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

[Rajeev Sharma]

Thanks for the reply. Well, unfortunately, 911 and power outage service is a problem for me. 
However, ignoring that, there are still three main questions that I definitely need answered:

1. Calls in through PSTN line and out through VOIP (Vonage) line- will this work?
2. Would I still have to use the Vonage ATA and plug the phone-line out into my * box, or do I just 
plug an ethernet cable straight into the * box?
3. I'm not going to use a VOIP-only phone, so I would like to use the phone jacks in my house. I was 
going to plug in a phone line out of the * box and plug it into one plug, so the phones would work 
in parallel (that's what everybody does I think). Does this mean I would need three X100P cards? (I 
would buy something like the Wildcard TE410P, but $1495 is a little steep if you ask me. ;))

dean collins wrote:
> 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-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> [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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