[General] VoIP For Home Usage

[Majed B.]

Hello Burhan,

Thanks a lot for the info. I've seen it on airlive's website as soon
as you mentioned it, unfortunately that device has one FXO port (so
one phone line only), where I need 2. Plus, it doesn't really act as a
PBX as far as I understood the description.

If I also understand what you described properly, you're hooking an
analog phone that is connected to an extension in your company to this
VoIP gateway from AirLive which hooks to an off-shore office
(support?). Khurafi Business Machines also does this for their support
line for Unix & pSeries machines (and perhaps other products).

So I guess nothing out there fits my needs out of the box & I have to
get Asterisk/Trixbox/Switchvox.

Thank you for your help all :)

I'll keep you posted should I proceed with this VoIP venture.

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Burhan Khalid<burhan.khalid at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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       Majed B.