A phone fairy (telecom guy) pointed me in this direction: http://www.asterisk.org/ For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This isn't directly related to Fedora, but we have clients running > Fedora servers and this has come up as a topic of conversation at > several meetings. > > 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 > > -- > Bill Gradwohl > bill@xxxxxxx > http://www.ycc.com > SPAMstomper Protected email > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- James Marcinek Solutions Architect JEMConsult.biz, Inc 813.416.1324
