"Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
news:mn.8a177d7302957d00.67798@blueyonder.invalid. ..
> Gordon Henderson formulated on Saturday :
>> In article <45fb42f1$0$28970$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
>> keymaster <roy@roy-macdonald*remove*.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> Is there such a thing as a music on hold server out there for free or
>>> cheap?
>>> thanks
>>
>> You can download astrerisk and get some mp3/gsm/wav files which are
>> royalty free and serve them yourself, or if you look hard enough you
>> can find others on the 'net that are royalty free.
>>
>> Connecting (over the internet?) to a server which is streaming music on
>> hold, while not am impossibility to do is an "interesting concept" IMO
>> ...
>>
>> Gordon
>
> It can be quite effective. Except - it consumes bandwidth.
>
> My asterisk server can use my Slim Server to play BGM/MOH. One step
> further is to use the Slim Server to play streaming music over the
> internet. You don't need a Slim Player to use the Slim Server, by the way.
>
Hi
ah, thanks - while I was with Voipfone they had me add a line in the menu
for music on hold server which was something like Snom.moh.com or something.
In my voip ignorance I added this, but didnt work with my present provider.
thanks again
Roy