Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on IBM Netvista 2800 8364-EXX?

2007-12-22 Thread Vincent
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:40:08 -0600, Michael Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the major advantages of using voip is that call termination and DIDs are wholly separate matters. You can send outbound calls to various ITSPs based on least cost routing, leaving your POTS lines free to take

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on IBM Netvista 2800 8364-EXX?

2007-12-22 Thread Michael Graves
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:29:13 +0100, Vincent wrote: On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:40:08 -0600, Michael Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the major advantages of using voip is that call termination and DIDs are wholly separate matters. You can send outbound calls to various ITSPs based on least

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on IBM Netvista 2800 8364-EXX?

2007-12-13 Thread Vincent
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:42:49 -0600, Michael Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can keep the POTS line but remote call forward to your ITSP. Yup, but 1) the telco that handles the POTS line charges us for the connection between our POTS number and the ITSP, with the caller obviously paying for

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on IBM Netvista 2800 8364-EXX?

2007-12-13 Thread Michael Graves
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:09:40 +0100, Vincent wrote: On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:42:49 -0600, Michael Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can keep the POTS line but remote call forward to your ITSP. Yup, but 1) the telco that handles the POTS line charges us for the connection between our POTS number

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on IBM Netvista 2800 8364-EXX?

2007-12-12 Thread Vincent
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:34:50 -0600, Michael Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then I migrated to a Soekris Net4801 and dropped that FXOs completely. I must say that for me that was a good decision. For about 6 months I call forwarded my numbers to DID provided by an ITSP. I actually tried several

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on IBM Netvista 2800 8364-EXX?

2007-12-12 Thread Michael Graves
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:46:38 +0100, Vincent wrote: On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:34:50 -0600, Michael Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then I migrated to a Soekris Net4801 and dropped that FXOs completely. I must say that for me that was a good decision. For about 6 months I call forwarded my numbers to

[asterisk-users] Asterisk on IBM Netvista 2800 8364-EXX?

2007-12-11 Thread Vincent
Hello I'm looking at my options to build a compact, silent, headless Asterisk server to handle one or two FXO ports. Out of curiosity, I got one of those babies on eBay for 20E: http://silicon-verl.de/home/flo/software/netstation-8364/ Before I spend time on this, can someone tell me

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on IBM Netvista 2800 8364-EXX?

2007-12-11 Thread Michael Graves
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:51:44 +0100, Vincent wrote: Hello I'm looking at my options to build a compact, silent, headless Asterisk server to handle one or two FXO ports. Out of curiosity, I got one of those babies on eBay for 20E: http://silicon-verl.de/home/flo/software/netstation-8364/

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on IBM Netvista 2800 8364-EXX?

2007-12-11 Thread Vincent
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:24:52 -0600, Michael Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's no reason why that could not work for you. With a 266 MHz CPU you have a platform roughly comparable to a Soekris Net4801. That means limited transcoding. Thanks for the tip on the HP T5700. There's one for sale

Re: [asterisk-users] Asterisk on IBM Netvista 2800 8364-EXX?

2007-12-11 Thread Michael Graves
On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 02:48:31 +0100, Vincent wrote: On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:24:52 -0600, Michael Graves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's no reason why that could not work for you. With a 266 MHz CPU you have a platform roughly comparable to a Soekris Net4801. That means limited transcoding. Thanks