The original title and subsequent questions were a clear sign to stay away from a pointless thread.
Going one direction and then completely changing deserves a new thread. I learned a long time ago not to answer questions from people that have put in zero effort but fell for it, and fell for a really bad set up of questions. Thread subject, "Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system" Actual subject?!?! On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Per Jessen <p...@computer.org> wrote: > > Steve Totaro wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Per Jessen <p...@computer.org> wrote: > > > >> Linuxguy123 wrote: > >> > >> > My original post didn't mention it, but I would like my home system > >> > to be Asterisk based. > >> > > >> > Has anyone figured out how to minimize cell charges when on the > >> > road via making calls via the home phone system ? > >> > >> Yep, look up DISA: > >> > >> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+DISA > >> > >> > >> /Per Jessen, Zürich > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > > Just curious how DISA would help with cell phone usage charges. > > Assuming multiple mobiles (e.g. household or office), a typical setup > around here (Switzerland) is that you can call freely within a group of > numbers, often including one or two fixnet numbers. > > > But at least here, if you are on a per minute plan, how would DISA > > Where is "here"? Not relevant but currently in the U.S. for now. Per minute plan was the relevant bit. > > > help? Obviously, different countries and carriers do things > > differently, but I don't pay for anything extra, no roaming, nothing. > > Did you mean to say you don't pay for roaming either?? Wow. I could do > with a subscription like that. (here roaming means using your phone in > another country). Oh, yes, I meant roaming between carriers or off-net in the States. I have over a dozen or more SIMs from various countries/carriers, inbound is free in quite a few of the countries, or at least providers I have SIMs for. Just use a SIP client on your phone. Many providers have multiple failover paths for inbound calls. This thread morphed from a nice home phone system into something completely different. Probably should never have fallen for such wide open and sill question. > > > For my situation, DISA is pointless except for road warriors who call > > all over the world, from anywhere, they can call into the corp system, > > get dialtone and skip the whole process of expense reports for work > > related calls. It makes things less complex, not more. > > Using DISA also means getting a corp caller id, not a mobile. Yes, spoofing provides that. > > > Maybe if you explain your situation and how your plan works, but for > > me, personally, DISA would be a an added cost and complication. > > > > The only purpose I can think of for myself could be accomplished by > > spoofing caller id. > > How is that done from a mobile? Sofar that has been my main reason for > using DISA - cost is not a real issue. SIP client. Spoof card, yes it is DISA, but you don't have to do anything but use the card. > > /Per Jessen, Zürich > > -- > http://www.spamchek.com/ - your spam is our business. > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
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