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

[Rajeev Sharma]

Well, to be honest, I haven't subscribed to Vonage or built my * server yet. Heh. :)

Steve Maroney wrote:
>>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.
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> 
> 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
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>>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
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>>actually go to the 911 center,
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>>>along with my address). Is there an easy way for all the phone jacks in my
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>>house to automatically be
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>>>switched to the PSTN line if my broadband goes out? I'm also planning on
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>>hacking together a powered
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>>>switch so that when the computer's power supply goes down, the line gets
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>>switched fully to the PSTN
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>>>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
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>>dial out through VOIP and
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>>>answer through PSTN. Is this correct?
>>>
>>>4. Hardware. I'm planning on using a Pentium III 500Mhz computer, running
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>>Debian Linux (probably
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>>>Woody, maybe Sarge if it's stable by the time I build this system).
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>>Assuming I have 1 PSTN line and
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>>>up to 3 VOIP lines, would this be enough? Also, which phone card would you
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>>recomend? I'm kind of
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>>>confused about which card to buy (I've only looked at the Digium site as
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>>of now), and they all seem
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>>>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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