No need for external calls. Is Asterisk right for our needs?

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Howdy, all;

Familiar with Asterisk at previous employer; need telephony solution at new job.

Basically, we have a small 6-person operation, spread out between buildings over 25 acres. Right now, we’re using CMRS (radios), but would like to have ability to leave messages and no interference from equipment.

A separate, wired intercom system has been suggested, but I pointed out that since we’re already wired for data between buildings, I’d look into a different solution.

Handsets and direct-dial have been requested, so I’m thinking we’d want phones, not terminal-based video or voice messaging. We DON’T need to call out to the ‘outside world’.

Is this a capability that Asterisk can handle?

Thanks in advance for the advice.
-Fionn

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Should be trivial.

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That’s all I needed to know.

All online summaries and demos for Asterisk show outside lines as an integral feature, and I was starting to think it was a core function – without which the system could not work.

And a quick answer here would have saved me hours of fruitless research if it couldn’t work.

Thanks!

(Now, to dive into the documentation…)

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If you are feeling adventurous, you might even bridge your LMR system with Asterisk.

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Thats exactly how I use Asterisk right now. Just connect my own phones/soft phones via central Asterisk server. But for me, there will be extra step involved - configuring external trunk :smile:

In your case seems like it’s even easier…

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[quote=“katit”]Thats exactly how I use Asterisk right now. Just connect my own phones/soft phones via central Asterisk server. But for me, there will be extra step involved - configuring external trunk :smile:

In your case seems like it’s even easier…[/quote]

From what I see - if it’s just live communication (no voicemail/AA) on internal network (no NAT) - even I can do it :smile: