On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:53:20 +1200 Don Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve Holdoway wrote: > > >Try http://asteriskathome.sourceforge.net/. > > > Yes. Simon Knight has been playing with this recently and spent an hour > telling me just how good it is. > > I was looking at some PDAs today (as the wife wants to get orginised) > and that was one of my considerations. > > > You'll get a far better solution that won't take all your available > > resources for no aparrent (sp?) reason, > > > I installed the Linux version on my sad old laptop and noticed no issues. > > The XP version is running on my desktop with the following open: > > Firefox: 25 open tabs > Thunderbird: IMAP > Explorer > Photoshop: Not sure how many images > Excel > > 3/4gig ram, p4/2g processor > > >and isn't owned by ebay. > > > > > Point taken. > > >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! > > > > > > > Interesting to note that a local call with Telecom on a business line at > $50+ per month costs 4.55 cents / min + GST. Skype is 20% cheaper. > > If I set up an Astrix pabx what hand sets do I use with it? Whatever you want. Softphones abound and many are free. I'm still trying to find one for windows mobile wo I can be 'at the office' at Starbucks. Digium sell a rather nice board that offers 4 pots lines - either in or out - on a PCI card, or you can get USB phones, ..... > > Does it have a global directory? Yes, in fact it has an integrated version of sugar crm in it, which I can't really use as I don't have cli! > > No, I'm not trying to one up here, I want answers because I don't know. > I am interested in technology. > > Cheers Don Like I said, I'm only starting. But it looks like you can just about do away with pots except for the ADSL bit. Steve
