Hi, Thanks for the replies. I do have vonage phone service and they have provided me a motorla device I plug into my broadband and also plug my phone into to make calls. this is a nice service for 30 bucks, but as with all things linux, why cant one connect to the PSTN for free? I mean isnt there a protocol one can use to get access to the pstn? What does vonage use to do this? Or do they have to pay for access to the pstn. Bruce
> For what you want to do asterisk isn't really the right solution. > Asterisk is a PBX. It doesn't provide a way for you to connect to the > PSTN. > > To do what you want, you need to buy VOIP service from any of the > providers (broadvoice, vonage, packet8, etc). They will provide you a > device that you connect to your broadband connection and a analog > telephone and it lets you make calls to anyone on the PSTN. They all > have a some sort of unlimited calling plan that might save you money > calling your family. > > You said you wanted the phone connected to your Linux box. Why? From > what you describe as your goal, that's not necessary. > > You also asked, about the purpose of Asterisk. Once you've got a > connection to the PSTN (VOIP service, a card in your linux box, or a > gateway box of some sort) Asterisk can be useful. It would let you > plug one or more phone lines into your Linux box and have multiple > extensions. It can provide voicemail and voice menu systems. It can do > call logging and monitoring. All useful stuff, but none of it lets you > call the PSTN for free. > > - |Daryll > > > On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:25:25 -0500, Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think I am missing the whole purposes of *. i see that it can do > > mainy things, but in laymans temrs I am not sure what it does. > > I am very proficient in Linux and would like to use * for the > > following: > > > > 1) I would like to get rid of my landline(verizon) and use voip as my > > main means to communicate on the telephone. I would like to be able > > to plug in my plain old phone into my linux box and be able to make a > > phone call to my family who has a plain old telephone line going into > > thier house, using voip and then I guess connecting to the pstn. Can > > i do this? If so, how? What hardware do I need? Can anyone connect to > > PSTN lines for free? Or do I need to pay some phone company somewhere? > > > > thanks to anyone who can help. > > > > Bruce > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
