[Asterisk-Users] just a few newbie questions

[Lee Allen]

I have been following this thread with great interest, because I am also
an asterisk newbie and I had many of the same questions.

I did not see one of my questions, though:

Suppose we retain our analog phones and PSTN lines, but we wish to make
VoIP long distance calls.  Can Asterisk do this?  That is, convert the
analog outgoing calls to IP.  I assume we would need a VoIP provider to
do that (assuming the destination is a PSTN number) ?

Suppose we find the quality of these analog/IP/analog calls to be less
than wonderful.  Would there be some way to override an outgoing call so
it uses the PSTN?

Thank you,

Lee Allen

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> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] just a few newbie questions
> 
> 
> Hello List!
> 
> I just read an article about asterisk, and i would like to 
> ask a few questions to see if i understood the principle 
> right. Reciving Calls:
> ---------------
> - To be able to recive calls, i need to have an VoIP-Provider.
> - I need a Static IP, so that the VoIP-Provider can redirect 
> the call to my office/asterisk server.- asterisk will then 
> forward the call to my phone
> 
> Making Calls:
> ---------------
> - To be able to make calls, i need to have an VoIP-Provider.
> - I need an account from a VoIP-Provider
> - A call from a Softphone/Office will be made to the asterisk 
> server, which will then forward it to the VoIP Provider, 
> which will then transfer it to the normal telephone network. 
> Correct to far?
> 
> Thanks, Mario
> 
> 
> 
> 
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