GrandCentral via Asterisk

[JD Austin]

He was a big supporter of Asterisk early on, I hope he lands on his feet in
better shape.
I'm he could roll a better Trixbox than what they're delivering.

--
JD Austin
Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC
jd at twingeckos.com
480.288.8195x201
http://www.twingeckos.com


E. B. White  - "Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole
one."

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:01 AM, James Finstrom <
jfinstrom at rhinoequipment.com> wrote:

> 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
> > --
> > 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?
> >>
> >> www.Obnosis.com |  http://wiki.obnosis.com |
> >> http://hackfest.obnosis.com(503)754-4452
> >> PLUG HACKFESTS - http://uat.edu Second Saturday of Each Month Noon -
> 3PM
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >> 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 <kurt%2Bplug-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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