sprg.net .:. Michael Sprague of Asheville, North Carolina

January 22, 2006

Asterisk Phone System

Filed under: technology — michael @ 4:47 pm

These are the basics of my Asterisk PBX setup on Debian. I added an X10 interface so that motion sensors in the house could trigger Asterisk to make calls. It has the ability to automatically notify me when I walk in the door if there is new voicemail waiting. But, the reason I went down this road to begin with is that I can use my broadband Internet connection to make long distance phone calls anywhere in the continental US for 1.3 cents per minute.

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