Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-10 Thread David Cunningham
- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of UIT DEVELOPMENT Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:54 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-07 Thread Tiago Geada
: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie Hello All - I've been poking around the past few weeks, trying to familiarize myself with all of this. I am new to Linux, VoIP and Asterisk -- to be complete. This is my first exposure to all of these technologies. I installed

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-07 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of UIT DEVELOPMENT Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:54 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie Hello

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-06 Thread Randy R
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Allann Jones allan...@gmail.com wrote: But jailbreaking increases the freedom to develop a application and Oh, I agree with you, but it's probably even better to make a decision to either buy into the constraints of Apple or find a better, free-er phone, which is

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-06 Thread Jeff Brower
Allann- On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Allann Jones allan...@gmail.com wrote: But jailbreaking increases the freedom to develop a application and Oh, I agree with you, but it's probably even better to make a decision to either buy into the constraints of Apple or find a better, free-er

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-06 Thread Ira
At 05:31 PM 1/5/2010, you wrote: Ah, good idea. :-) Are you saying that if I got a number that was in my parents area code then they could be making a local call to my Asterisk, which is physically a 1000+ miles from them? Now that is cool. Once you have Asterisk set up you can essentially

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-06 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Cool - thanks! On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Ira i...@extrasensory.com wrote: At 05:31 PM 1/5/2010, you wrote: Ah, good idea.  :-)   Are you saying that if I got a number that was in my parents area code then they could be making a local call to my Asterisk, which is physically a 1000+ miles

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-06 Thread Allann Jones
I think that's very wise advice. To offer a commercial perspective, our customers willing to pay for sophisticated smart phone apps (currently gov/mil agencies and some mid-size telecoms) have very specific needs and care about reliable operation, development duration, long-term support --

[asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Hello All - I've been poking around the past few weeks, trying to familiarize myself with all of this. I am new to Linux, VoIP and Asterisk -- to be complete. This is my first exposure to all of these technologies. I installed AsteriskNow on my old dual Pentium 833mhz Dell PowerEdge 2400 and

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Randy R
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:53 PM, UIT DEVELOPMENT uit...@gmail.com wrote: I've been poking around the past few weeks, trying to familiarize myself with all of this.  I am new to Linux, VoIP and Asterisk -- to be complete.   This is my first exposure to all of these technologies. I think one of

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Barry L. Kline
UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote: Sorry for what might seem as really silly questions, but I am not sure how to proceed. Thanks in advance for any insight that you folks can provide! Hello Mike. Welcome to the wonderful world of Asterisk. Before you sludge through a GUI and all the attendant bad

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread James A. Shigley
] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie . My main question is: CAN I make call from that box to my cell phone using a soft-phone? If so, how can I do that? Also, can I use my cell phone to call into that box? I dont know if I have to get a phone number, or do I NEED

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Steve Edwards
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote: CAN I make call from that box to my cell phone using a soft-phone? If so, how can I do that? You need to get an account with a VOIP provider -- someone to accept your call via the Internet and place a call on the PSTN to call your cell number --

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Will do Barry. Thanks for the links! Downloading now.. Mike On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Barry L. Kline blkl...@attglobal.net wrote: UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote: Sorry for what might seem as really silly questions, but I am not sure how to proceed. Thanks in advance for any

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Thanks Randy! On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Randy R randulo2...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:53 PM, UIT DEVELOPMENT uit...@gmail.com wrote: I've been poking around the past few weeks, trying to familiarize myself with all of this.  I am new to Linux, VoIP and Asterisk -- to be

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
05, 2010 1:54 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie . My main question is: CAN I make call from that box to my cell phone using a soft-phone?   If so, how can I do that?   Also

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Danny Nicholas
DEVELOPMENT Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 2:48 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie James, Thank you for the reply. I do not have phone service in my home. I've been 100% cell since 2003. I do have

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Steve- Got an iPhone but no SIP client that I am aware of. I just make regular calls to other others/receive calls as usual. Nothing fancy. I was hoping to create the fancy stuff in my home here. As I got to reading I began to see things like provider, as you've said here, and unfortunately

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 1:54 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie . My main question is: CAN I make call from that box to my cell phone using a soft-phone?   If so, how can I do

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Steve Edwards
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote: I've got a lot of old hardware laying around and I do have MODEMs - internal and external 56k types. None of your externals will be of any use and I suspect you will spend more time than it is worth trying to get any of your internals working. A

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Steve Edwards
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote: As I got to reading I began to see things like provider, as you've said here, and unfortunately if that is the only way then I will have to stop here as I do not have funds to further this little experiment. Really? A buck-fifty a month is going to

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Gotcha on the MODEMs.. thanks. On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Steve Edwards asterisk@sedwards.com wrote: On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote: I've got a lot of old hardware laying around and I do have MODEMs - internal and external 56k types. None of your externals will be

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Jamie A. Stapleton
, 2010 2:54 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie Hello All - I've been poking around the past few weeks, trying to familiarize myself with all of this. I am new to Linux, VoIP and Asterisk -- to be complete

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Really? A buck-fifty a month is going to kill the project? I live in San Diego, California where SDGE screws us for thirty cents a kilowatt-hour. Yea. Sort of. I am recently unemployed. Got plenty of time on my hands now and I am trying to not incur any more costs than I need. How much

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Max McGraw
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010, UIT DEV wrote: Steve- Got an iPhone [...] As I got to reading I began to see things like provider, as you've said here, and unfortunately if that is the only way then I will have to stop here as I do not have funds to further this little experiment.  I guess I

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Discussion Subject: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie Hello All - I've been poking around the past few weeks, trying to familiarize myself with all of this.  I am new to Linux, VoIP and Asterisk -- to be complete.   This is my first exposure to all of these technologies. I

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Yep. Its called unemployment. Got the iPhone a little less than a year ago. Someone in India got my job in mid-November. I got stuck holding the 2-year contract.Oh well. Such is life. Look - I am going to retire from this thread. Everyone's been a great help and I know you and

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Max McGraw
my apologies, I do understand. sorry. -- On Tue, Jan 5, 2010, UIT DEV wrote: Yep.  Its called unemployment.   Got the iPhone a little less than a year ago.   Someone in India got my job in mid-November.   I got stuck holding the 2-year contract.    Oh well.   Such is life. Look - I

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread meetmecall
Siax is a pretty good working sip and iax2 softphone for the iPhone. Easy to connect to your own Asterisk box If you have an Android phone (I have HTC Hero with Android 1.5) ASip is a good choice. It is working and and calls using umts are working surprisingly well. Erik They are both

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Ira
At 12:48 PM 1/5/2010, you wrote: So that was the plan but first I needed to be able to get this thing set up. I THINK you're saying I need to purchase another service to get myself to make calls. I dont know anyone with a SIP server.. There are services that will give you free incoming minutes

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread hin lee
- Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 2:04:20 PM Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie Yep. Its called unemployment. Got the iPhone a little less than a year ago. Someone in India got my job in mid-November. I

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Thanks and no problem. There was no way you would have known. Thank you for the info - it really is helpful and I have learned a LOT in this thread. This is a great list with a lot of helpful folks on it! Mike On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Max McGraw max.mcg...@gmail.com wrote:  my

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
No Android phone. But I will read up on this anyhow. The softphone is probably all that I need then, and of course a functioning Asterisk setup. On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 7:29 PM, meetmecall i...@meetmecall.nl wrote: Siax is a pretty good working sip and iax2 softphone for the iPhone. Easy to

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Ah, good idea. :-) Are you saying that if I got a number that was in my parents area code then they could be making a local call to my Asterisk, which is physically a 1000+ miles from them? Now that is cool. On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Ira i...@extrasensory.com wrote: At 12:48 PM

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
://www.counterpath.com/x-lite.html From: UIT DEVELOPMENT uit...@gmail.com To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Sent: Tue, January 5, 2010 2:04:20 PM Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Steve Edwards
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote: Are you saying that if I got a number that was in my parents area code then they could be making a local call to my Asterisk, which is physically a 1000+ miles from them? Now that is cool. See

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread UIT DEVELOPMENT
Thank you Steve. It is clear that I've only hit the tip of a massive iceberg with this stuff. Its all very cool, I've got the time so I might as well make good use of it when I am not out on interviews and such. It is all such an interesting topic. On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Steve

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread John Novack
Steve Edwards wrote: On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote: I've got a lot of old hardware laying around and I do have MODEMs -internal and external 56k types. None of your externals will be of any use and I suspect you will spend more time than it is worth trying to get

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Allann Jones
Jailbreak your iPhone and install Cydia to have a Unix like open source environment (based on Debian), then install Siphon SIP client, and have fun! Regards. Em 05/01/2010, às 18:04, UIT DEVELOPMENT uit...@gmail.com escreveu: Yep. Its called unemployment. Got the iPhone a little less

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Randy R
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:48 AM, Allann Jones allan...@gmail.com wrote: Jailbreak your iPhone and install Cydia to have a Unix like open source environment (based on Debian), then install Siphon SIP client, and have fun! There are at least 4 iPhone SIP clients available for $3-10 that work well

Re: [asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

2010-01-05 Thread Allann Jones
But jailbreaking increases the freedom to develop a application and put on the iPhone only creating a repository for it or using a existing repository, without the Apple Store burocracy and $$$. But you can be right if the purpose is only to install applications that are available on Apple