Telephony

This is the second in our series of articles showing HOW-TO build a bluetooth proximity detection system to automatically forward your Asterisk calls whenever you leave your home or office carrying your bluetooth cellphone or headset.

Today we begin the first in a series of articles showing how to deploy a proximity detection system based on bluetooth and Asterisk to automatically redirect your phone calls whenever you leave your office or home.

This is the second in our series on the best Internet telephony providers. Today we tackle unlimited international calling plans for Asterisk users, and we have a new champion.

There are thousands of ways to get remote phones working with an Asterisk PBX. Most are painful. And none of the solutions work quite as well or can be configured quite as quickly as Digium’s IAXy. When you’re finished reading this article, you’ll have instant remote access to your Asterisk server from virtually anywhere you can get a network connection. All you need is a garden variety telephone and your trusty IAXy.

Today we explore three different ways to get remote dialtone using Asterisk and a touchtone phone anywhere in the world. Sample code for each of the three DISA solutions is provided including an AutoAttendant example, a web interface, and a DISA approach that doesn’t even incur an expense when phoning home to activate a DISA callback.

Finding an unlimited U.S. residential VoIP calling plan for use with Asterisk for under $15 is no small feat, but this week we’ve pulled it off … and you even get two simultaneous calls and two free DID’s for your incoming calls if you sign up during October and mention Nerd Vittles. And now there’s an unlimited calling plan for business users for just $40 per line with $1 DID’s.

Everything you ever wanted (or needed) to know about securing your Asterisk@Home PBX server.

Today Nerd Vittles walks you through configuring Yahoo’s dialpad VoIP service for use with Asterisk. Dialpad’s residential plan for $11.99 with unlimited free calls to the U.S. and Canada is one of the best bargains on the planet … this week. But we have an even better solution … next week.