Yes you can use asterisk as a client, as stated before by a few.

On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 5:50 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just wondering if my asterisk can act as a sip client so I can use my new
> digital voice prouduct instead of paying them for trunks.  The answer is
> probably yes but will be limited on concurrent sessions.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 23, 2020, at 4:25 PM, Daniel White <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 
> I have no idea how Xmission does their stuff... but extension to extension
> dialing, paging (which actually has nothing to do with the PBX... should be
> multicast and never leave your LAN), conference bridges, IVR's, hunt
> groups, etc. are all standard features as part of a domain.  Maybe they
> charge extra for all of this stuff?
>
> CallerID on the seat is going to be controlled by their switch not your
> PBX so you are going to have to talk to them about that.  For the SIP
> trunk... it all depends on how they provision those (for instance, using an
> SBC instead of Netsapiens).
>
> SIP trunking is more expensive than VoIP lines because utilization is
> higher.  That means your typing up my switch more and using more minutes.
> I have no idea how Xmission "unlimited" is worded nor what your utilization
> looks like... but you may run afoul of it.
>
> Unless Xmission has some out of wack SIP trunk pricing... I doubt the
> difference is that big.
>
> I can't help much because now I know the details I know what you want to
> accomplish wouldn't work on my setup.  Since you are my reseller I'd
> probably just give you a special price on the trunk and move on... but the
> way we have things configured (and they should too) wouldn't let it happen.
>
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> September 23, 2020 at 15:54
> I have been running a pbx for years.  We need extension to extension
> calling, paging, conf all the stuff you expect in a business.  Multiple
> calls on the same line outgoing, all the conventional pbx features.  Aastra
> phones etc.
>
> Costs us nothing to run asterisk.  Just have to pay for sip trunking.
> Voip lines are cheaper.
>
> *From:* Daniel White
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2020 3:49 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT sip question
>
> Xmission is using Netsapiens like Lewis and I :-)
>
> I'm not sure why you are gung-ho to run a PBX for your shop if you are
> buying services from them.  What little you save in money you lose in
> redundancy, ease of configuration, etc. etc.
>
> Your not really running your own product if you are not replicating what
> you are selling to your business customers.
>
> If you bought a seat from me, on my Netsapiens platform, and tried to
> change the Caller ID it wouldn't work.  On a SIP trunk, it passes through.
> On the flip side, so long as you could show me that you own a TN (even if
> it not on my service) I would provision Caller ID to reflect that number.
>
> I've proactively implemented policies we will have to have for
> STIR/SHAKEN... no sense dealing with the mess when it becomes law.
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> Daniel White <[email protected]>
> September 23, 2020 at 15:49
> Xmission is using Netsapiens like Lewis and I :-)
>
> I'm not sure why you are gung-ho to run a PBX for your shop if you are
> buying services from them.  What little you save in money you lose in
> redundancy, ease of configuration, etc. etc.
>
> Your not really running your own product if you are not replicating what
> you are selling to your business customers.
>
> If you bought a seat from me, on my Netsapiens platform, and tried to
> change the Caller ID it wouldn't work.  On a SIP trunk, it passes through.
> On the flip side, so long as you could show me that you own a TN (even if
> it not on my service) I would provision Caller ID to reflect that number.
>
> I've proactively implemented policies we will have to have for
> STIR/SHAKEN... no sense dealing with the mess when it becomes law.
>
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> September 23, 2020 at 15:34
> We are mixing apples and oranges in this tread.
> I am (going to be) reselling VOIP from Xmission in SLC.
> They have been around since the beginning of the internet.  I presume
> whatever they are using is carrier class.
>
> I am the one running asterisk for my shop.  I would like to start to use
> my own product, the Xmission VoIP rather than paying much more for SIP
> trunks from Xmission.
>
> *From:* Daniel White
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 23, 2020 3:30 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT sip question
>
> 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.
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> Daniel White <[email protected]>
> September 23, 2020 at 15:30
> 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.
>
> TJ Trout <[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...
>
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