[wellylug] Asterisk PABX - Does Any one use this?

[Donald Gordon]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 10:36:03 +1300 "ed hintz" <ed at hintz.org> wrote:

>     Yeah, it works fine without a hard link to the PSTN. I set one up
> yesterday with a couple of local extensions and an IP link to the US PSTN
> (voicepulse.com) for playing around. You could in theory use soft clients
> as well, though if you're trying to sell a PHB or two I'd highly
> recommend getting an ATA-186 or the like so that it feels like a real
> phone system.

BTW: where (if anywhere) can you get *cheap* VoIP hardware (FXO/FXS
adapters, handsets)?  I've been intending on looking at playing with
Asterisk for a while, but have been held back by the price of suitable
hardware :-(

Alternatively, is there anyone in NZ who offers a similar (and similarly
cheap) service like VoicePulse (i.e. a single phone number pointed at a
SIP or IAX endpoint)?

donald