On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 02:41 -0500, Chuck Mariotti wrote: > I am hoping to be a first time user of Asterisk shortly… I started > watching the progress of Asterisk several years ago, but unfortunately > I could not use it in anything I was doing at that time. Over the last > couple of years I have watched the pace increase to a steady run and > continue to hear about amazing implementations people have done. I > have to say, this appears to be one of the greatest open projects I’ve > seen. Truly amazing. > > So here I stand looking at trying to use it for my own needs in a > small project, just to start poking around… Of course, over the last > week, I have 2 friends that could use this for their small businesses > that they are trying to start up quickly. So now I’m a little stuck, > as much as I would love to just poke around with it for the next 6 > months, it appears that I’ll need to accelerate that process. > > So as much as I would love to do my required reading, make my mistakes > and learn, it appears I might have to ask a lot of questions to the > community to point me in the right directions so I don’t make costly > mistakes or worse, think Asterisk can do something easily and turn out > that it isn’t the best option for my friends. > > So before I shoot off my mouth asking questions or giving long winded > scenarios and asking questions about how to do it, I think it’s > appropriate to ask if this is the right place to do so. Or is there > someplace better to ask these questions? I do have some specific > questions about services for Toronto, Newmarket and Kingston that > might be appropriate here. I did notice the Asterisk event at the end > of March but it appears to be for advanced users with a specific > advanced topic (not really for band-new users). Is this correct?
New users are welcome. If you look at the list some of us are new to
Linux and some are new to the telephony world.
I recommend that you pick up some gear to test with first. If you need
help choosing read the list archives (does this list have archives?)
Digium and Samgoma cards seem to be quite popular, or select an ATA like
a Sipura. Both will connect you to a PSTN, and then a soft phone will
give you the extensions you need for testing. For ease of use I
recommend [EMAIL PROTECTED] It will allow you to do most of what a small
phone system needs. That is your quickest start.
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