Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Is there a low cost cell phone base station for asterisk ?
M.Hockings wrote: Dumpolid Exeplish wrote: It is true what Eric and Steve have said, you do need a licensed GSM frequency to operate and sell GSM services (even for rural areas). however, this link might be of interest to you http://rfdesign.com/mag/radio_field_trials_allsoftware/ That is more what I was thinking of but it is still a cell provider type of hardware. In my mind I was thinking of something very low powered and turning off the roaming, etc on the phone so they only work with the one base. Think single cell base-station transceiver that can talk to a cell phone and turn it into a sip conversation to Asterisk. Here in Canada, and back years ago, when I worked with radio I think the law was something like less than 100mw of input power didn't require a license. However, with the advent of cell phones that could very well not be the case in those bands. But one never knows... In any case I'll probably lean towards something like the Engenius wireless phones. http://www.engeniustech.com/telecom/products/details.aspx?id=107 Those things are somewhere around US$500 ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Is there a low cost cell phone base station for asterisk ?
The phone in question just prepended 010whatever to ALL phone numbers dialled, which makes it pretty crappy to use with a line that does not allow for network selection codes, or on lines that need a "0" for a POTS line. You could use it as an extension on Asterisk and strip that pre-pended number from your dialed number. Nice way to screw their attempt to screw you :) ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Is there a low cost cell phone base station for asterisk ?
Am Mittwoch, den 10.01.2007, 18:44 -0500 schrieb cb: > On Jan 10, 2007, at 6:33 PM, M.Hockings wrote: > But as far as I can tell, there is nothing requiring you to use the > service, if you choose not to, they work just like a normal cordless > phone. There was a similar business model here in Germany: Cordless Phones for near-to-nothing. The catch was they had a fixed prefix code. As explanation: You can choose one of about 100 or so network operators to put your call through by pre-pending 010xx or 0100xx to the regular phone number. The phone in question just prepended 010whatever to ALL phone numbers dialled, which makes it pretty crappy to use with a line that does not allow for network selection codes, or on lines that need a "0" for a POTS line. Besides, you were fixed to their per-minute prices, instead of being able to choose other providers with up to 70% lower prices. I was not too sad when the base station power adaptor deceaded... :) Regards Anselm ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Is there a low cost cell phone base station for asterisk ?
On Jan 10, 2007, at 6:33 PM, M.Hockings wrote: But it would have been slick to be able to use the old analogue cell phones as we have several unused here and I am sure they would be cheap or free to pick up more. I don't know about in Canada, but around here (NJ, USA), there has been a company selling cordless phones for next to nothing recently. I think the company was ATS or something like that. They appear to be fairly standard 2 GHz cordless phones that are meant to be plugged into a traditional POTS line. They have been available anywhere from free after rebates to as low as just a few dollars at the register. I think the catch with them is, they all have a speed dial button that activates some cheap prepaid calling service. So the company is pushing the phones out as cheap as possible in order to get them into people's hands, with the hopes that they will then use the prepaid calling service that is built into them. But as far as I can tell, there is nothing requiring you to use the service, if you choose not to, they work just like a normal cordless phone. Could be an easy way to pick up a few cheap phones as long as you have some kind of FXS device to connect them to Asterisk (and that also assumes you can get them at all in Canada). -chris ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Re: Is there a low cost cell phone base station for asterisk ?
On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 06:33:05PM -0500, M.Hockings wrote: > That is more what I was thinking of but it is still a cell provider type > of hardware. In my mind I was thinking of something very low powered > and turning off the roaming, etc on the phone so they only work with the > one base. Think single cell base-station transceiver that can talk to > a cell phone and turn it into a sip conversation to Asterisk. Here in > Canada, and back years ago, when I worked with radio I think the law was > something like less than 100mw of input power didn't require a license. > However, with the advent of cell phones that could very well not be > the case in those bands. But one never knows... PicoCell have a reference design for a pico GSM basestation, but any country allowing cell phones will require licensing (even for low power). You'd have to pick frequencies not used by any network and that may be problematic. Steve -- NetTek Ltd UK mob +44-(0)7775 755503 UK +44-(0)20 79932612 / US +1-(310)8577715 / Fax +44-(0)20 7483 2455 Skype/GoogleTalk/AIM/Gizmo/Mac stevekennedyuk / MSN [EMAIL PROTECTED] Euro Tech News Blog http://eurotechnews.blogspot.com ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Re: Is there a low cost cell phone base station for asterisk ?
Dumpolid Exeplish wrote: It is true what Eric and Steve have said, you do need a licensed GSM frequency to operate and sell GSM services (even for rural areas). however, this link might be of interest to you http://rfdesign.com/mag/radio_field_trials_allsoftware/ That is more what I was thinking of but it is still a cell provider type of hardware. In my mind I was thinking of something very low powered and turning off the roaming, etc on the phone so they only work with the one base. Think single cell base-station transceiver that can talk to a cell phone and turn it into a sip conversation to Asterisk. Here in Canada, and back years ago, when I worked with radio I think the law was something like less than 100mw of input power didn't require a license. However, with the advent of cell phones that could very well not be the case in those bands. But one never knows... In any case I'll probably lean towards something like the Engenius wireless phones. http://www.engeniustech.com/telecom/products/details.aspx?id=107 But it would have been slick to be able to use the old analogue cell phones as we have several unused here and I am sure they would be cheap or free to pick up more. Thanks to all for your input Mike ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
