I can answer any questions you have. I might even let you come over to my home and let you see my setup, if I like you. ;-) I think there were other local Asterisk Guru's here, I just haven't met them yet.
You have quite a few options. Asterisk can do all that you want. I'll show you some more options you want but don't know it yet, if you come over or otherwise chat with me. I like my SIP phones more that my standard phones. If you can spare a few extra dollars for that, it's always fun. I personally like my Cisco 7960. I don't like the having to pay for Cisco's SIP protocol license though. Stay away from the cheap VoIP phones. They are crap. I have my system hooked up to a POT's line and a bunch of SIP and IAX terminations and originations. I'd stay away from Vonage and I personally don't know anyone who uses skype nor do I know anything about it. I just know that it doesn't speak SIP or IAX. You can find a termination and origination services for next to nothing for a cent or two per minute, which is often cheaper than an *unlimited* (which is usually not truly unlimited) plan. Any free stuff won't be worth your time. You really need to get rid of your Exchange ball and chain. You really don't have time to keep that stuff working, do you? More thoughts to come later.. if I remember. --Scott Robert LeBlanc wrote: > Ok a question for all the Asterisk gurus out there. I would like to set > up a phone system at my house, but I'm not sure how exactly to do it. > Ok, I don't know where to start other then I think it is possible. I > would like to use a standard telephone handset, maybe multiple through > the house. The only thing is that I would rather not use a land line, > only SIP protocol using like SkypeOut or something like that. Is this > possible? What do I need? What are some references that I can refer to > for this set-up? Is it possible to use SIP from this to something like > Vontage for free? I'm sure if something like this is possible it would > be easy to create separate voicemail boxes. Maybe even integrate this > with Exchange for e-mail bound voicemail (yes I do have my own Exchange > server at home. (/me ducks flying objects)). > > > > Robert > > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
