[Asterisk-Users] Vonage, PSTN, 911, and hardware question

[dean collins]

Rajeev,
1. I have a packet 8 service connected to my X100P card, works fine.
2. as for power outages, buy a ups or lets face it that's what mobiles
are for. As for 911 I think this is just crap, when was the last time
you called 911?
3. Yes your hardware is sufficient

Best way to get started is to use one of the how to guides and grow from
there.

Cheers,
Dean


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Rajeev
Sharma
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:20 AM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage, PSTN, 911, and hardware question

Hi. I've never deployed a Asterisk system before, so go easy on me. :)
I'd really appreciate if you 
answered these questions:

1. Is it possible to use Asterisk with Vonage VOIP service? (I'm talking
about the "Premium 
Unlimited" plan.) I think I've seen something about plugging the phone
line from the ATA into a 
Digium card, but I'm guessing it would be a lot easier to just bypass
the ATA.

2. Phone availibility during a power outage is a big concern. I'm
planning on keeping my regular 
PSTN line around for emergencies and 911 dialing (so that 911 calls
actually go to the 911 center, 
along with my address). Is there an easy way for all the phone jacks in
my house to automatically be 
switched to the PSTN line if my broadband goes out? I'm also planning on
hacking together a powered 
switch so that when the computer's power supply goes down, the line gets
switched fully to the PSTN 
line, but I'm hoping somebody can give me a better solution.

3. I'm assuming it would be (relatively) easy to configure Asterisk to
dial out through VOIP and 
answer through PSTN. Is this correct?

4. Hardware. I'm planning on using a Pentium III 500Mhz computer,
running Debian Linux (probably 
Woody, maybe Sarge if it's stable by the time I build this system).
Assuming I have 1 PSTN line and 
up to 3 VOIP lines, would this be enough? Also, which phone card would
you recomend? I'm kind of 
confused about which card to buy (I've only looked at the Digium site as
of now), and they all seem 
extremely expensive. (I was expecting to spend ~$50, but oh well.)

Anyway, that's all I can think of now. I'm sure I'll think of more
questions later. Thanks in advance!

-Rajeev
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