[Bugs] #2791 UNSP: Funding request: phone line for Sugar Labs PR

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#2791: Funding request: phone line for Sugar Labs PR
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    Reporter:  sdaly                      |          Owner:  mchua                      
        Type:  task                       |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  fundingrequest             |        Version:  Unspecified                
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 From Sean:
 http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2011-April/003255.html (I'm
 just translating his request into ticket format so it's in the proper
 queue)

 This voip.ms service replaces the number I organized & had financed
 since March 2009:
 http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2009-March/000504.html

 This is our direct contact lne for journalists to reach us and has
 proven its worth several times, notably when the BBC reached us
 through our line and covered Sugar Labs.

 Gizmo5, our provider, was acquired by Google late last year. Google
 decided to cut off service without a comparable replacement, as
 discussed in recent marketing meetings e.g.:
 http://meeting.sugarlabs.org/sugar-meeting/meetings/2011-04-12T14:03:53

 It was necessary to replace our dead phone line (service was ended on
 April 3rd on short notice) prior to last Friday's press release.

 Reminder of our needs:
  * dialin analog line in Cambridge/Boston, possibility of European dialin
 line
  * softphone with personalized (recorded) outgoing message
  * incoming message e-mailed to pr at sugarlabs.org as soundfile
  * scalability (add numbers, multiple access, frontend to phone server,
 etc.)
  * possibility to organize conference call with journalists


 Other providers evaluated:

  * Google Voice has not evolved since March 2009 and remains primitive for
 our needs, in particular is unavailable outside the USA
  * SipGate has limited dialin choice, limited scalability, and costs
 more than voip.ms

 Cost of voip.ms is approximately 5 USD per month, I seeded the account
 with $25.

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