This entire idea will only work for the USA (and the few other countries that have unmetered local calls). HOWEVER, in most countries ALL calls, even if you call the person across the street are billed by the min.
--Eric On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 10:33, sip wrote: > But it would be a free call to "the common man" who had a fast internet > connection and a softphone or IP phone. He doesn't have to have a server or > know the tech stuff... just a free softphone and he is in. > After all, we are all working to "develop" this industry...build > servers...sell phones...etc. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Florian Overkamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 9:55 AM > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Let's TALK ABOUT IT!!! > > > > At 09:01 4-10-2003 -0500, you wrote: > > >IAXTEL is a 1-700 system designed for on-net calls. > > >We have very low-cost PSTN lines to 48 states for no-cost long-distance > > >dialing. I plan to add some of these lines to the system. As servers are > > >added in other cities around the world I envision dialing Berlin, Germany > > >from Austin, Texas and using a local hop-off in Berlin to make a local > call > > >FREE. (No 2 cents per minute) > > > > You are assuming the hop-off in berlin can be made 'free', but thats > wrong. > > For most countries in europe local calls are _not_ free at all, so as > > mentioned, the billing will become an instantaneous issue... > > > > Its a nice idea to consider nontheless.. > > > > > > Best regards, > > Florian > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > This message was checked by MailScan for WorkgroupMail. > www.workgroupmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Sample configs and more: http://www.fnords.org/~eric/asterisk/ BTEL Consulting +1-850-484-4535 x2111 (Pensacola) +1-504-595-3916 x2111 (New Orleans) +1-877-677-9643 x2111 (Toll Free) _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
