No Android phone. But I will read up on this anyhow. The softphone is probably all that I need then, and of course a functioning Asterisk setup.
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 7:29 PM, meetmecall <[email protected]> wrote: > Siax is a pretty good working sip and iax2 softphone for the iPhone. > Easy to connect to your own Asterisk box > > If you have an Android phone (I have HTC Hero with Android 1.5) ASip > is a good choice. It is working and and calls using umts are working > surprisingly well. > > Erik > > > They are both available on the markets fot his phones. > On 5 jan 2010, at 22:03, UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote: > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > -- 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
