[ale] Linux MicroPBX

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What's wrong with asterisk? I wouldn't consider Asterisk  "heavy weight" 
if you're talking about resources. It CAN be heavy configuration. The 
scenario you mentioned is possible with asterisk.

Daniel Howard wrote:
> Now that I have free international calling to most of Western Europe 
> courtesy of Vonage (esp. France where we have lots of family members), 
> I'm wondering if I could set up a micro PBX in the house.  I have 
> Vonage and Comcast VOIP lines in the home.  Could I use an old PC and 
> something lighter weight than Asterisk whereby I could call home on my 
> Comcast VOIP phone with my cell phone and command the PBX to call 
> France and connect the calls?  I know I could likely do this with a 
> cellphone that does the web using Skpe but most of our French family 
> and friends do not have PCs nor ISPs at home, and the Vonage calls are 
> a lot more clear.
>
> Any thoughts?  This would be great for someone who had Vonage for 
> office line and had a basic BellSouth (now ATT) home service with no 
> long distance on it.
>
> Daniel
>