[vox-tech] voip solution

[Hai Yi]

Thanks to Chris and Tony. Chris, I looked into skype site, but I still don't
know, if I go with Skype, will I have a hardline number which other people
can call me back? Sound like a silly question.

Tony, I guess your solution is interesting, I am still studying the two
links you gave me, it might be the way to go for me.

Thanks again,
Hai

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Tony Cratz <cratz at hematite.com> wrote:

> On 12/23/2010 11:58 AM, Chris wrote:
> > Try skype.
> >  Thttp://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux.
>
>         Skype can be a good solution. It does have limits. Depending on
>        what you use plan requires.
>
>        If your use plan is where you have your own PBX then maybe a
>        solution such as Asterisk might be what you are looking for.
>
>        Asterisk can be used to connect to remote VoIP servers or VoIP
>        phones (hard or softphones), or even to a POTS (plain old
>        telephone system). Depending on what you require you may need
>        either an interface card or ATA (analog telephone adapter).
>        Myself I like to have an Ethernet ATA instead of using an
>        interface card, and the reason for this is it is not dependent
>        on the type of computer it is being used on like an interface
>        card (meaning the edge connector on the card) can be.
>
>        In any case http://www.voip-info.org/ will become your friend
>        and sites such as http://www.voipsupply.com/ for hardware.
>
>        As a person who had an Asterisk PBX in the past I really loved
>        having it. I had mine set-up to give the 'your call may be
>        monitored or recorded' statement to everyone unless they where
>        in my white list. This was great at getting rid of SPAM calls.
>        Another thing was the black list I had. The black list was great
>        for those callers who don't honor the Do not call list (such as
>        political parties, ex-friends/lovers, creditors, people who
>        always dial the wrong number (I should note my house phone
>        number has been the same for the past 45 years and I really hate
>        people telling me it belongs to someone else just because they
>        hit the wrong digit ever time they try to call the person they
>        ask for)). Another solution might be if you have kids and you
>        want to force calls after say 9PM to go to voice mail. A good
>        solution for people who rent might be the option to set-up
>        different extensions and voice mail boxes for members of the
>        household ... press 1 for Bob, 2 for Tom, 3 for Harry and so
>        on.
>
>        I feel everyone should have their own PBX on their landlines.
>        Yes I know a lot of people are moving to cell phones as their
>        primary phone. But there are still areas where cell phones
>        don't work. And I like to keep some things more private so I
>        use the landlines instead of cell phones. For example the
>        default number I give out is the landline and not the cell
>        phone number. Then I use my own set of lists to filter people.
>
>
>                                                        Tony
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