[gopher] Gopher 2.0?

[Kevin Veroneau]

Thanks to another fellow gopher user, I just found out that my calling plan doesn't currently have International calling enabled which makes me a sad mole.  While international calls are rather cheap, it's the process of requesting approval to enable international calling that makes this a no-go.  I won't be able to request every country to be whitelisted easily, as the so-called "business case" for this would be difficult to explain in the request form.

So, I am saddened to say, that this will only work with north American numbers... and maybe Mexico.  Could anybody from Mexico try?

As a result, I am now planning on releasing the full source code required to make this work for those interested in the inner workings of this mole.  This mole goes through an online service some of you may know called twilio.  They offer trial accounts at no charge if you want to play around and experiment.  They are very affordable if you do plan on upgrading to a full account.  They supply both voice and texting services.

I will be making note of this limitation in the guestbook, and later include a link to a tutorial and source code for getting something similar setup yourself.

This limitation even saddens me more, as I was planning on hosting a virtual GopherCon using twilio's very powerful global conferencing tools.  A conference room could host everybody who works on gopher projects, and for those interested in the technology to speak and easily be heard.

However, if everyone here is still interested in having a virtual GopherCon.  Twilio thankfully also supports WebRTC, which can technically be an HTML5 page hosted in gopherspace.  All you'd need to connect is a working headset or just speakers, depending on you would like to present or not.  For said GopherCon, both PSTN and WebRTC callers will be supported, so those in North America can connect using a standard landline or mobile device.  While our overseas gopher friends can connect through WebRTC, using OverbiteFF and the mentioned HTML5 page.

I may even test the WebRTC component with adding that as an option to use the guestbook.  This way, as long as you are using OverbiteFF, and have a microphone, you can try out the guestbook without even using a hardware phone.

  Original Message  
From:aepedia at yandex.ru
Sent:January 23, 2016 2:16 PM
To:gopher-project at lists.alioth.debian.org
Subject:Re: [gopher] Gopher 2.0?

Maybe, maybe, I just use my phone very rarely

> On the Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 07:46:54PM +0100, NN NN blubbered:
> 
> Hi.
> 
>>> By that measure, *anything* involving Gopher is 'rather useless'.
>>
>> Maybe. But I would like to say that an unlimited internet
>> connection is far cheaper. SMS messages are very expensive.
>> As communication type they are dead at least 5 years.
> 
> I don't know about you, but I have unlimited SMS/MMS. Along with
> unlimited calls and Internet, that is.
> 
> CU, Venty
> 
> --
> „Wollen Sie mir gütigst sagen,“ fragte Alice etwas furchtsam,
> denn sie wusste nicht recht, ob es sich für sie schicke zuerst
> zu sprechen, „warum Ihre Katze so grinst?“
> „Es ist eine Grinse-Katze,“ sagte die Herzogin, „darum!“ 😻
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