[asterisk-users] How are you using Asterisk at Home ?

[D4rk F1ber]

I am very new to Asterisk, it was a weekend project of mine that I
jumped into this weekend.  I have it up and working on a box at home,
and I am nearly half way through the book I purchased friday
"Asterisk: The Future of Telephony 2nd Edition".

Anyway, I started this out so I could help a friend who wanted a VoIP
PBX solution for his small business.  I have been working with Cisco
Callmanager for about 6 years now, and prior to that did help manage
other PBXs as well as work on various Motorola VoFR projects as well.
My friend came to me and well everything I deal with is really for
larger businesses, and since I had heard about Asterisk in the past I
thought it would be a good reason to finally jump into it.  And what a
jump it has been.  Only scratching the surface with this thing and
well I am very impressed with what I have seen so far.

The main point for me writting others is to find out how others are
using Asterisk for the home?  Bit of over kill for most I am sure, and
to be honest we (Wife, kid and I) don't even have a home phone
anymore.

After playing with this though, shesh I could have fun with it at
home.  :-)  Thinking about getting a SIP line or trunk or something to
tie into this for home usage.

One of the next projects for me personally is to get a SIP client for
my Cingular/AT&T 8525, it has wifi and hsdpa running Windows Mobile 6
and I am certain I have run across SIP clients before for these
things.  Be fun to play with and get working.

So yes I am asking because I am unimaginative and need ideas on
selling this to the wife.  :-)  That and I am just curious about what
others feel are useful uses for it within the home, and what others
get excited about regarding it all.