http://www.fwdout.net/web/ does the same thing.
> -----Original Message----- > From: C C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: October 11, 2006 10:35 AM > To: Duane > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] new web site trying to get users > of Asterisk to band together for free long-distance calling > > Duane, > > I think those are great projects (and I use e164.org) but you > are still limited to only calling the numbers of people who > have listed themselves or of VoIP providers who have listed > their customers. With this I am hoping to get enough people > in various area codes who have a gateway to provide the > ability to call *ANY* PSTN number in their area code. So if > grandma knows nothing about VoIP and has an old rotary > telephone, you could still call her if someone in her area > code signed up to be part of this network. In exchange for > providing free call termination they then get to use the > network to make their own calls using other people's gateways. > > I agree, this is not new, DUNDi-test has been around for a > while but it seems to have died out and I wanted to see if > more people would get into it if a virtual appliance for > VMWare Player could be created that would make it brain dead > for people to setup a gateway and join the network. > > Colin > > > On 10/10/06, Duane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > C C wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I'm setting up a site (http://www.voipsyndicate.com) to > try and get > > > people who are interested in Asterisk and who have a > gateway (even > > > just a Sipura 3000) to band together to create a network across > > > North America for free long-distance calling. The site is still > > > being constructed but if you have some time, please check > it out and > > > let me know what you think of the site and of the idea > (not that it > > > is a new idea, certainly it has been tried before but not > with much success). > > > > Why not just use www.e164.org? We already have about 23 million > > numbers accessible over the internet for free. Alternatively those > > without the need/ability for a computer all the time and > just want a > > SIP device can use www.VoXaLoT.com to achieve the same thing... > > > > -- > > > > Best regards, > > Duane > > > > http://www.cacert.org - Free Security Certificates > > http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally > > http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom > > http://e164.org - Because e164.arpa is a tax on VoIP > > > > "In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, > > but the optimist has a better time on the trip." > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
