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Want to make unlimited free calls with Asterisk to anywhere in the U.S., Canada, and 50 other countries? Here’s how …

A new version of Asterisk (1.2.6) and the zaptel drivers (1.2.5) have hit the street. Here’s how to upgrade Asterisk@Home 2.7 to the latest and greatest versions …

Even your doorbell can now be part of your Asterisk system. And it probably should. Here’s how …

Here’s the definitive step-by-step guide to quickly installing the latest, greatest version of Asterisk@Home: version 2.7. It includes the CentOS 4.2 version of Linux and Asterisk 1.2.5. In addition, you’ll get an Apache web server, SendMail and Comedian mail servers, MySQL, PHP, phpMyAdmin, SugarCRM, NVfaxdetect, Samba for Microsoft file sharing/networking, and much more. The whole project will take you about 90 minutes to complete, and it’s free of charge. This edition of the Newbie’s Guide also adds tips and tricks for those updating from a previous version of Asterisk@Home.

Today we’re building an Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) System with Asterisk and, for home users, we’ll show you how to screen incoming calls and then quietly route them to any destination you’d like without tipping off the caller.

Want a dirt-cheap way to simultaneously ring your home or office phones and your cellphone with every incoming call? Using the free Asterisk@Home PBX on either a stand-alone Linux box or in a window on your Windows desktop, today we’ll show you how.