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Matt Larsen - Lists wrote: > I bought my E71 unlocked and it is an awesome phone. It even went > through a complete washer/dryer cycle with my laundry and came out just > fine (after it dried out for a few hours). > > I have mine setup with my office Asterisk server so that it will try my > SIP extension first, then the cell phone number. It's not perfect, but > it works pretty well. Biggest weakness is the client on the Nokia > doesn't always link up to wifi and register the phone automatically. > If I could get that sorted out I would be really happy. > > If there were more inexpensive gsm/sip phones available, I think we > could potentially have a product competitive with the cellcos. It > works like this: > > 1) Get a GSM/SIP capable cell phone > 2) Put in a prepaid GSM card from whatever provider > 3) Configure the SIP client to work with an Asterisk or other VOIP server. > 4) Port the customer's number to the Asterisk box > 5) Set up Asterisk so that it tries the SIP connection first, then goes > to the prepaid number if SIP doesn't answer > 6) Setup the phone so that it goes out through SIP if available, and > GSM if not available. > 7) e911 goes through the cell phone (no e911 to worry about!!!) > 8) Optimize VOIP traffic so that it runs well on your network, to your > VOIP server. > > In theory, this seems like it would work really well. In my area, cell > coverage sucks, so customers would be using their wifi access points as > little cell-phone repeaters, but the traffic would actually be on VOIP, > rather than the cell carrier. Since the cell component would be a > pre-paid card, the customer could just buy more prepaid cards when they > run down. And 911 is not the VOIP carrier's responsibility - it would > be the cell carrier's responsibility. Selling prepaid cards or > recharging them could also be a potential revenue stream. > > Only catch - there aren't any cheap phones that will do this. At least > none that I have seen. My Nokia comes VERY close, but it was a $450 > phone. We would need to have a $150 phone to make something like this > work. Something like this would take the normal cell phone users bill > down by 50% or more each month, even compared to the plans that they are > offering now. > > Anyone else out there doing something like this? > > Matt Larsen > vistabeam.com > > > Josh Luthman wrote: >> Nokia e71 is always unlocked AFAIK (I have never seen a locked one) >> >> You use the existing SIM card and get on that GSM network >> >> The SIP client connects to his Asterisk server, mine to my M6, your >> situation may be different... >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however >> improbable, must be the truth." >> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle >> >> >> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:08 PM, George Rogato <wi...@oregonfast.net> wrote: >> >> >>> Jonathan Schmidt wrote: >>> >>>> I have had a series of Nokia phones will use Wi-Fi thru its built-in SIP >>>> client directly to my office Asterisk and have been doing that for >>>> >>> several >>> >>>> years. The E71 I have now is FAR superior to the earlier models in terms >>>> of Wi-Fi sensitivity. I use it in conferences overseas...Europe and >>>> Brazil and Mexico for free US calling. It works very well and I leave it >>>> on during the shows and my office can call me with the 4-digit Asterisk >>>> extension. There's a Skype for it and the iPhone, too. >>>> >>>> . . . J o n a t h a n >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> So the Nokia E71 does cell and sip? >>> Is this ATT? >>> >>> Also, do you buy the phone and use existing cell phone card in that >>> phone and it just works? >>> >>> My original question is for one of my clients, but this phone might be >>> something I want. >>> >>> George >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! 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