Hey thanks John, I found some pages of it online (specially the TOC) and it does seem like a very thorough answer to clear the fog in my situation! I'll try to find a place to read the whole content, or a book like this i might actually buy it.
Thanks! On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 4:11 PM, John covici <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > Take a look at a book called "The Future of Telephony" -- its free, > but I am not sure where to get it. > > on Wednesday 04/22/2009 Simon(turne...@gmail.com) wrote > > hi there, > > i'm looking for suggestions and guidance. I have a vps host with > > gentoo on it, i dont think the vps is stable enough to ensure a good > > quality of service, but it could just need an upgrade, no big deal. I > > need a phone and the way i decided to go was to get a connection to > > the internet and use voip or similar services. > > > > I've looked into several ideas, but the last one that remains a good > > 'deal' is to set it all up myself, for free (but lots of work)! > > > > I'm thinking on setting up asterisk, but having read about it in the > > past, i know as soon as i set it up it will take more of my time than > > my girlfriend ever dreamed of! It seems extremely difficult to setup, > > specially for a newbie, I'm wondering if you guys know of a few good > > guides (that you have experience with, i can google too) for this and > > if you had any suggestion, pointers, starters mostly... > > > > I've read those, but I'm sure there are a lot of surprises not covered > > by these... > > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Linux+Gentoo > > http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Asterisk > > > > Thanks for any help! > > > > -- > > When Earth was the only inhabited planet in the Galaxy, it was a > > primitive place, militarily speaking. The only weapon they had ever > > invented worth mentioning was a crude and inefficient nuclear-reaction > > bomb for which they had not even developed the logical defense. - > > Asimov > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > cov...@ccs.covici.com > > -- When Earth was the only inhabited planet in the Galaxy, it was a primitive place, militarily speaking. The only weapon they had ever invented worth mentioning was a crude and inefficient nuclear-reaction bomb for which they had not even developed the logical defense. - Asimov
