[GRLUG] VOIP "Dialtone"

[Michael Mol]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:53 PM, John-Thomas Richards <jtr at jrichards.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 12:46:49PM -0400, Adam Erickson wrote:
> [snip]
>> In Febuary I picked up a service called Ooma Telo. I have no
>> complaints. $350 for the hardware and a minimal fee around $17 per
>> year for taxes. I use it for home and fax. Compaired to Verizon, ROI
>> is about 7 Months, and you can use your regular phones and port your
>> old numbers to it.
>>
>> It sells at Miejers and Best Buy - www.ooma.com.
>>
>> Asterisk may be the way to save if you need several lines.
>
> Anyone here have any real-world experience with Asterisk?  I need to
> setup a new office space this summer with at least a couple phone lines.
> Is Asterisk overkill for two or four lines?  I'm not a sysadmin.  Is it
> too much for a somewhat knowledgeable end-user?

We're using two lines, four SIP extensions, a couple calling groups
and a conference line. Asterisk isn't overkill for this, but it's also
not necessarily simple to set up.

Don't sell yourself short; try it, learn the pitfalls. You should be
able to figure it out through Google, trial and error.

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