On Wed, 2006-05-10 at 16:00 -0400, Lachek Butalek wrote: > Hi, > > I'm just getting my feet wet with Asterisk and have a few questions I > hope this list could answer. > > My situation is as follows. I'm a Linux nutjob and feature wh&*$re, > who takes great pleasure in using overpowered open source software to > manage every little feature of my family's life. My wife is addicted > to expensive POTS service, and I'm trying to show her that VoIP > doesn't bite. So what I'm trying to do is this: > > * Sign up for a relatively inexpensive, unlimited long distance VoIP > service that supports BYOD. I'm currently investigating IrisTel > (www.iristel.ca) - if anyone has good or bad experience with them, > please let me know. > * Purchase hardware that provides 1 FXO and 1 FXS port. I'm not too > excited about the Digium TDM400 because of the relatively high price. > I'd be more interested in the Sipura-3000, if anyone has feedback on > this device let me know. Another option is an X100P knockoff card > along with a plain ole' ATA, although I'd want that ATA to support > IAX. I liked the look of this device: > http://www.x100p.com/products_2.htm but I'd like to know where I can > buy it in Canada. I also had my eyes set on an (unlocked) Linksys PAP2 > device, although I don't think that support IAX.
I've purchased the Sipura 3000 for the same reason. However I've been
using it do much at the office for asterisk testing that I haven't yet
put it at home. So far the only problem I've had is that, when hooked
up to a Digium card the digium card doesn't recognize a hangup. There
are some voltage tweaking options in the Sipura setup that I have yet to
try.
>
> * Set up a dedicated Asterisk server to handle the following:
> Handle my existing phone network through the FXS port
> Handle my existing landline through the FXO port
> Route all my calls to the VoIP provider's SIP/IAX server
> On demand, route calls through my landline carrier's service (for
> quality comparisons, etc)
> Provide some extra features I'm not getting with my current landline
> service, such as call display, call waiting, voice mail and so on
Your telco (whether landline or VoIP) still need to provide call
display. Call waiting is another issue with the landline. If you have
multiple land lines then Asterisk would handle call waiting for your
extension.
> Does anyone have any hints for me as to how to carry this out, what
> equipment to use, where to buy it, what VoIP provider to sign with,
> and so on? Feel free to reply off-list if you like.
Asterisk does support all the features that you want. I can't help you
in chosing a VoIP provider, I haven't gone that way yet. Your main
challenge is writing a dialplan to do all that.
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