[sllug-members]: pbx with linux suggestions

[Corey Edwards]

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 23:27 -0700, Remo Mattei wrote:
> Hello all I have vonage at home but I would like to build a pbx with
> linux. Does anyone have any suggestions, tips, howto, etc on how to
> achieve this and make it happen.

First off, be aware that Vonage is not all that hackable. Last time I
checked, the only way to use a soft phone was by purchasing an
additional number which they would provide you the SIP credentials for.

The PBX of choice would be Asterisk. It's capable of all sorts of things
they charge big $$$ for in traditional PBXes. I recommend a book by a
local boy, Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, available either in dead
tree or PDF format.

        http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/asterisk/index.html
        http://www.asteriskdocs.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=11

You may also wish to check out the Utah Asterisk User's Group at
utaug.org. We are also on irc, #utaug @ irc.freenode.net.

Asterisk is a pretty broad topic. What do you have first on your list of
fun things to do with it?

Corey