Is Asterisk the solution for me (long distance calling)

I have been looking into asterisk and it seems to be the solution for me.

What I basically am looking at is having two servers, one in Canada and the other in UAE. I want a analog phone connected to the servers on each end so that i can call between them.

I also want to be able to have a phone line connected to each server so that we can access each others local phone lines to make phone calls.

And would there be a way to call from a cellphone and get connected to the server in the local country which connects to the outside country to make calls? Much like a calling card.

I am looking for the correct terms for my research and a bit of guidance. I have found asterisk to be a wonderful free software with advanced feature and am hoping for it to be my solution.

Welcome to Voipuser forums.

The UAE restricts the use of voip and this would probably cut your communications between the servers. You should do a little more research before taking the plunge.

okay how about pakistan, i was considering connecting there but later on. so i guess that would be an option. how so would i set this up? would asterisk be my solution?

Is this for simple home/family use or business use?
How many minutes, how many concurrent calls etc?

it will be my home business use. So it won't have a lot of load. there will be only one person using it on each end. so no real concurrent calls. i hope you get what i mean.

ha9981 :

it will be my home business use. So it won't have a lot of load. there will be only one person using it on each end. so no real concurrent calls. i hope you get what i mean.

In that case, you will be better off with with an ATA at each end (I use a Linksys SPA3201 and that or something similar can do all you want) and you will not have to have computers running all the time.

any guides?

would i be able to call in and get access to my servers to call out long distance?

i think asterisk is what i am really looking for, i can't seem to find much on the linksys box you are talking about.

Just search for SPA 3102 Linksys. They are very common devices (about $80Can or so before tax).
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php ... Cisco+3102

If you are just using this for internal communications and trying to save money, why not use something like magic jack?

$40 for the hardware and 1 year of service, $20 a year after that.

Just an idea.

i want more advanced feature, such as getting dial tone to other country so i can get access to a local line there.