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

[Steve Maroney]

> 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. ;))

1. Yes.
2. Possible both ways.
3. The X100P is a single FXO port card. The TE410P is a 4 port T1 card
which isn't what you want unless you have a T1 circuit. Maybe you want the
TDM400P with 4 fxo moudles. Those are only 337.00 USD.

>
> 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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