Website making outgoing calls?
We’re starting work on an exciting project soon, but there’s an unknown element I haven’t figured out yet.
We’re building a Flash web application which plays a movie. As the movie ends a character in the movie dials a telephone. At that point the user’s phone rings. Surprise! When they answer they are played a pre-recorded message. Since the users have to log in to the application we know who they are.
The challenge is how to make out outgoing call from a website? I’ve come across jaduka.com, but their service only makes US and Canadian calls. Our site needs to call phones in the Netherlands.
Anyone have any suggestions as to how to do this??
April 24th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Got some responses in forums I posted to - the solution is to install Asterisk PBX on a server, then use the API to do all the calling. Not as straightforward as I’d hoped, but sounds pretty logical.
June 3rd, 2007 at 2:41 am
We have an Asterisk setup in our office (replacing the previous Nortel PBX), and an arrangement with a US VoIP provider, which means that our calls to the US (dialed from any phone) end up being free.
I’m sure you would be able to find a EU/Netherlands partner with a similar deal.
June 4th, 2007 at 7:17 am
We managed to get it set up succesfully - Asterisk installed on the server, and a VOIP account with http://www.sipdiscount.com. Thanks to the guys at sundaymedia.co.za for installing and configuring Asterisk.