Not necessarily, especially if you consider what a hosting provider is doing on top of just the pure minutes. Also, any free PBX solution is not anywhere close to the capabilities and resiliency of a real switch.
Fixed cost also means you know your margins and makes things far more predictable. And if you have a user that uses more than the average... they lose not you. photograph Daniel White Co-Founder phone: +1 (702) 470-2770 direct:+1 (702) 470-2766 > TJ Trout <mailto:[email protected]> > September 23, 2020 at 14:35 > with any volume you want to go to a per minute/per item rate, then you > reap the profits instead of the guy offering you $8 flat rate... > > > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > September 23, 2020 at 14:31 > With LNP and direct PSAP and unlimited LD etc? > > *From:* TJ Trout > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2020 2:27 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT sip question > > I would have to assume doing with a national wholesale voip provider > would be a fraction of the cost compared to a $8 flat rate per line. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > TJ Trout <mailto:[email protected]> > September 23, 2020 at 14:27 > I would have to assume doing with a national wholesale voip provider > would be a fraction of the cost compared to a $8 flat rate per line. > > > > Lewis Bergman <mailto:[email protected]> > September 23, 2020 at 14:20 > Just as a clarification, FusionPBX is freeswitch not asterisk. > > > > -- > Lewis Bergman > 325-439-0533 Cell > > > Daniel White <mailto:[email protected]> > September 23, 2020 at 13:37 > Having a direct connection for a SIP trunk is easy. Just put an > Adtran 904e or something else into the mix. For LNP you don't need to > have the switch on-net... just a device in the exchange for > portability and a T-1 or something else. > > To answer your question... CallerID manipulation is easy right now. > In 9ish months once STIR/SHAKEN is a thing... you may run into issues > getting calls signed with a TN for CallerID that isn't on that > providers service. > > So yes... to answer your question it is easy to do on an Asterisk > based system (FreePBX or FusionPBX for instance) but someone like > Lewis and I could save you a lot of trouble for certain. That and it > is easy today... but is going to be a lot more complicated next year. >
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