[General] VoIP For Home Usage

[Burhan Khalid]

Hi Majed:

  We use a "normal" phone that is hooked into a standard PBX. However,
all you need is a regular phone to get it going, as the device from
Airlive works with normal, analogue phones.

  What it does is, converts your analogue phone into a VoIP device,
and then provides both SIP and PTSN routes out -- but the real magic
of the system is, if you get two devices from Airlive that support
SIP, then you can use Airlive's free SIP server that is automatically
configured for both devices -- basically, its zero configuration on
your part. You plug both devices into the Internet, plug phones into
them, and then start making calls.

  The device: http://www.airlive.com/product/product_3.jsp?pdid=PD1217476135797
  The free service:
http://www.airlive.com/press/press_m2_content.jsp?pmsid=PMS1218182941306&pmcid=PMC1206465271203

Hope this helps,
--
Burhan

On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Majed B.<majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Faisal,
> What is the difference between FreePBX and Trixbox? I admit that I
> didn't dig much, but I'd appreciate it if you explain the difference
> for me. I'll my digging at the end of this week since I'm busy with
> some reconstruction work at the moment.
> I know that FXO ports are those that you plug into the wall socket and
> FXS are for the analog phone devices.
>
> There's a reseller in Dubai for Digium. I'll compare their pricing to
> Amazon (+ Aramex) and see which fits.
>
>
> Burhan,
> That's great news! Any idea how much it costs? What about the phone
> devices that you use? How much do they cost?
>
> Thank you guys!
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Burhan Khalid<burhan.khalid at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Asterisk is great, but if you just want to get something running --
>> then AirLive has some great products and its the one we use here at
>> the office for a 'hack' VoIP connection. The best thing is they are
>> available in Kuwait.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 10:48 AM, <kuwait at q8net.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Its a normal PCI card that looks like an internal modem but with 4 RJ11
>>> sockets, the 4 RJ11 sockets are normally the small phone sockets we all
>>> know. I collected my card in NewYork but i see no reasons customs should
>>> give you any trouble, just tell them its a multi modem card. AFIC only
>>> trouble they might give you if you bring the digital E1 cards used in making
>>> Multi Digital PBX with hunting groups like the commercial 18xxxxx which you
>>> can also run it with Linux and Asterisk.
>>>
>>>  Remember to buy the FXO/FXS modules, go with one FXO and one FXS so you can
>>> be familiar with it although i suggest you install Trixbox or Asterisk just
>>> to be familiar with Linux VoIP.
> --
>       Majed B.
>
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