We've pushed Linux so hard at our client sites that those who've switched from NetWare and Windows to Linux server environments are now asking us to help them get rid of their PSTN phone systems in favor of VOIP/SIP replacements. They can plainly see that our Linux recommendations have paid off and now want us to help them migrate their voice phone systems to a more modern platform.
BTW - Those on this list that are squeamish about Fedora being a Linux test bed and aren't implementing Fedora Core 2 Servers are missing out on a great platform. With a prudent choice of hardware and proper implementation, Fedora Core 2 has absolutely nothing to apologize for. All our internal servers are FC2 and they all run like a Swiss watch.
We're looking for a Linux based VOIP/SIP gateway that can access the PSTN phone network. Specifically, we'd like a recommendation from anyone that's implemented a mechanism that allows a business to run their internal phones over their TCP/IP network (LAN or WAN), and then hit a gateway to allow them to also make calls to standard PSTN phone numbers. Obviously, this involves some hardware to convert TCP/IP traffic to POTS/T1 lines.
We're open to recommendations for any hardware that provides such capabilities as well as any services that we can contract with to provide that capability. Doing it without a service provider like Vonage, Avaya, Packet8, etc is preferable for our larger clients, but we'd like to hear about all the options so that even a Mom & Pop site can take advantage of the technology.
Please - I can Google with the best of them, so no recommendations that haven't been implemented. I'm after what is up and running somewhere, not marketing BS.
As an example, a business owner in Dallas places a call to a department head at their New York branch office via their TCP/IP network (Internet/VPN), and then minutes later he/she calls Mom in Oshkosh and all she has is an old rotary dial phone. The solution should make both of these calls just as easy to make.
We need recommendations for solutions that allows a site to utilize VOIP for all their internal voice traffic and then use X number of PSTN phone lines to make calls to their clients, friends, etc that are still using standard phone equipment, or pass that traffic to a service that can hit the PSTN. Things like VOIP enables handsets, gateway boards, Windows & Linux clients that can "pop" call information when a call is initiated or received, etc are all of interest.
TIA
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