Hello All,
I have heard from various people that you could use the linksys spa 3106 in order to get free local calling via your cell phone. My understanding of how this is done is the following: 1-You subscribe to a cellular package such as the "Fab 5" package or its carrier's equivalent. You add your home phone to your FAB 5 package which would allow both incoming and outgoing calls between your mobile phone and your home phone to be completely free. 2-You subscribe to a home phone carrier such as bell, [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc which you would plug into the linksys spa 3106's FXO port (line) 3-You would then subscribe to a VOIP provider for a monthly fee, and connect that to the router as well. 4-You then enable a DISA entry on your PBX ([EMAIL PROTECTED]/Trixbox). This would then allow you to dial in via the PSTN line from your mobile phone (which would be free due to the FAB 5 plan) and then the DISA entry could provide you with a dial tone via the VOIP service you subscribed to, that you could dial out from. Sorry if this is very vague but I'm just trying to get the main idea right in order to assess whether this is the right option for me. Im sure configuration is a much more involved process. But is my understanding of this correct? The only concern I have, if this is correct, is that I used to have a Vonage line and I found it sucked royally! Dropped calls, echos, delayed audio, anything you could imagine went wrong with it. Based on this experience I have hesitations about using a VOIP line to route my cell phone calls through. Also it doesn't seem like your really saving that much when you think about it. I currently don't have a home phone line (PSTN) so I would have to purchase that and I also don't currently utilize a VOIP service so I would have to purchase that as well. The two of those combined I would image would be atleast approx. $50/month on top of the regular FAB 5 cell phone package. Is this really that economical for a home? Is it based on the premise that home users are already paying for a LAN line? I could see it being very cost effective if you could route from the PSTN back through the PSTN with a single home phone line, but I would guess that this is not a feasible option. Is it? Perhaps I'm misunderstanding this,.. any thoughts?
