Introducing an open source phone system
December 14th, 2004 | by Tim Wilson |Linux Magazine has a good introductory article describing Asterisk, the open source telephony software. From the Asterisk features page:
Asterisk-based telephony solutions offer a rich and flexible feature set. Asterisk offers both classical PBX functionality and advanced features, and interoperates with traditional standards-based telephony systems and Voice over IP systems. Asterisk offers the features one would expect of a large proprietary PBX system such as Voicemail, Conference Bridging, Call Queuing, and Call Detail Records.
If your school is looking for a new phone system, make sure you include Asterisk in the list of potential solutions. I am tempted to install it at home.
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