Hello,
This is my first post here and I’m admittedly rather new when it comes to Asterisk. A previous employer of mine used it and I assited the IT team at that time in simple matters but I never got into the meat of the system. The system we used before was hosted in house so we worked with it in our datacenter. Again, I didnt get too close to anything as it was not my main job function, which is why I’m here (have since moved to a new company).
I have a couple of questions and I’m hoping someone on this forum can help by providing some info/answers/links/howtos.
I’m looking to have asterisk as my outbound calling solution. We have a client list that we will be calling via outbound calls. Most calls are going to be automated (think along the lines of something similar to a cleaning service company who wants to call their customers when their clothes/items are ready to be picked up. Completely automated.) NO THIS IS NOT SPAM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT
So the questions are:
- Is this possible with Asterisk? Can automated outbound calls be done?
- If so, will Asterisk operate successfully on a hosting provider (something like rackspace, or another hosting provider)?
- Again, if so, Does anyone have any good hosts that they could recommend? Do I need a certain plan (VPS, Dedicated, etc)
- Does this server need Telephony equipment or can we utilize a pure Ethernet solution?
- Are there recommendations I can follow for determining the equipment that i need to run this on (e.g.: 2.8 GHZ,4GB RAM, etc)
Thank you in advance for any help you may provide, I really appreciate it.