Speaking of VoIP, I just ordered service from Vonage http://www.vonage.com. For $30/mo, I get unlimited long distance and local calls. The only drawback is that I always have to dial 1 + area code, even for local calls. This is for a phone line with *EVERY* feature. For $5/mo, I have the ability to add a line to ring in from any area code that Vonage services. I've been living in Jackson, MS for a while, but I may add a Baton Rouge line so my mother can call her grandkids for free.
I'll let you guys know how it works out. Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richards Jr, Edward C. Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 7:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [brlug-general] Asterisk -----Original Message----- From: -ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [brlug-general] Asterisk Has anyone setup or used Asterisk (http://www.asterisk.org/) before? It's a full-fledged open source PBX and runs on linux. I don't have a landline at home, so was thinking about getting an FXO PCI card for the pc at work, and a cheapo VoIP phone for home. Setup asterisk and a VPN to the house, and i'll have a landline at home. I think it'd be a neat project and wondered if anyone else has done anything similar. ray -- There are a couple of guys (file & facelessnumbers) that hang out on the Xandros IRC channel (irc.freenode,net - #xandros) that talk about Asterisk all the time. Facelessnumbers lives in Jackson, Ms, is apparently an IT support guy, and is using/supportng it in a business environment. File (EOF, BOF, who knows) is a 17 year old high school student in Canada that also does consulting work around Asterisk as well as a lot of other stuff. I am sure that either or both would be glad to share their knowledge with you, but be warned that many in the channel are often not at their computer, heck, I am at work and also in the channel right now but not from work, or something like that. I hope this helps, Ed This email, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information. Any review, use, distribution or disclosure of included information by unintended recipients is strictly prohibited. If you are not a named recipient or authorized to receive and / or act on information sent to a named recipient, or have reason to believe you are not or should not be one of the named recipients, please notify sender accordingly by reply email and delete all copies of this message prior to forwarding, copying or otherwise reproducing this message or attachments thereto. For information regarding the export control status of items discussed in this document, please refer to the project control list. Thank you. _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
