I am hoping to be a first time user of Asterisk shortly... I started watching the progress of Asterisk several years ago, but unfortunately I could not use it in anything I was doing at that time. Over the last couple of years I have watched the pace increase to a steady run and continue to hear about amazing implementations people have done. I have to say, this appears to be one of the greatest open projects I've seen. Truly amazing.
So here I stand looking at trying to use it for my own needs in a small project, just to start poking around... Of course, over the last week, I have 2 friends that could use this for their small businesses that they are trying to start up quickly. So now I'm a little stuck, as much as I would love to just poke around with it for the next 6 months, it appears that I'll need to accelerate that process. So as much as I would love to do my required reading, make my mistakes and learn, it appears I might have to ask a lot of questions to the community to point me in the right directions so I don't make costly mistakes or worse, think Asterisk can do something easily and turn out that it isn't the best option for my friends. So before I shoot off my mouth asking questions or giving long winded scenarios and asking questions about how to do it, I think it's appropriate to ask if this is the right place to do so. Or is there someplace better to ask these questions? I do have some specific questions about services for Toronto, Newmarket and Kingston that might be appropriate here. I did notice the Asterisk event at the end of March but it appears to be for advanced users with a specific advanced topic (not really for band-new users). Is this correct? Regards, Chuck
