I tried to connect an analog line to asterisk, with a linksys little box and then a relatively expensive PCI card but I had terrible echo on my line which caused me to give up.
I would try one analog line before committing to that route. I can loan you the PCI card to try. Commodity VOIP numbers are dirt cheap compared to PSTN. Running mine over a ADSL line is usually as good quality as an analog line, although there are occasional glitches. There are those that believe you need a better internet connection to run reliable VOIP. I now use http://pbxinaflash.net/ to configure asterisk. It has a graphical status screen that your boss might like. I have a CISCO phone which is great. I also have a real cheap ebay special voip phone that is not great. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Aaron Burt <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:16:07AM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > Building an Asterisk system for my wife's office. 3 voice > > lines coming in. She Who Must Be Obeyed says, "no hook > > switch flash, no touch tones, I want lights and buttons". > > > > So - suggestions for IP phones to look at or avoid? > > Used/cheap is good. Ciscos are very common. > For new/cheap, there's Aastra. > For new/nice, Ciscos are popular, but Snoms are nicer. > > You've already discovered http://www.voip-info.org/ right? > > > This is temporary. Long term, I want to use headsets and computer > > screens for the caller information and routing info, but short > > term we do it with buttons the old fashioned way. > > Hey, maybe by that time, phones will be obsolete. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- [email protected] www.timlick.com 503-476-3119 10990 NE Paren Springs Rd. Dundee OR 97115 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
