On Thursday 20 April 2006 18:23, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Try http://asteriskathome.sourceforge.net/. You'll get a far better > solution that won't take all your available resources for no aparrent (sp?) > reason, and isn't owned by ebay. > > I really am getting to love this product, and I've only just scraped the > surface. However, I now have a presence in Birmingham ( W Mids ) that is > redirected to me here, all for gbp3/month. Next is the other way, which is > a 25 quid setup fee, then standard uk rates. This *will* save me a fortune! > It's even got CLI, which the land line doesn't!
Indeed, an open standards product is definitely the way to go. Asterisk is great although not necessary if you simply want to make VoIP phone calls. There are many great SIP softphones for Linux. Twinkle is a great app for KDE users. There are also heaps of SIP based hardphones available (not currently very available in NZ but I have some inside knowledge that that is about to change :). Also if you are interested in Asterisk check out the NZ Asterisk Users Group - http://astug.org.nz (plug). hads -- A memorandum is written not to inform the reader, but to protect the writer. -- Dean Acheson
