asterisk users - Aug 2008 - Maybe a crazy idea, but are there Asterisk hoster outside there?

I used to run an Asterisk server in the office, ... was looking for a
small replacement. I am not sure if that one is a good idea yet either.

How about this one:

I have VoIP phones, I have a Welgate 3804 (=2 FXO), all what I need is
an Asterisk server.

Is there a Asterisk hoster out there? Maybe as a virtual machine?

The mini solution does not have all features, but maybe this would still
allow me to turn off another machine here.

bye

Ronald

On Sat, 16 Aug 2008, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
> I used to run an Asterisk server in the office, ... was looking for a
> small replacement. I am not sure if that one is a good idea yet either.
Many people here (myself included :) will tell you it's an excellent idea!
> How about this one:
>
> I have VoIP phones, I have a Welgate 3804 (=2 FXO), all what I need is
> an Asterisk server.
>
> Is there a Asterisk hoster out there? Maybe as a virtual machine?
>
> The mini solution does not have all features, but maybe this would still
> allow me to turn off another machine here.
There are lots of 'hosters' - however you don't say what country
you're in
- your domain & website suggests Taiwan though, so you need to find one 
local to you, as it's no pint myself offering the facility as I'm in the
UK, nor the multitude of others on the list unless they're based in Taiwan 
themselves!

However, with 2 analogue lines to deal with, unless you can port the 
numbers to a local VoIP provider then you'll probably be better off with a 
PBX local to you with 2 x FXO interfaces (TDM410/OpenVox, etc.) to handle 
those lines.

If you want something small and ready-ish built, look at a miniITX box and 
maybe "pbx in a flash" or trixbox if you don't want to completely
roll
your own...

Gordon