Also check out the hardware the is listed on FreeSwitch.org's web site. Turnkey solutions if you have the funds. Though maybe they are aimed more at a business PBX need than a community.
In any case I think your idea is splendid. You can provide dirt-cheap telephony to them quite easily. Ironically they'd probably find it cheaper to call the US than to call other Ecuadorian numbers, since there are so many cheap, mostly free SIP providers in the US! /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
