As well read the wiki at voip-info.org/wiki -- it has helped me through many of my initial questions
On 3/14/06, John Van Ostrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 02:41 -0500, Chuck Mariotti wrote: > > 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? > > > New users are welcome. If you look at the list some of us are new to Linux > and some are new to the telephony world. > > I recommend that you pick up some gear to test with first. If you need > help choosing read the list archives (does this list have archives?) Digium > and Samgoma cards seem to be quite popular, or select an ATA like a Sipura. > Both will connect you to a PSTN, and then a soft phone will give you the > extensions you need for testing. For ease of use I recommend > [EMAIL PROTECTED] It will allow you to do most of what a small phone system > needs. That is your quickest start. > > -- > *John Van Ostrand* *Net Direct Inc.* *Director of Technology* 564 > Weber St. N. Unit 12 > Waterloo, ON N2L 5C6 > map<http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=Net+Direct+Inc.,+564+Weber+St.+N.+Unit+12,+Waterloo,+ON+N2L+5C6,+canada&ll=43.494599,-80.548222&spn=0.038450,0.073956&iwloc=A&hl=en> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph: 519-883-1172 ext.5102 Linux Solutions / IBM > Hardware <http://www.netdirect.ca/> Fx: 519-883-8533 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQBEFsxkVNQ815ieHXcRArPSAJ9upk3fNvtUmprP/ufwBbSSDiDN2wCffU9r > +O7SNl2VjXospYrghI4bMiw= > =caDu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- Blake Medulan
