GrandCentral via Asterisk

[James Finstrom]

Speaking of trixbox and kerry garrison he was canned by trixbox due to
budget cuts so if you find his stuff usefull consider $upporting his
efforts

On 1/20/09, JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com> wrote:
> The main reason I recommend PBXInAFlash over Trixbox is that
> 1. After the famous root exploit pre-installed spyware incident I don't
> trust Fonality.
> 2. They have a long history of delivering broken installs but have been
> getting better in the last year or so.
> 3. They say they're an open source project but don't really act like one.
> 4. Trixbox is RPM based , and PBXInAFlash uses Centos 5 but compiles all of
> the asterisk components from source (which is what you have to do most of
> the time to fix Trixbox).
> 5. Unlike a lot of other distributions PBXInAFlash doesn't try to hide that
> FreePBX is doing all of he real magic that those distributions taking credit
> for.
> 6. PBXInAFlash works reliably and doesn't have everything under the sun
> thrown in that you don't need.
>
> That said, Kerry Garrison's tutorials are pretty good.
> In either case if you want to learn start here:
> http://dumbme.mbit.com.au/
> http://dumbme.mbit.com.au/piaf/piaf_without_tears.pdf
> http://dumbme.mbit.com.au/trixbox2/trixbox2_without_tears.pdf
>
> JD
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> JD Austin
> Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC
> jd at twingeckos.com
> 480.288.8195x201
> http://www.twingeckos.com
>
>
> Emo Philips  - "I was sleeping the other night, alone, thanks to the
> exterminator."
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Lisa Kachold
> <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
>
>>  Yea Howdy!
>>
>> Trixbox ala Kerry Garrison is a really easy PBX setup (complete with
>> everything you need for an AutoAttendant, Voicemail, Fax, CMS, dial around
>> and through apps)  that installs from an ISO:
>> http://www.trixbox.org/downloads
>>
>> Kerry Garrison offers easy to follow videos here: asterisktutorials.com  -
>> search for trixbox.
>>
>> Simple setup How-Tos exist at voip-info.org
>>
>> Course you can get a fine PSTN SIP trunk from axvoice.com for $9.99 a
>> month *or* buy FX0 cards for a phone line (or lines).
>>
>> You can buy a drop and dial asterisk based configuration from Jim Rhodes
>> over at Rhinoequipment.com.
>>
>> I think my name is still on some of the bash scripts for the Trixbox 2.0
>> release from contributions?
>>
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>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:19:24 -0700
>> Subject: Re: GrandCentral via Asterisk
>> From: jd at twingeckos.com
>> To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>
>>
>> Asterisk is the engine that enables pstn/voip connectivity (think linux
>> kernel).
>> Asterisk when bundled with other open source software can do all the
>> things
>> GrandCentral does and more provided you give it the connectivity it needs
>> to
>> do so (PSTN or voip).  A good place to start is with PBXInAFlash (
>> pbxinaflash.org).
>>
>> JD
>> --
>> JD Austin
>> Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC
>> jd at twingeckos.com
>> 480.288.8195x201
>> http://www.twingeckos.com
>>
>>
>> Katharine Hepburn  - "Death will be a great relief. No more interviews."
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Kurt Granroth <
>> kurt+plug-discuss at granroth.com> wrote:
>>
>> I know that there are some people on this list that use Asterisk a
>> decent bit.  Those that do... are you familiar with GrandCentral?  If
>> so, how do they compare?
>>
>> http://www.grandcentral.com/home/features
>>
>> I really like the control that something like GrandCentral gives you.
>> The ability to choose where you receive a call (home, cell, work, etc)
>> based on who is calling or when they are calling is a killer feature for
>> me.
>>
>> Alas, there are just too many potential gotchas with that service to
>> really commit to it other than as a play-thing (or as a number passed
>> out freely to businesses and warranty cards and the like).  What I would
>> like is that kind of control... but in a way that *I* control it all!
>>
>> So no calls being routed through a 3rd party server; no voicemails
>> stored on their server; no need to upload all of my contacts to a search
>> company; etc.
>>
>> Asterisk seems like it might be able to do all that... but who can tell?
>>  Their site is horribly disorganized and when you do find a "feature"
>> page, they spend all their time in an acronym frenzy.
>>
>> So... does anybody know?
>>
>> Kurt
>>
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