"Praedor Tempus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> It would be nice to see a non-hardware based answer. It would not be optimal
> but it would be cheaper and easier for many people.
Um, I'm confused.
We need to connect from the internet using ip to the PSTN using analog/voice.
Using software only????
I know we can do a LOT with software, but there's this little problem
of getting the bits across to the PSTN 'network' that will require at
least a little hardware ;-)
While perusing this thread, I considered the idea of a network of folks
who had IP-to-PSTN gateways that would allow others to use them for free,
but the problem there is - I have to either pay for a second phone line
so I can let other people use it for free, or I have to allow strangers
to tie up my primary phone line at random times for unknown periods
while strangers use it!
Hmm. How about this - first, we'll assume business rates because the
phone company would want to stick us for the higher rate - lets say
thats $45/month (high, I hope!). Lets assume usage is 10% of the time,
and we want to break even at that usage rate. For the sake of argument,
we'll use a 28-day month (I'm trying to find the least you can reasonably
charge to break even here, so I'm trying to estimate high on cost and low
on usage/month).
So, thats $45*.10/(28*24*60) or - what 1.1 cents/minute?
So, if we had a billing/payment method where we could bill folks at say
1.2 - 1.3 cents/minute with no other billing cost then we'd have something
here. (I've added a tiny bit to cover the cost of electricity, initial
purchase of hardware, etc).
Anybody want to start setting this up?
rc
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