Mark Turner's TriLUG resources

Asterisk class

On 12 June 2004, I taught an introductory class on the Asterisk PBX system.
Thanks a bunch to Ryan Leathers and Global Knowledge for letting us use their facilities!

Presentation slides: OpenOffice Impress Microsoft Powerpoint Adobe PDF

Resources

Internet/ IRC resources
irc.freenode.net #irc - Asterisk's IRC channel. Experts are available here (many who assume you've read the documentation first. Please do).
www.asterisk.org - Asterisk's homepage. Download source here.
www.digium.com - Asterisk's main sponsor. Documentation links here.
www.voip-info.org - Voice over IP Wiki - tons of sample configurations, howto's, etc.
www.voxilla.org - A Linux-savvy vendor of VoIP phones. I bought my Sipura here.
www.voipuser.co.uk - Offers free SIP termination including a UK phone number
www.cepstral.com - Good, inexpensive speech synthesis for use in Asterisk scripts.

VoIP providers
www.pulver.com/fwd - Free World Dialup. Talk to other FWD subscribers for Free! Asterisk-friendly.
www.featuretel.com - Raleigh-based outsourced SIP provider, run by TriLUGger Jon Carnes. Offers 919 numbers, as well as great service.
connect.voicepulse.com - Asterisk-friendly SIP provider which offers 919 numbers and uses IAX2.
www.iconnecthere.com - dirt-cheap SIP termination service. Service is spotty, in my experience.
www.broadvoice.com - promising VoIP provider. No NC service yet.
www.galaxyvoice.com - another promising VoIP provider. Also no NC service yet.

VoIP service for the masses
www.twc-nc.com - Time Warner offers VoIP service for $40/month.
www.vonage.com - VoIP service for $40/month.
www.packet8.com - VoIP service for $20/month.

General Consulting:
www.siteseers.com - Raleigh consulting company focusing on open source/VoIP solutions