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Not to ignore the non-Asterisk crowd, here’s the quick start for FreeSWITCH on a CentOS 5.1 server base: yum install subversion autoconf automake libtool gcc-c++ ncurses-devel make cd /usr/src wget http://files.freeswitch.org/freeswitch-1.0.1.tar.gz tar xvfz freeswitch-1.0.1.tar.gz cd <freeswitch dir> ./configure make all install make sounds-install make moh-install

Just finished the LNT (local number transfer) process to transfer our home phone number to a new ITSP — CallCentric is the new game in town for us. Vonage had been sitting at $34/month out-the-door price for all-you-can-eat VOIP service. Vonage was a great deal in the beginning, but our QOS/pricing relationship was all askew! [...]

A quick configure/make/make install can be had with Ubuntu 8.10 and the latest Asterisk 1.6 drop with the following minimal goodies (steeper requirements if you’re going beyond a SIP VOIP stack): apt-get install build-essential apt-get install libncurses5-dev apt-get install libssl-dev apt-get install openssh-server I’ve been using an old Sony Viao TX — don’t forget to [...]