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

[Steve Maroney]

Yeah, I agreee. Mark and others work very hard at making Asterisk the kick
ass software that it is today. Buy Digium products !!

Steve

On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, dean collins wrote:

> Rajeev, supporting Digium enables Asterisk to exist in the first place.
>
> Don't come asking for support here should you not be able to get these
> work alikes to operate correctly.
>
>
>
> -----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 2:00 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage, PSTN, 911, and hardware question
>
> Thanks for the clarification. $377 still seems a little much to me.
> However, I noticed this on
> voip-info on the * hardware page:
> "# Intel modem marked with chipset 537 or MD3200. This card installs and
> behaves exactly like a
> Digium Wildcard X101P card."
>
> I searched froogle, and found a modem with an "Intel (Ambient) MD3200
> soft modem chipset" for $6.45:
> http://store.yahoo.com/store4pc/in56kv92pcid.html
> So, would I be able to use 3 of these modems with the X100P drivers? $20
> is definitely in my budget. :D
>
> Also, about the Vonage ATA: which configuration is better? The only
> reason I can see for using the
> ATA is avoiding problems with QoS and NAT, but I don't know much about
> his stuff.
>
> And, back to this question:
>
> 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.
>
> Anybody have any suggestions about this?
>
> Steve Maroney wrote:
> >>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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