[asterisk-users] asterisk for small home phone system

[Matthew Hixson]

On Oct 25, 2012, at 11:22 AM, Roger Burton West <roger at firedrake.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:09:01AM -0700, Matthew Hixson wrote:
>> - Is the Linksys SPA3102 a good piece of hardware for this type of setup or is there something cheaper?  Perhaps a card that can go right into the Linux box?
> 
> I'm using an OpenVox A400 (with an FXO module), which Asterisk can
> drive directly.

Is there any reason a regular old voicemodem wouldn't work?  There are Linux based voicemail systems which can use those so couldn't the voicemodem pick up the incoming call and glue that to Asterisk?  There must be something I'm missing here...
  Thanks,
  -M@