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

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 08:38 -0700, George wrote:
> 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-(
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who is doing the presentation?

Craig