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

[Steve Maroney]

> 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.

How are you connecting your asterisk server to Vonage ? Throught the ATA
or by having asterisk register directly to vonage ? Are you the Softphone
feature ? Or did you manage to get your sip credentials ? How did you
obtain them ?

>
>
> ----- 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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