RE: [Nolug] Cox phone service

On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 13:06, Kevin Bucknum wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ron Johnson [mailto:ron.l.johnson@cox.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 12:51 PM
> > To: NOLUG ML
> > Subject: RE: [Nolug] Cox phone service
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 08:03, Kevin Bucknum wrote:
> > > I've been thinking about setting my box up to handle my
> > voicemail etc for a
> > > while. Single analog cards are down to $99, and there are
> > several good
> > > software vendors out there. The one that I've looked at the most is
> > > http://www.asterisk.org/ It is actually a full featured
> > pbx, but I don't
> > > need most of the functions it supports. Just another one
> > of my many half
> > > finished side projects. After I really finish my pvr and
> > I'll get serious
> > > about this one :)
> >
> > Unfortunately, that's about VoIP.
> >
>
> Unless something has changed alot in the last few months, they handle
> traditional phone lines, either analog or digital, just as well. The card
> that I've got bookmarked is this one:
> http://www.digium.com/?menu=wildcard_x100p They send you right back to the
> asterisk site as the software to use. Main feature that I want is web
> access to voicemail. We got that recently at work and I really like it.
> Plus it would be an excuse to buy new hardware.

Ok. asterisk.org isn't real clear about supporting analog. Lot's
of verbiage about VoIP, T1 lines, H.323, etc, though. That's what
made me think that it's digital-only.

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