[General] VoIP For Home Usage

[Burhan Khalid]

Hi Majed:

  http://airlive.com/product/product_3.jsp?pdid=PD1217475816106 - supports 2 FXO

  We have hooked it actually directly into our analogue PBX, so from
any connected terminal you can dial an extension to ring the remote
office.

Regards,
--
Burhan Khalid

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Majed B.<majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
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