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

[Rajeev Sharma]

(oh sorry, i didn't see that you were talking to Steve. sorry for the spam!)

Rajeev Sharma wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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