Telephone System

[brad]

I think asterisk would do everything you want:

http://www.asterisk.org/

It supports VOIP as well.

HTH,

Brad

On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 15:26, Greg Kedrovsky wrote:
> I need help with a telephone system. As I mentioned before (the thread
> on using DirecTV for internet access in Costa Rica), I'm in the
> process of building a house that will also house my office. Along with
> my broadband needs, I am also looking for the ability to have what
> would amount to an inter-office phone system. The thing I'm looking
> for, in Spanish, is called "una central telefonica." I would like have
> the ability, for example, to dial 101 and get a phone one room of the
> house, 102 and get another, etc. Then "dial 9" for an outside line. I
> would have one incoming line, but would like to be able get a "phone
> router" to split that up for the whole house. This would solve phone
> and intercom needs all in one package that I could mount in my rack
> with my hub and server equipment. 
>  
> First question is this: Can I do this with Linux? Is there a package
> out there that I could install on a headless, dedicated machine that
> would server as a "telephone/call router"?
>  
> Next question is: What is this thing called, in English? I've been
> searching on eBay and there are units that seem to be what I'm looking
> for that range from 10 dollars to almost 3k. 
>  
> FYI: I'm up in Cameron, MO, right now. Flew up from Costa Rica Monday.
> You guys oughta pay your stinkin heating bill. It's downright COLD up
> here!
>  
> -Greg