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+Asterisk is a complete PBX in software. It provides all of the
+features you would expect from a PBX and more. Asterisk does voice
+over IP in three protocols, and can interoperate with almost all
+standards-based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive
+hardware.
+
+Asterisk provides Voicemail services with Directory, Call Conferencing,
+Interactive Voice Response, Call Queuing. It has support for
+three-way calling, caller ID services, ADSI, SIP and H.323 (as both
+client and gateway).
+
+NOTE: This version does not work with the zaptel drivers. It
+requires the newer DAHDI drivers which are still being ported.
+So, there is no hardware support available at this moment.
+
+Asterisk 1.8 is a long term support version (i.e. it will be
+supported for four years with an additional year of security only
+fixes). See:
+
+https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Versions