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From: kyle.bader@×××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] telephony
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:00:03
Message-Id: 1138688264-1240502397-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-683307584-@bxe1016.bisx.prod.on.blackberry
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] telephony by John covici
1 It is a great book, I used it to help me setup my first voip box. Here's that link:
2 http://www.asteriskdocs.org/
3 Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
4
5 -----Original Message-----
6 From: John covici <covici@××××××××××.com>
7
8 Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:11:18
9 To: <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
10 Subject: [gentoo-user] telephony
11
12
13 Take a look at a book called "The Future of Telephony" -- its free,
14 but I am not sure where to get it.
15
16 on Wednesday 04/22/2009 Simon(turner25@×××××.com) wrote
17 > hi there,
18 > i'm looking for suggestions and guidance. I have a vps host with
19 > gentoo on it, i dont think the vps is stable enough to ensure a good
20 > quality of service, but it could just need an upgrade, no big deal. I
21 > need a phone and the way i decided to go was to get a connection to
22 > the internet and use voip or similar services.
23 >
24 > I've looked into several ideas, but the last one that remains a good
25 > 'deal' is to set it all up myself, for free (but lots of work)!
26 >
27 > I'm thinking on setting up asterisk, but having read about it in the
28 > past, i know as soon as i set it up it will take more of my time than
29 > my girlfriend ever dreamed of! It seems extremely difficult to setup,
30 > specially for a newbie, I'm wondering if you guys know of a few good
31 > guides (that you have experience with, i can google too) for this and
32 > if you had any suggestion, pointers, starters mostly...
33 >
34 > I've read those, but I'm sure there are a lot of surprises not covered
35 > by these...
36 > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Linux+Gentoo
37 > http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Asterisk
38 >
39 > Thanks for any help!
40 >
41 > --
42 > When Earth was the only inhabited planet in the Galaxy, it was a
43 > primitive place, militarily speaking. The only weapon they had ever
44 > invented worth mentioning was a crude and inefficient nuclear-reaction
45 > bomb for which they had not even developed the logical defense. -
46 > Asimov
47
48 --
49 Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
50 How do
51 you spend it?
52
53 John Covici
54 covici@××××××××××.com

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