----- Original Message ----- From: "David Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chriswlan2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2007 6:10 AM Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk server strategies: multiple newbie unknowns!...
> I see how that could present a problem ... followed by the next obvious > question of why aren't you sleeping at 4:00AM? Busy doing some legwork of my own, before I use too much of you guys' bandwidth. Thanks for your time David... > > The third option can be viable but you need to find a provider that > offers Asterisk as part of their service because you are not at liberty > to install new applications that aren't on their supported list. It will never be my own hardware, and I'll NEVER be anywhere close to their geographic location. If I'm given full shell access on a VPS, doesn't that mean I'm allowed to import whatever apps I want? Apparently www.bluehost.com gives SSh in return for faxing one's photo ID to them... > > OK, command lines good, but what about a gui? David: you are saying that I can use from thousands of miles away EITHER a GUI or the command prompt, and still do everything remotely? Or only GUIs work securely with SSH? Boy, do I feel newbieish... And thanks also to John for his dot txt: >> =International fax to/from email, an immediate must. Not easy >> apparently... >It's easy with Hylafax. There is no GUI or TUI interface to manage >Hylafax though, it's configured by editing text files and managed using >If you want to use Hylafax with a Asterisk channel, you'll need >iaxmodem, and ye more instruction. OK: again I can do all of that remotely, and that works with DIDs and international termination, and * fax doesn't have to go over FXO hardware? >For the type of colo that you want (i.e. to run Asterisk and Hylafax) >you need your own server or virtualized server. You will have to worry >about a virtualized server since Asterisk's computing needs are >different from a web server. What are the cheapest low-end, low RAM, low bandwidth VPS? Just to start playing? I also didn't see too many outfits that even mentionned Asterisk! Thanks again, guys. Christian
