I\'d second Dave. Trixbox / AAH is the way to go. It\'s a complete Linux +
Asterisk + management tools package on a CD. Makes life a lot easier.
What do you want to complicate life with VPC for?
Other points (from running an AAH installation for about a year now):
- it (Asterisk) is rock solid IME
- PSTN in, VOIP out, as you are contemplating, is a good strategy
- Sign up with a good VOIP provider, don\'t go for the cheapest (we use
Gradwell)
- Only slight problem you _will_ encounter is call quality degradation
at semi-random times. It\'s liveable with but noticeable.
- As with everything in life <g> it\'s not _quite_ as cheap as you think
- We went for digium cards. Not the cheapest but there are plenty of
stories of cheaper cards that caused problems / were faulty.
- you need a good router that allows for QoS
Tristan Leask wrote:
> Thanks all
>
> Hmm, I didn\'t know about TrixBox. I shall download an ISO and check it
> out in a MS VPC? Will it work under MS VPC?
>
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Cheers
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