[Discuss] VoIP residential home telephone service -- OT

[Steven Kurylo]

> Yes, I know all that, but convince my wife!!!  We have it for her
> (probably false) peace of mind.  The most valuable things are probably
> the computers, silverware and good china.
>
> That still leaves the question: has anyone been using VoIP to replace
> residential phone service (keeping existing phone number)
> satisfactorily? If so, what one?

While I can't recommend an external company to be your PSTN gateway, I
can highly recommend asterisk to manage your end of the connection.
If you want something prepared for you and easy to use, trixobox
package is pretty good.  I'm surprised how trivial it has become to
get a basic system up and running.
-- 
Steven Kurylo