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

[Deepak Malhotra]

Rajeev

For your Ist question, yes you can use Vonage with Asterisk. I am using it
only problem i faced is while transfering DTMF. Rest all are OK.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rajeev Sharma" <rajeev at hoojamomma.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 7:20 AM
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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