Patrick hi. Asterisk can do that, and you don't need VOIP lines. If you connect Asterisk to the net, and all employees have a VOIP phone (either hardware or software) then you're good to go.
What do you need? To begin with, install linux on an old pc (well, not too old). Then go to voip-info.org and take a look at the Asterisk wiki. Everything you need is there. And of course, we're here (-: > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 11:01 PM > To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Total newbie here looking to do a VoIP > conferencecall? > > I am looking to help out my company find a more budget conscious but > reliable way to hold conference calls between 5+ people. 4x a month we > hold > several hour long conference calls during non-business hours. All of the > employees have high speed internet. Currently we dial up an AT&T conf > using > regular analog phones. > > I don't have a great grasp as to what Asterick is capable of, but my > thoughts were that perhaps with VoIP telephone lines (either hooked up to > the company's network or just using a 3rd party VoIP provider such as > Packet8, which is whatI have for personal use) and an Asterick server, > that > we could setup a VoIP conference bridge. > > Can someone enlighten an unknowledged as to whether or not this is > possible, > and if so, how might it be done? Would the Asterick server need X number > of > VoIP lines? I.e. If there's 10 participants, it'd need 10 VoIP lines? > > > Patrick Campbell > OurVacationStore.com > Website Administrator > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
