[Asterisk-Users] I stumbled on this list...

[calvis]

Hi there,

I stumbled on this list mostly by accident.  I came across Asterisk * as a
means to help me get a better handle on my soaring telephone costs.  Each
month I look at my phone bills and my stomach just turns because I can not
find any competition to Verizon which is the local anointed phone company
around here.

Since I am a neophyte at all this I was wondering if some kind soul would
confirm/disconfirm my assumptions about this software called Asterisk *.   

1)  Am I correct to assume that there is a way to dump Verizon and strictly
go VOIP in a SOHO situation?   

2) Can 1-800 numbers terminate to a VOIP assigned number?

3) With VOIP am I under the assumption that one must also purchase licenses
for such service to work.

4) Who are the companies I can purchase VOIP service from?  I need numbers
in my local area code, plus I need some kind of unlimited VOIP service Asia
- mainly to Taiwan.

5) Am I being unrealistic in my savings by implementing an Asterisk * PBX in
our SOHO situation.


Thanks for helping this person out.

Regards,

Charles Alvis



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