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Ok I'm convinced..one last question will a dual PII-266 500Meg RAM have
enough horse power?<br>
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McAughan, Matt wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="484081917-05082003">Chris:</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="484081917-05082003">Try not to be so worried about sound card,
analog (FXO/FXS), digital (ISDN, BRI, PRI) and what is available by
connecting device. The channel drivers take care of making the
devices available to Asterisk. In turn Asterisk makes all the features
such as voice mail, call parking, and conference bridges available to
the channels. It is a beautiful and flexible design. many thanks
to Mark! With a few exceptions most features will be available to all
connection methods.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="484081917-05082003">Yes you can upgrade the TDM400P. My
thinking was to get at least two ports on it when I purchased it
originally so I could call phone-to-phone internally without using our
only external phone line. That way I could learn to configure and use
asterisk with out annoying my friends in family trying to call in.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="484081917-05082003">Zapateller does not stop telemarketers it
stops the predictive dialers they use. Ever received a call and
answered hello two or three times before you get a person? That is a
predictive dialer loaded with a list of numbers dialing all of their
phone lines as quickly as possible. It will do it more efficiently than
a group of agents with a phone number list in hand. </span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="484081917-05082003">When you answer the dialer takes a moment
to diagnose the fluctuations in the voice. The dialer makes a
determination if someone even answered and if so if you are a person or
an answering machine. If you turn out to be what it thinks is a
real person it must find an available agent. That is what causes the
pregnant pause. It has to find someone since you turned out to be a
real person.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="484081917-05082003">Now what Zapateller can do is answer the
phone and play the SIT (special information tone). When the dialer
hears this it thinks your number is no longer in service and hopefully
removes your number from that companies list. The other thing it can do
is just play the SIT tones to any incoming call not providing caller id.</span></font></div>
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<div><font face="Courier New" color="#0000ff" size="2"><span
class="484081917-05082003">Just take the plunge, buy the equipment,
play around and come back here when you get stuck,</span></font></div>
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class="484081917-05082003">Matt</span></font></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 05, 2003 12:13<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:asterisk-users@lists.digium.com">asterisk-users@lists.digium.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie just starting out with *<br>
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<div>So its sounds like I do have a clue then...can analog devices
have their own extension and do call parking, and paging and all that?
I assume the caller id gets passed from the POTS CO to the internal
phones?<br>
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So from my understanding I can get a TDM400P with one port now and
upgrade to additional ports? Thats what comes with the dev kit right?<br>
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Tell me more about Zapateller..is that the script that I've seen a
description of that gives the fake line-disconnected tone?<br>
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<p><font size="2">Chris:</font> </p>
<p><font size="2">I started using Asterisk for very much the same
reason. To blast those telemarketers and to improve my knowledge of PBX
and telco. You have got a good start for a newbie.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Yes the Wildcard X100P will terminate the POTS
CO in to your Asterisk Linux Box. Then you have to figure out how to
get everything "internal" connected up to it. </font></p>
<p><font size="2">I have a TDM400P. It can be purchased with up
to 4 ports. I purchased three to save money. That gives me three
"internal" extensions to plug analog phones in to. I just use three
cordless phones with the base stations plugged in near the Asterisk
computer. We leave one phone in the kitchen, one in the garage, and one
in the bedroom. They can call each other when we are too lazy to go get
one another or too far to scream at each other. They can all also share
the one "external" line. </font></p>
<p><font size="2">Asterisk has been wonderful using Zapateller to
blast those damn predictive dialers. The Asterisk voice mail has been
wonderful too as it sends the recorded message to me and my wife at
work as an attachment to an email.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Best of luck,</font> </p>
<p><font size="2">Matt</font> </p>
<p><font size="2">-----Original Message-----</font> <br>
<font size="2">From: Chris Hirsch [<a
href="mailto:chris@base2technology.com">mailto:chris@base2technology.com</a>]</font>
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<font size="2">Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 11:30</font> <br>
<font size="2">To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com">Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com</a></font>
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<font size="2">Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Newbie just starting out
with *</font> </p>
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<p><font size="2">Hey all...I'm brand new to * and I want to
convert my home into a pbx </font><br>
<font size="2">type setup. I've figured out that I want a
Wildcard X100P to bring my </font><br>
<font size="2">single POTS CO into my Linux box. My problem is
that I'm sure sure what </font><br>
<font size="2">I need to do to get my analog phones connected up
into a structured </font><br>
<font size="2">phone system. It *looks* like I can go the route
of the Cisco Analog -> </font><br>
<font size="2">VOIP for about $100 on ebay. That will get me two
analog devices on the </font><br>
<font size="2">system. If I have four analog devices (2 normal
phones, 1 fax and one 4 </font><br>
<font size="2">phone cordless system) is this the best setup? Do
I need the TDM10B with </font><br>
<font size="2">the Asterisk TDM Dev Kit or does that just let me
do one analog phone </font><br>
<font size="2">into the system? When converting from analog to
VOIP do I get all the </font><br>
<font size="2">same features that I would if I got a TDM400P (4
ports of analog devices)?</font> </p>
<p><font size="2">As I said I'm new and I would LOVE any
pointers, HOWTOs or any good </font><br>
<font size="2">advice from people who have already done something
similar. This project </font><br>
<font size="2">started out because I'm tired of the telemarketers
calling and it looks </font><br>
<font size="2">like this will be the best and most flexable way
to get my phone system </font><br>
<font size="2">wired up. I'm interested in any opinions on any
real VOIP phones for a </font><br>
<font size="2">house (assuming VOIP) is the way to go.</font> </p>
<p><font size="2">I envision that I could have a phone in every
room, be able to do an </font><br>
<font size="2">intercom, MOH so I can hear music in each room
etc....ideas?</font> </p>
<p><font size="2">Thanks for the help and your patience,</font> <br>
<font size="2">Chris</font> </p>
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