[MLB-WIRELESS] [OT] Deal on home phones.

[Dean Collins]

I use Faktortel for my Sydney indial number connected to an asterisk server.

I cant believe how much money this saves me considering I'm located in NY and can receive unlimited incoming calls for business/friends on that number for a flat rate of $12 per month.

(I also use Paket8 for outgoing here in the USA but I don't recommend them for Australia).

BTW if you are thinking of getting into this check out asterisk at home.

If you are only new to Asterisk there is now asterisk at home http://asteriskathome.sourceforge.net  (don't be put off by the name - people run entire companies on this version)
The asterisk at home solution the easiest way to get started. It is an .iso cd that you burn, load into a suitable PC (I run mine on a P3-700) and this super smart scripting code automatically installs the following software;
Asterisk (the open source switching software) 
AMP (an open source release of a gui configurator) they have their own separate sourceforge website https://sourceforge.net/projects/amportal 
FOP (a graphical web page for transferring calls, monitoring who is online etc) http://www.asternic.org 
Web meetme (a graphical web page for monitoring and controlling conference calls) 


Cheers,
Dean


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au [mailto:owner-
> melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Matt Boyd
> Sent: Wednesday, 15 June 2005 6:32 AM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] [OT] Deal on home phones.
> 
> I'm toying with oztell and their voip product and an ATA box. The
> general idea being that when I'm happy with the quality etc of voip
> (quality is good at the moment but I'm concerned about reliability) I'll
> drop the optus telephone, thus saving myself the $27 (ish) in line
> rental. But then my internet access increases by $10 a month and I lose
> the 50 free calls (another $10 per month). The local calls with oztell
> are cheaper as are calls to other capital cities, which is pretty
> standard for most voip providers.
> 
> It's a real pity you can't unbundle the line rental. The adsl2 stuff is
> looking very nice compared to optus cable, particularly the up
> bandwidth.
> 
> Matt
> 
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "rick" <mibz at optushome.com.au>
> > To: "Steve Smithies" <steve42 at gmx.net>
> > Cc: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 6:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] [OT] Deal on home phones.
> >
> >
> > > optus cable
> > >
> > > Steve Smithies wrote:
> > >
> > >>Gabrielle Harrison & Paul van den Bergen wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>personally I have been toying with the idea of switching over to
> > >>>broadband  and getting a VOIP phone... anyone have an opinion on
> that?
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>Unless you're thinking of cable or wireless broadband, I wish you luck
> > >>in finding an ISP that can provide you an ADSL connection without
> having
> > >>to pay Telstra $18/month for the copper line rental, with the basic
> home
> > >>phone package.
> > >>
> > >>I'd love to rent just the copper line, without having to pay for a
> home
> > >>phone I don't use, and then put that money towards my mobile, or VoIP.
> > >>
> > >>It doesn't help, either, when some ISP's billing/login systems are
> > >>linked to your phone number.
> > >>
> > >>The best I found, when I looked a year ago, was a 2nd tier (I think
> > >>that's the term) provider, who quoted me something over $500/month (of
> > >>which $20 probably goes to Telstra anyway!)
> > >>
> > >>That rant aside, I've used PC to PC VoIP a little bit, and found it to
> > >>work really well - applications like Skype and Firefly are easy to set
> > >>up, use relatively little bandwidth, and have excellent audio quality.
> > >>Family friends have used VoIP for calling people in the UK, and are
> very
> > >>impressed with it.
> > >>
> > >>Steve.
> > >>
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