From caller ID to long distance, anything your phone can do, Asterisk can do better - and cheaper. Asterisk, an open source telephony project, greatly reduces the cost of traditional telecommunication technology and operation, and moves Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) into the mainstream. If you own a telephone, heed the call to Asterisk.
From caller ID to long distance, anything your phone can do, Asterisk (http://www.asterisk.org) can do better — and cheaper. Asterisk, an open source telephony project sponsored by Digium (http://www.digium.com), greatly reduces the cost of traditional telecommunication technology and operation, and moves Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) into the mainstream. With VoIP, telephone calls are transmitted over an Internet connection, eliminating long distance charges and the need for a traditional proprietary telephone service plan. If you own a telephone, heed the call to Asterisk.
Because Asterisk is based on VoIP, Asterisk provides an inexpensive telecommunication solution perfect for a small business, a home office, or even an entire household. And because Asterisk has the ability to communicate seamlessly between VoIP and the public switched telephone network using any of the most popular codecs and protocols, it allows for high voice quality at no toll costs. Also, Asterisk’s freely and widely available open source code can replace a traditional hardware PBX. Finally, unlike most VoIP telephone systems, Asterisk integrates with a wide range of hardware and standards-based telephony equipment.
“Asterisk was designed to be able to do everything a traditional telephone system can do, and much more,” said Mark Spencer, creator of Asterisk and founder of Digium.
The Linux configuration of Asterisk offers a myriad of calling features, including caller ID, call waiting, and voicemail. Moreover, it has all of the advanced capabilities of a professional-grade telephone system, such as conference call bridging, auto-attendant, interactive voice response…
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