[ale] [OT] Home PBX?

[Justin Goldberg]

Also I believe it's possible to use a fax-modem as a computerized
answering machine. Otherwise the program known as TalkWorks wouldn't
have existed. I believe it was bundled with Winfax pro, and could
detect if an incoming call was a fax machine or a person.


On 7/30/12, Michael Campbell <michael.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, we have an AT&T POTS line incoming, and I've been kicking the idea
> around of doing a home PBX type thing.
>
> I was wondering where to start; are there some well-known FOSS things out
> there that I could begin my research with?  I'm assuming I'd need some sort
> of hardware (fax-modem?) to catch the incoming calls, then the software to
> "do interesting $#@! with it".  I just don't know what my possibilities are
> or what the capabilities (and price) of such things would be.
>
> Pointers welcome.
>


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