CLECs, usually yes. ILECs, usually no.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lewis Bergman" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 6, 2015 4:56:57 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoIP I had no idea that most phone companies would sell you a SIP trunk. nifty. On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Chuck McCown < [email protected] > wrote: You call up you local telephone company and ask for a sip trunk... -----Original Message----- From: Brett A Mansfield Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 12:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] VoIP I expect there to be some cost, but these companies that want a fortune for a small amount of minutes are ridiculous. I'm okay with paying some amount for unlimited, but not a small amount per minute. Thank you, Brett A Mansfield <blockquote> On Apr 6, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Ken Hohhof < [email protected] > wrote: If you want to place calls to/from the PSTN and not pay a dime, you're dreaming. -----Original Message----- From: Brett A Mansfield Sent: Monday, April 06, 2015 1:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] VoIP I've played a bit with asterisk in the past along with similar products. I'm not really all that familiar with VoIP solutions or configuration, but if like to be. I want to start playing around with something to really familiarize myself with it. The problem is that all I've seen is solutions where I'd have to pay for my SIP trunk or for some kind of service. Is it possible to get a fully functional VoIP solution using basic hardware for nothing? I can host my own SIP trunk I'm sure, but how do I get my phones to route to other phones and my number coming in to route to my phone system? Am I in a dream world, or is this actually possible? Thank you, Brett A Mansfield </blockquote>
