[Asterisk-Users] I stumbled on this list...

[Balaji NJL]

before buying spa-2000 i would recommend ur sister to
use one of the
softphones (X-tern etc). First make sure she can
connect to ur asterisk then
try to establish a softphone-to-softphone
communication.

X-tern (Ur sister) ---> * -----> X-Tern (You). Get
this setup working first.

-B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Birlasekaran Dinesh"
<dinesh at imcb.a-star.edu.sg>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:24 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] I stumbled on this
list...


>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am new to the list and have ordered myself a
Asterisk Developer's Kit
> (TDM).  I am just waiting on the order from a
reseller of digium.
>
> I have yet to play around with the system when it
arrives.  And I
> haven't looked into the manual yet.  I do hope I
have all the hardwares
> to test first before I go and buy a sipura spa-2000
unit.
>
> I have my sister who is living in Germany.  We both
use broadband.
>
> I know you can use msn and yahoo to do voice, but I
want to explore this
> thing as I am interested in this.
>
> Novice question
>
> Suppose I were to set up a debian with the Asterisk
software, and I get
> a additional line(line2) locally.  Can I make the
one line(line2) be
> connected to a Asterisk and another connected to the
broadband internet
> connection.  Make it so that when I dial from any
phone in locally to
> line2, it rings to the broadband phone hooked via
the sipura device in
> Germany? Or Can I just get a ip phone for her?
>
> Dinesh.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Bachmann [mailto:asterisk at not-real.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:37 AM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] I stumbled on this
list...
>
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I stumbled on this list mostly by accident.  I
came across Asterisk *
> > as a means to help me get a better handle on my
soaring telephone
> > costs.  Each month I look at my phone bills and my
stomach just turns
> > because I can not find any competition to Verizon
which is the local
> > anointed phone company around here.
>
> Trust me, it could be worse.  You could have
Ameritech, for example.  Or
> Quest. In fact, I'd say Verizon is probably the best
of the major
> RBOCs/ILECs (I'm in former GTE country, not
NYNEX/Bell Atlantic, which
> might be different).  But even then, they do leave
something to be
> desired.
> > Since I am a neophyte at all this I was wondering
if some kind soul
> > would confirm/disconfirm my assumptions about this
software called
> > Asterisk *.
> >
> > 1)  Am I correct to assume that there is a way to
dump Verizon and
> > strictly go VOIP in a SOHO situation?
>
> Yes.
>
> > 2) Can 1-800 numbers terminate to a VOIP assigned
number?
>
> This a service of the provider that many do offer.
>
> > 3) With VOIP am I under the assumption that one
must also purchase
> > licenses for such service to work.
>
> No, you don't need to purchase licenses.  Asterisk
is published under
> the
> GNU General Public License.
> > 4) Who are the companies I can purchase VOIP
service from?  I need
> > numbers in my local area code, plus I need some
kind of unlimited VOIP
> > service Asia - mainly to Taiwan.
>
> Google can help with this. There are a couple of
"Big" providers such as
> NuPhone, Voicepulse, etc.
> > 5) Am I being unrealistic in my savings by
implementing an Asterisk *
> > PBX in our SOHO situation.
>
> There is not doubt, that VoIP can save you money.
>
> If you're talking about a number or two, you'd be
best to stick with
> just
> getting an ATA (a little box that turns your phone
line into VoIP) from
> your provider, and not messing with a full fledged
PBX.  But if you have
> a
> PBX or Key System already, you might consider using
Asterisk.
> As a warning, however, if you don't know much about
(pick two)
> telephony,
> Linux, or software development, and you're still
interested, you might
> to
> well to find somebody (like, say, me :-) who can
give you a turnkey
> system.
> If you do want to go it alone, there is a book at
> http://www.asteriskdocs.org/, a wiki at
http://www.voip-info.org, and a
> search engine at http://search.voip-forum.com/. 
Please utilize these,
> as
> they will answer most of your questions about *.
> Nick
>
>
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