WestSide PLUG Meeting - Asterisk. A Full Featured Open Source PBX

[George]

This Tuesdays WestSide meeting will look at the Linux based open source PBX
system going by the name of ASTERISK ( http://www.asterisk.org ).

Easily build your own multiprotocol PBX on Linux!

Asterisk is a complete PBX in software.

It runs on Linux and provides all of the features you would expect from a
PBX and more.

Asterisk does voice over IP in many protocols, and can interoperate with
almost all standards-based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive
hardware.

Asterisk provides Voicemail services with Directory, Call Conferencing,
Interactive Voice Response and Call Queuing.

It has support for three-way calling, caller ID services, ADSI, SIP and
H.323 (as both client and gateway). Check the Features section for a more
complete list.

Asterisk needs no additional hardware for Voice over IP.

For interconnection with digital and analog telephony equipment, Asterisk
supports a number of hardware devices, most notably all of the hardware
manufactured by Asterisk's sponsors, Digium™.

Digium has single and quad span T1 and E1 interfaces for interconnection to
PRI lines and channel banks as well as a single port FXO card and a one to
four-port modular FXS and FXO card.

The first 10 folks will receive (if I get them burned) a Live Asterisk CD
(0.1.2).  It’s called bribery.  At the moment my CD burner system is down.
8-(