On Tuesday 30 May 2006 10:23, Steve Holdoway wrote: > Ben Bodley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Things I wouldn't mind trying: > > > > 1. Dropping landline altogether > > > > Telstra now offering _just_ broadband at $59.95 p/m [10gb cap]. Now > > local calling gets expensive. Slingshot VOIP currently gives me a free > > Auckland dial-in... Possible savings: $45 + $6 + $10 cheaper internet, > > Problems: Fax in/out, local calls? > > Asterisk converts faxes to pdf and emails them, no problem.
Only reliably over a PSTN connection though, not a VoIP route. > I'd run * myself, then you can use 'real' phones, with pci card, and > connect to your mates running asterisk for free. I also connect to an > asterisk installation in the UK and have a pots presence there for > GBP3/month and 1p/min calls in the uk, but then I'm a pom. However, the > same applies to a lot of other countries. Still looking for a decent voip > app for my mobile, then free calls from starbucks. > > However the cap is a real problem here. Voip is useless if running torrents > with the massive 128k upstream bandwidth. Capped it'll just be useless. Yep, but cable is 2Mb up and you can get 512k upstream ADSL now (although still with highish latency and jitter). > We could do with a combined presentation sometime so everyone currently > using * show the bit they know about. Or combine it all on the wiki??? The info could be put on the NZ Asterisk Users Group wiki :) http://astug.org.nz </plug> A presentation sounds cool, I might even come to CHCH for that. hads -- 1 1 was a race-horse, 2 2 was 1 2. When 1 1 1 1 race, 2 2 1 1 2.
