Steve- Got an iPhone but no SIP client that I am aware of. I just make regular calls to other others/receive calls as usual. Nothing fancy. I was hoping to create the fancy stuff in my home here.
As I got to reading I began to see things like "provider", as you've said here, and unfortunately if that is the only way then I will have to stop here as I do not have funds to further this little experiment. I guess I was under the impression that with a lot of configuring and reading and technical assistance, etc - I could create what I suppose the VoIP provider is basically doing, trying to avoid yet another monthly charge... I checked the link you provided but no pricing info and I started to search on "VoIP Service" and found this, amoung hundreds+ others, http://www.whichvoip.com/Cheap-VoIP-Phone.htm and see monthly charges as I feared. As I said, I was hoping to create it all in-house (not have to create an account anywhere or pay fees for fooling around with a test setup, etc) but it is beginning to appear that I have not researched enough. Its much bigger an experiment than I had imagined! Thanks! -M On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Steve Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote: > >> CAN I make call from that box to my cell phone using a soft-phone? If >> so, how can I do that? > > You need to get an account with a VOIP provider -- someone to accept your > call via the Internet and place a call on the PSTN to call your cell > number -- or any other number. > >> Also, can I use my cell phone to call into that box? I dont know if I >> have to get a phone number, or do I NEED a phone number? > > With the same account you can rent a PSTN number. When someone calls that > number, they will "call" your server over the Internet. > > This is assuming you don't have a fancy-dancy smart phone with a SIP > client. > > I use www.vitelity.net. I don't know their current pricing, but outbound > calls are less than US$0.015 per minute and renting a PSTN number is > around US$1.50 per month. > > -- > Thanks in advance, > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Steve Edwards [email protected] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST > Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
