Boston Linux Installfest XVIV Saturday December 10, 2005 Channel 5, Needham

[Drew Taylor]

On Dec 1, 2005, at 5:08 PM, John Abreau wrote:

> Drew Taylor wrote:
>
> > As for asterisk, I've installed the Asterisk at home distribution
> > recently and found it very easy to use. I haven't done too much with
> > it, but it found the TDM-400 hardware automatically and I had no
> > problem adding an IAX2 trunk to an outgoing provider.
>
>
>> In my earlier reply I failed to mention that I would be perfectly   
>> happy with it happening in conjunction with the regular  
>> installfest.  I agree that there wouldn't be enough need for a  
>> separate event.
>> You can use a VoIP provider for network-only calling. voipjet.com   
>> will give you a $0.25 credit when you sign up for their service   
>> ($0.013/min US). I haven't looked for an incoming-call provider yet.
>> Drew
>
> If you want to coordinate an Asterisk breakout session, and you  
> think you can put it together in the next nine days, that would be  
> great.

Thanks for the offer, but I really don't feel qualified to be telling  
other people how to do it. I've only dabbled a bit. Most of my  
experience has simply been through using the AMP - a nice GUI that  
goes a long way for something like a small business. Not having dug  
down into creating a dial plan from scratch makes me a bit nervous  
about offering advice.

But that said, I'd like to be at the installfest anyway. If I am, and  
am not busy getting a MythTV box running, I'd be happy to offer pithy  
anecdotes about my meager experiences.

Drew