[asterisk-users] Survey: In what ways do you use Asterisk at your house?

[Dave Fullerton]

Earle Clubb wrote:
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> The main reason for this e-mail is to see what other people are doing.
> - What service provider/technology do you use for origination/termination?
> - What hardware/software do you use and how does it all tie together?
> - What tasks do you use * to accomplish?
> - Any other pertinent info.
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I'm using a plain old POTs line for my termination.
I have a Pentium III 450 w/192 megs of RAM, a TDM400 with 2 FXS and 2 
FXO ports, and asterisk 1.2.13. The two FXS ports provide an "extension" 
for upstairs cordless phones and another extension for the downstairs 
cordless phone. I also have a budgetone 102 in the office. One of the 
FXO ports terminates my POTs line and the other is connected to a 
Dock-n-Talk device that I use to plug my cell phone into when I'm home. 
I don't get great signal at my house, so I dock it in the location where 
I get the best signal. Any calls coming into my cellphone then ring all 
the extensions in the house. I can call out on my cellphone by prefixing 
any number with a 9 from any phone in the house. Asterisk provides 
voicemail and emails a copy of the voicemail to me at work.
I have asterisk linked to another asterisk box where I work (via IAX 
over the internet, which is cable) so I can call home from from my desk 
or dial any extension at work from home and connect directly. Works 
great for talking to the wife on her day's off. I also have it connected 
(in a very limited fashion) to some X10 equipment. I've used it to turn 
on and off Halloween decorations in separate rooms all at once.

Hope that's the kind of info you were looking for. Asterisk really is 
cool once you get it figured out.

-Dave