[Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing

[Andrew Thompson]

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From: "Carl Youngblood" <carl at ycs.biz>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoicePulse for outbound dialing


> > Next get a VOIP service provider to provide you with a PSTN DID
> > (A phone number) VoicePulse will do this for about $8.00/month
> > pluss outgoing per minute cost. So you get as many incomming lines
> > as you need and you have zero hardware interface at your site.
> > (other then your DSL line.)
> >
>
> Can I use this type of service for outbound dialing without any SIP
> phones?  I just want to have a server that sends voice messages to our

You don't need an IP phone to do this, just something that can talk SIP/IAX
to VoicePulse. (ie, asterisk)

> customers.  And if so, what part of asterisk do I want to examine to
> develop this?  It would be great to write an outbound dialer that

Again, you'll want something that generates files similar to the sample.call
in /usr/src/asterisk.

> didn't require any specialized hardware.  Does a service like this let
> you make more than one phone call simultaneously, or must you pay an
> additional $8.00 for each line that gets used at the same time?  Sorry
> if these questions are stupid but I'm new to asterisk.

You should send that question to VoicePulse.

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