asterisk users - Apr 2009 - What do I need to connect landline calls without telephony hardware?

For some reason, I have been unable to find the answer to this online or in
books...

I want to have a "click-to-connect" feature on my website where the
user enters their phone number and then my asterisk server calls their phone and
my phone and connects the two calls to each other.

All I have are:

1. A Server
2. A DSL connection
3. A Router and DSL Modem
4. A static IP

What do i need to be able to do this? Can I just install asterisk and it will
work, or do I have to pay some company for a gateway or something? What do i
require beyond the asterisk server?

Thank you for any help you guys can give!

Don

On Wednesday 29 April 2009 14:14:58 don rhummy wrote:
> For some reason, I have been unable to find the answer to this online or in
> books...
>
> I want to have a "click-to-connect" feature on my website where
the user
> enters their phone number and then my asterisk server calls their phone and
> my phone and connects the two calls to each other.
>
> All I have are:
>
> 1. A Server
> 2. A DSL connection
> 3. A Router and DSL Modem
> 4. A static IP
>
> What do i need to be able to do this? Can I just install asterisk and it
> will work, or do I have to pay some company for a gateway or something?
> What do i require beyond the asterisk server?
You need a provider who will allow at least 2 concurrent calls through her
gateway.  One call is to the user; the other call is to you.  The mechanism
for doing this is the Originate function.  You can originate through the CLI,
through a manager connection, or by placing a callfile in the call spool
directory.

-- 
Tilghman

On 30/04/2009 7:14 a.m., don rhummy wrote:
>
> For some reason, I have been unable to find the answer to this online or in
books...
>
> I want to have a "click-to-connect" feature on my website where
the user enters their phone number and then my asterisk server calls their phone
and my phone and connects the two calls to each other.
>
> All I have are:
>
> 1. A Server
> 2. A DSL connection
> 3. A Router and DSL Modem
> 4. A static IP
>
> What do i need to be able to do this? Can I just install asterisk and it
will work, or do I have to pay some company for a gateway or something? What do
i require beyond the asterisk server?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=asterisk+click+to+call

:)

-- 
Kind Regards,

Matt Riddell
Director
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Um, no... I want to implement it myself. My question is with regard to asterisk,
and getting it top actually make calls, etc, what do i need to make those
outgoing and connecting calls with asterisk?




--- On Wed, 4/29/09, Matt Riddell <lists at venturevoip.com> wrote:
> From: Matt Riddell <lists at venturevoip.com>
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] What do I need to connect landline calls
without telephony hardware?
> To: donrhummy at yahoo.com, "Asterisk Users Mailing List -
Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 5:40 PM
> On 30/04/2009 7:14 a.m., don rhummy wrote:
> >
> > For some reason, I have been unable to find the answer
> to this online or in books...
> >
> > I want to have a "click-to-connect" feature
> on my website where the user enters their phone number and
> then my asterisk server calls their phone and my phone and
> connects the two calls to each other.
> >
> > All I have are:
> >
> > 1. A Server
> > 2. A DSL connection
> > 3. A Router and DSL Modem
> > 4. A static IP
> >
> > What do i need to be able to do this? Can I just
> install asterisk and it will work, or do I have to pay some
> company for a gateway or something? What do i require beyond
> the asterisk server?
> 
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=asterisk+click+to+call
> 
> :)
> 
> -- 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> Matt Riddell
> Director
> _______________________________________________
> 
> http://www.venturevoip.com (Great new VoIP end to end
> solution)
> http://www.venturevoip.com/news.php (Daily Asterisk News -
> html)
> http://www.venturevoip.com/newrssfeed.php (Daily Asterisk
> News - rss)

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> If I already have VOIP, can I use them or is it a special kind of service
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explain "already have voip" ?<br>
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<br></div></blockquote><br>I debated chiming in on this
conversation.&nbsp; Your subject asking the same question as the text of
your email.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br><br>Basically you install /
setup your Asterisk server.&nbsp;&nbsp; Once installed you need to
signup for an account with a provider to connect your Asterisk box to the Public
Switched Telephone Network.&nbsp; My preferred provider is CallCentric
(www.callcentric.com).&nbsp;&nbsp; CallCentric has some great tutorials
and helpful support explaining how to configure your Asterisk server to work
with their service.&nbsp; This will allow you to route calls from your
Asterisk server to any phone in the world for a reasonable price.&nbsp;
<br><br>You should make sure your dialplan is configured properly to
prevent abuse of the server by 900-services and Nigerian scammers.
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OK, but I do need a VOIP provider, then, right? Not just an internet
provider?<br>
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And is it a special kind of VOIP you have to sign up for or can any VOIP
provider/program fulfill the needs?<br>
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</div></blockquote><div   ><br>Most consumer VoIP
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a provider that advertises support for Asterisk.&nbsp;&nbsp; You
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