On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 11:15:54AM -0400, Matt Pusateri wrote: > Triluggers, > > I trying to decide on Vonage versus Time Warner Cable's phone service.
Of note, both of these services lock you in to using their device and no other. While this is not a problem for those of you wanting your stuff to "Just Work", I would be remiss in my duties as a Linux geek if I did not mention the possibilities of Asterisk. Here is a list of providers of residential VoIP service, some known to work with Asterisk: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/VOIP+Service+Providers+Residential I believe Mark Turner or Jon Carnes might be able to comment on some of these services. Antecdotes welcome. Once you have your VoIP service terminated at your Asterisk box, you can do all the neat things you heard about in Mark's presentation a couple months ago. Of course, you still need to convert that IP signal back to something audible for your ears. Here are a couple places to get good unlocked gear: http://www.voxilla.com/ (I have purchased from here) http://www.voip-supply.com/ Again, other suggestions and antecdotes welcome. Now, this may seem like a daunting task for something as simple as phones, but the power this gives you is amazing. Even if you decide not to go this route for your main phone line(s), I'd suggest setting up an Asterisk box to play with anyway. You might find some situations where you can bypass the traditional phone network altogether :) -- Kevin Otte, N8VNR [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nivex.net/ -=- "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -- George Santayana "It seems no one reads Santayana anymore." -- Cdr. Susan Ivanova, Babylon 5 -- 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/
