D4rk F1ber wrote: > So yes I am asking because I am unimaginative and need ideas on > selling this to the wife. :-) That and I am just curious about what > others feel are useful uses for it within the home, and what others > get excited about regarding it all.
I do trunks/terminations so its easy for me to set all sorts of fun things up. Anyhow, here is a method for pitching it to your wife. If you have family dispersed throughout the United States, get yourself an 800 number and let Asterisk manage the way your family connects to each other at a cheap rate: E.g. Example: Mom 12125551000 (New York) Dan 13015551001 (DC) Tom 19085552001 (Jersey) Create a dialplan so your family can call your 800 number then re-route them to the family member of choice for example: Press 1 for Mom, Press 2 for Dan and so on... [transfer] exten => 1,1,Dial(SIP/[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; Call Mom exten => 2,1,Dial(SIP/[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; Call Dan exten => 3,1,Dial(SIP/[EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; Call Tom Since you stated something about a child, this would also help them in the unfortunate event of them either not having a cellular nor money. They can call you toll free... You can create a find me follow me context and have a context ring multiple numbers... Send telemarketers to telemarketer hell on transfer (http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Telemarketer+Torture) There is a lot of nifty stuff you can do. If you're willing to get some ATA's dirt cheap and you have family abroad, you can save your entire family money. There are many things you could do with it on a personal level. ==================================================== J. Oquendo "Excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta" http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xF684C42E sil . infiltrated @ net http://www.infiltrated.net
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