On 11/30/06, Tristan Leask <trgl at marinesoftware .DO.T co.uk> wrote:
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> Possible or world of pain?
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You ask as if they are mutually exclusive options <s>.
My advice: get a spare machine, a PIII-800 will do, download a copy of
TrixBox and start a pilot project. I know there\'s a ~$349 card
avaiable from Digium for a starter card to route PSTN to VOIP
internally and externally -- I\'ll bet the British telephone standards
are different, though.
My understanding is that there are points of pain occasionally and a
bit of learning in configuring, but that it is workable. A local
consultant here has set up a bunch of Asterisk installations and
doesn\'t think it\'s that hard.
Search for "Asterisk" on this page for my notes:
http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/PastEvents
The presenter also strongly recommended www.nerdvittles.com as a great
source of info.
Good luck and let us know of your progress!
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Ted Roche
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