[asterisk-users] Hardware that can ring my phone?

[Linux Lover]

John, thank you very much. Indeed, this is the
direction I was thinking of taking. I just needed a
"quick & dirty" solution for the short term - I didn't
realize that Asterisk is so complex.

In fact, I am not sure I completely understand it:
Will using Asterisk force me to use an external VoIP
service? Or can I remain completely POTS based?

(At the volume of phone calls that I am making, I
found out that using an ordinary phone line is way
cheaper than any VoIP service available to me right
now - definitely cheaper tha Vonage et al.)

Thanks,
Lynn





--- John Novack <jnovack at stromberg-carlson.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> Linux Lover wrote:
> > But one thing that I forgot to mention is that my
> > business is only in its beginning stage and I need
> to
> > be as thrifty as possible. While $216 is a
> reasonable
> > price, I was wondering whether my (currently very
> > modest) goal can be achieved by spending much less
> > (under $100). For example, what if I buy one of
> those
> > el-cheapo PBX boxes and connect it to an Asterisk
> > server?
> >   
> Buy this, or another proven  SOHO solution and
> forget, for the moment, 
> Asterisk
> IF you really are starting out fresh, begin the
> business and learn 
> Asterisk in your ( ha! ) spare time, then when you
> are ready you will be 
> able to migrate without having your customers suffer
> through your 
> learning curve.
> You DO want your business to succeed, don't you?
> You DON'T want your customers to have a bad first
> impression of you 
> because of some small problem with Asterisk.
> 
> Look at other hardware Asterisk solutions as well.
> The X100 can be more 
> trouble than it is worth, the TDM400 CAN have issues
> with some 
> motherboards that you will not discover until the
> driver can't find the 
> board, and the standard support answer is "try
> another motherboard"
> 
> Sangoma makes some nice FXO/FXS PCI cards as well
> with a 5 year warranty.
> 
> John Novack
> 
> -- 
> Dog is my co-pilot
> 
> 
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