O’Reilly Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, Second Edition
So in August 2007, O’Reilly releases the second edition to the best selling book by the guys at AsteriskDocs.org. It’s an excellent addition to anyone’s book shelf that needs to the howto’s on Asterisk. I hunted for it at the local Barnes and Noble, and started reading it there in the coffee shop. I was looking for a few details on Asterisk Realtime (which unfortunately the book didn’t contain much on), but I did find some other interesting chapters. I would’ve brought it home with me, but the $49.99 pricetag, steered me away. Thanks to the power of the internet, and the guys at AsteriskDocs.org opening the book up as “opensource” … I found a PDF of the book for download.
You can download the PDF directly from O’Reilly’s website here.
It doesn’t look like AsteriskDocs.org has it up yet for download, but they do have the first edition available.
The PDF makes it easy to search for a keyword, hopefully it has just want you’re looking for. If you’re one of those that like to have a physical book to flip through, you can find it at your local bookstore or purchase it online from O’Reilly.

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