[K12OSN] phone system

[Huck]

Fonality has a nice easy solution...although they rape you on the 
server...$1k for the hardware they provide..blah..but their product 
really is nice...and comes with support if you purchase...

They've taken Asterisk and put together a nice interface and they handle 
all updates on the server if you purchase the support from them.

Setting up Asterisk yourself is not rocket science by any 
means...Asterisk at Home actually is a fairly simple solution for 
VOIP...and you can use desktops with a free application as the 
phone...with just a headset/mic combo deal. Or get a SIP phone that 
bridges the network connection through the phone...but you'll want to 
put QoS on your network so VoiP traffice has priority.

--Huck

Paul Lemke wrote:
> I'm a total newb with this... but I'm guessing to hook up to our existing
> hard phone line to make outgoing calls you need to purchase one of these
> cards? 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf
> Of rmcdaniel at indata.us
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 8:41 AM
> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> Subject: RE: [K12OSN] phone system
> 
> As a matter of fact, yes!  It is called Asterisk, www.asterisk.org.  It
> is an awesome system with a lot of support.  You can buy the fxo and
> fxs cards from the people that developed Asterisk, www.digium.com, for
> solid support and integration.  Give it a look.
> 
> 
> ron
> 
> 
> 
> Ronald R. McDaniel
> Conecuh County Schools
> (251) 578-7073 x26
> (251) 238-1890 cell
> 1*4238*104 SouthernLinc
> rmcdaniel at indata.us
> 
> "try to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are"
> 
> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [K12OSN] phone system
>> From: "Paul Lemke" <lists at paulandmichelle.net>
>> Date: Thu, August 10, 2006 8:18 am
>> To: "'Support list for open source software in schools.'"
>> <k12osn at redhat.com>
>>
>> Hi all,
>> 	This is not closely related to the list. but I don't know who else
>> to ask. The school I'm currently helping has about 10 rooms. They want to
>> put some kind of phone system in place to have a phone in each room. (why
>> they didn't do this when they built the school boggles my mind) We already
>> have cat5e ran to each room where the phone would go. 
>>
>> 	The question is. are there any open source implementations of a
>> commercial phone system? Let's just say the bid we got to do the phone
>> system was a little high for our low budget. So I'd figure I'd ask some
>> other school's what they do. I was thinking of a VOIP setup utilizing our
>> totally underutilized Fedora server. 
>>
>> 	Here are the basic requirements:
>> 1. Use phones (not software phones)
>> 2. Voicemail
>> 3. Some kind of "Public Announcement" system
>>
>> Thoughts? Or can someone point me in the right direction? 
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Paul 
>>
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