On Tuesday 06 February 2001 15:33, Rusty Carruth wrote:
> "Praedor Tempus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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 ;-)
PSTN doesn't use "bits". It's an analog network
>
> 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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