phones treated long distance and local calls the same
Well maybe in the U.S. but certainly no where in Canada.
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
calling plans
Ahhh...I see. This is the disconnect. You are paying a premium for a special plan to have flat rate calling to long distance. I rarely ever call long distance so I'm paying the much cheaper monthly price which charges extra for long distance. I hazard to say that despite your familiarity with voip services it would be a pretty rare circumstance to run into another person who uses it in a random survey at let's say a grocery store in your area.
There is no failure only feedback
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In these world of VOIP, Skype, Gmail calling, Jajah etc. all calls are treated as same unless you are still stuck with the big phone company. These days even unlimited international calling is included for a flat very low fee ($31/mo after tax).
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
most cell phones treated long distance and local calls the same
Well maybe in the U.S. but certainly no where in Canada.
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
calling plans
Ahhh...I see. This is the disconnect. You are paying a premium for a special plan to have flat rate calling to long distance. I rarely ever call long distance so I'm paying the much cheaper monthly price which charges extra for long distance. I hazard to say that despite your familiarity with voip services it would be a pretty rare circumstance to run into another person who uses it in a random survey at let's say a grocery store in your area.
There is no failure only feedback
John C wrote:
I hazard to say that despite your familiarity with voip services it would be a pretty rare circumstance to run into another person who uses it in a random survey at let's say a grocery store in your area.
I don't think either of the Johns here (you and SOP) are in the random-guy-encountered-at-grocery-store category.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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John C wrote:
I hazard to say that despite your familiarity with voip services it would be a pretty rare circumstance to run into another person who uses it in a random survey at let's say a grocery store in your area.
I don't think either of the Johns here (you and SOP) are in the random-guy-encountered-at-grocery-store category.
Regards, Nish
My technology blog: voidnish.wordpress.com
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
In these world of VOIP, Skype, Gmail calling, Jajah etc
A very small and limited world though it may be.
There is no failure only feedback
Probably but for people who are not programmers and techies it is a small world otherwise. For instance, I do not know of anyone who still has traditonal phone system with only local calling. Also there is no excuse for anyone (especially techies) with internet access to complain about long distance charges when they can use Google voice pretty easily. Unlike, Gmail calling Google Voice can call to phone and you will not encounter any long distance charges.
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In these world of VOIP, Skype, Gmail calling, Jajah etc. all calls are treated as same unless you are still stuck with the big phone company. These days even unlimited international calling is included for a flat very low fee ($31/mo after tax).
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
These days even unlimited international calling is included for a flat very low fee ($31/mo after tax).
If that's a low rate is entirely dependent on how much you use it. There've been times my low rate Cellular plan from Verizon ($40/mo) has cost me $20/minute because I only made a single brief call that month. Had I bought their cheap ($10?) unlimited texting plan my lifetime cost would probably be in excess of $20/message sent for similar reasons.
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Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
These days even unlimited international calling is included for a flat very low fee ($31/mo after tax).
If that's a low rate is entirely dependent on how much you use it. There've been times my low rate Cellular plan from Verizon ($40/mo) has cost me $20/minute because I only made a single brief call that month. Had I bought their cheap ($10?) unlimited texting plan my lifetime cost would probably be in excess of $20/message sent for similar reasons.
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I agree. But if I use local phone service it will come to around $20 with all taxes. Now for an extra $10 I am getting lot of stuff. As we make at least 5 hours of interenational call per week, it has been a good deal so far.