Yeah with such a closed minded an answer as that I can ignore it almost
instintively. Thanks for the spell check sometimes my mind goes faster than
my spelling. This sounds like a really good alternative. Thanks for the
post. I will now more eagerly look forward to the neo. Will there need to
be any special settings/programming made to the neo to make the outbound
calls?
On 3/28/07, Paul McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> For starters, a friendly reminder that it's spelled "sense".
>
> That said, the way to do this is not with skype, but with Asterisk. If
> you route ALL your incoming calls through an asterisk box (whether hosted by
> you, or by a service provider) it should be possible to manage completely
> seamless transitions. It would look something like this:
>
> Your contact calls your phone number
> the call is routed to your asterisk box
> your asterisk box checks to see if you're in a WiFi area
> You are presented with the call, with the option to take it via wifi or
> gsm
> If you take it via wifi, your asterisk box routes the call via SIP or
> IAX directly to your phone.
> If you take it via GSM, your asterisk box calls the PSTN and routes the
> call through itself to the phone via the regular cell network
> When you transition zones (going to wifi from gsm, or the other way
> around), the asterisk box establishes a call via the other protocol, bridges
> the voice, then once your neo device has fully transitioned itself over to
> the new medium, it disconnects the previous call.
>
> So your contact never has direct access to your cell number. Instead,
> they call your voip number which is routed as is convenient for you. When
> you transition zones, the most trouble you will have is perhaps a slightly
> click or momentary dead air as the device transitions over. If you
> accidentally wander out of range of your wifi, the asterisk box will notice
> this and automatically call you via gsm, which the phone will pick up
> automatically. This won't be as seamless, but it won't result in a
> completely lost call. It's also worth noting that this system can be
> functional for outgoing calls as well, so long as you route all calls via
> your asterisk box. This has the side effect of making international calls
> via from your cell cheap and easy.
>
> Paul
>
> p.s. Ignore the guy who has no imagination... most things are possible
> with a little thought.
>
>
> On 3/28/07, mathew davis < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have an itch that I would like to explain to you and give an idea
> > of how to overcome that itch and see if that is possible or not, and if so a
> > good idea or not. So first here is my itch. I have a VoIP phone at home
> > which uses my WiFi connection to make calls using skype. I like that it
> > helps lower my cell phone bills a lot since I started a new business and it
> > takes a lot of calls to make it sucessful. But I am not always at home
> > sometimes I am just 5 minutes out from home and recieve a phone call I talk
> > on the way home and then to cut my minutes short I tell them I will call
> > them right back and then hang up switch to my VoIP phone. That gets old
> > sometimes. Granted it is not a very big itch but it is annoying.
> >
> > So I have come up with several solutions. First, with the neo I could
> > get a plan that includes data with my minutes and I could use skype or some
> > other VoIP solution like astrisk. Which in turn would be great. Oh also
> > another question can you get a data only plan? Just curious I know some
> > people may or may not have mentioned it but the thread that it was mentioned
> > in has over 80 e-mails and couldn't find it right off. But let's pretend
> > that for somereason you didn't want to add a data plan to your mobile device
> > because it was too expensive or what ever. Would it be possible for the neo
> > to know when you step into range of a WiFi network that you have acess to?
> > And after it notices the WiFi connection it pops up a button on the screen
> > that say's transfer to VoIP? You say hold on a sec and press the button.
> > The neo then puts the user on hold and transfers the call to your VoIP line
> > on your neo where you pick it up, or the neo picks it up. The voice line
> > then hangs up the call and puts the person back on the line with you. Does
> > that make since? Also when making a call and I am in range of a WiFi
> > network a check box or a seperate call with VoIP button appears that allows
> > you to place the same call over the VoIP? Does that make since? Just
> > wanting to get everyones opinions on this.
> >
> > This is a feature that I would like very much. I have internet at
> > home which has a 15Mbps transfer rate with a 1000GB cap so I should be free
> > and clear with this. I would love to have this feature. I would like to
> > learn how to do this on the neo but would definatly need more time to
> > research it out. Plus I would need more time to work on it, maybe when I
> > graduate school. I would also need someone to help me. Any ways I am
> > starting to ramble so please let me know what you think about this?
> >
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