=====CPLUGAsteriskTalk=====
Talk: July 10th, 2007 18:30 EDT http://www.silfreed.net/download/CPLug%20Asterisk%20Talk%202007-07-10.odp Slides

Pre-talk introduction question: Do you have any experience maintaining a PBX?

Pre-food topics
~-Telco Terms
~~-FXO/FXS
~~-POTS
~~-PSTN
~~-Channel/Trunk
~-What VoIP is
~~-Features
~~~-Protocols: SIP, IAX, H.323, RTP
~~~-Codecs: uLaw, aLaw, GSM, ILBC, G.729 (non-free, but common)
~~~-Unregulated: you can pretty much do whatever you want; call whoever you want to for free, set your own caller-id (even on PSTN interconnections)
~~-Problems
~~~-Location identification is difficult (911 service)
~~~-QoS/reliability problems
~~~-Unregulated: no guarantees on service
~-What Asterisk is: open source PBX
~~-Alternatives
~~~-http://yate.null.ro/pmwiki/ yate
~~~-http://www.freeswitch.org/ FreeSWITCH
~~~-Avaya Communication Manager
~~~-Cisco CallManager
~-Examples of what Asterisk can do
~~-Multi-ring: have one inbound number that rings at home and/or your cell phone
~~-Re-writing caller id
~~-Blacklisting
~~-Privacy screening for unknown callers
~~-Voip-Wifi: Wifi handsets that bridge onto your IP network to access Voip
~~-X10 integration: call into your house and turn things on/off through a phone tree

Post-food topics
~-Example Setups
~~-POTS replacement
~~-Small Business use
~~~-Fax machines
~~~-SIP exentions
~~~-Branch Offices (delegating extensions; remote Asterisk servers)
~-Demonstration
~~-Installing Asterisk
~~-Setting up outbound calling (use my Teliax account)
~~-Setup softphone
~~-Make a call
~~-Asterisk Strucuture
~~~-Modules for channels, applications
~~~-Dial Plan overview
~-Advanced Topics
~~-AGI Scripting : (Asterisk Gateway Interface) - like CGI scripts for your PBX
~~-DUNDi - Dynamic call routing

CPLUG Asterisk Topic Discussion: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.cplug.general/9057

Telco Terms: http://lalists.stanford.edu/lau/2005/03/att-0734/006511.txt

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