I disagree with Ian on costings. If you DIY an asterisk box and have a chunky broadband plan I dont think Telstra is within cooee of the cheaper VOIP costs. with my voip provider there is no line rental, just $6/ month for the Direct in dial and the call costs. An asterisk box is $600 home grown with no support :P Asterisk could be as simple as apt-get asterisk, but is probably best done with SVN.
If you buy off the rack or custom build (outsource) the costs scales become less clear. mind you, Im having trouble with DIY for unclear reasons at present (call quality)....even with premium connection, premium network gear and * server (dual PIII 1000 rackmount compaq). Something aint right and I cant figure it out yet...but I will....if it kills me.... Oh, David , did I mention im u/g to adsl 2....seeing as I can see the exchanges roof Im hoping something like 16megs+....now _that_ ought solve any bandwidth issues. :D JD David Guest wrote: > john dooley wrote: > > >>The whole point is that VOIP local calls are substantially cheaper than >>PSTN local calls. Until Telstra falls I expect voip will always be >>cheaper not dearer >> >>eg 10c-12c untimed local calls is standard >> >> > > http://www.telstra.com.au/phones/homeservices/plans_comparisons.htm > gives the cost for domestic use. > > What you get for business use depends on what deal you can get. > http://www.telstra.com.au/smallbusiness/fixedline/plans/compare.htm is a > baseline. None of the Telstra's plans are 10 cents per minute. Does > anybody here get near it? > > In the case of VoIP you have to add on the cost of the internet > connection and the bandwidth used. For nearly everybody on broadband > that would be at the margin. > > The numbers above are the reason that Telstra's such a hard sell. > > David > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Gpcg_talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/240 - Release Date: 1/25/2006 -- ================================================= dr john dooley mbbs frcpa aka "ron" _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
