Me thinks I'd avoid downloading 7 debian iso and carrying on 2 conversations at the same time; however, you'd have pretty much 64 kbps for each of two channels with your 128 Mbps DSL. I'd give it a go.
Hth, Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ralph Blach > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 12:28 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list > Subject: [TriLUG] Re: voip > > Jon, > > For right now I just want to run a sigle VOIP line, using my computers > sound card. I have a DSL line, 768 down, 128 up, and a +1 ghz computer > with ata 133. Woudl this be good enought for a simple install? > > Chip > Jon Carnes wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 08:43, Ralph Blach wrote: > > > >>Jon, > >> > >>I would really like to experiment with asterik. Can asterik operate > >>with just a sound card. Are there any providers in the area who server > >>chapel hill? > >> > >>thanks > >> > >>Chip > > > > > > Yes. Asterisk is a complete PBX/VoiceMail/ACD server. It can use any > > VoIP component without the addition of any special hardware - so it can > > use a SIP (or other protocol) connection to a Gateway provider like > > FeatureTel for it's trunking and can handle multiple VoIP phone > > connections (also via SIP). > > > > With the addition of some hardware components, you can hook up ordinary > > trunks (POTs lines) or T1's to the server. You can also add hardware > > that allows you to hook Analog telephones directly to the server - but > > why bother when the cost of VoIP phones is so cheap these days. > > > > FeatureTel (as well as TWTC, Vonage, Packet 8, etc...) all service > > Chapel Hill. For that matter, anyone in the world with a VoIP server > > can service Chapel Hill - its just that only those with a local gateway > > will have access to local telephone numbers. > > > > In other words, if you get trunking (or phone service) from a provider > > in Washington DC, then your phone number will have the 212 area code and > > that will be your local dialing area. So calling your neighbor in > > Chapel Hill will be long distance! Still the cost of Long Distance is > > very small with most VoIP providers. > > > > Don't be afraid to download, install, and play with Asterisk. It's > > quite powerful. Note though that Asterisk needs lots of CPU in order to > > function as a decent phone switch. A 1Ghz box with lots of RAM and a > > SCSI HD could probably handle 5 phones, whereas a 2GHz box could > > probably handle 20 phones... It scales well, but does need CPU in order > > to function nicely under load. > > > > The highest load, seems to be from VoiceMail/AutoAttendent activities; > > servicing these seems to need very fast CPU and a SCSI disk subsystem. > > The actual phone connections don't require very much processing power in > > order to sustain the connections. > > > > Let me know if you have any other questions! > > > > Jon Carnes > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
