[Asterisk-Users] ISP connection to the PSTN using Asterisk

[Hunter Cook]

Guys-

I've been wondering this same thing, and considering putting up an 
Asterisk gateway here (a small local ISP) to offer my customers VoIP 
service. I've been considering the options, but it really looks like I'd 
rather have someone else handle the termination...it just looks like a 
big hassle. Anyway, since one of our outbound connections is a DS-3 from 
AT&T, I started looking at what they might be able to offer, and came 
across this:

http://www.business.att.com/default/index.jsp?pageid=gc_index&branchid=gc

...which looks like it would be just perfect for what I want to do. Has 
anybody used this service with Asterisk? Does it work well? From the 
document there it looks like it would be perfectly straightforward. Of 
course, I haven't gotten AT&T's rates yet, but that's one of the things 
I'm working on today.

If anybody has any information about this service, experiences, or sees 
any potential problems, I'd love to hear about them.

Thanks

Hunter.

Ashling O'Driscoll wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Could someone let me know the most common way that an Internet ISP
>would allow customers access to the PSTN?? Do they buy multiple fxo
>cards such as the TDM400P and rent multiple lines from a larger
>provider?? 
>
>Would the best way be to connect to a third party voice/pstn
>gateway?? Is that simply a matter of forwarding all sip traffic
>destined for the pstn to another provider with a gateway and then
>they have to worry about the number of lines etc??And if that is the
>case, I presume no extra hardware is required?
>
>Thanks,
>Aisling.
>
>
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