On Monday 10 July 2006 02:43 pm, Rony wrote: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 02:02:40PM +0530, jtd wrote: > > Periodically u read in the papers some poor soul being arrested > > for running an illegal exchange. They are using voip with a > > gateway (several land lines connected to an epabx) to connect to > > local numbers. But the telcos are losing money on the > > international segment , money guranteed by the govt. via licence > > charges. So no voip gateway for connecting to local landlines. > > Which is what delicensing is all about. > > I am thinking a situation where at least one phone line in every > pstn subscriber's place is broadband enabled and is fitted with an > ip phone. There is no interconnect as it is bypassed by having ip > phones in every home. Will MTNL and BSNL have a problem with that > and create obstacles? The calls are ip to ip only. No. They have a problem if u have a pipe via private isp and connect it to the phone line and offer voice services.
> The new mobile > phones have wlan connectivity so they can use hot spots (assuming > they are up in all the important places) and stay IP connected. U cunning fellow u is catching the drift. There are wifi phones available costing about $400 the last time i checked.If the ap can be shrunk into the phone (and that should be possible real soon now) every body is a walking telco. Yipeee free yakayak will be your birth right. Unless the govt tries to protect it's and the telcos milking schemes. -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
