Couple of ways I use mine: My mobile operator has just started charging for calls to Freephone numbers. Therefore, I call into my GSM terminal, free of charge then hop back out on VoIP or PSTN to make the Freephone call.
My wife has a pay-as-you-go mobile. She can ring a DID on my Asterisk, which will never answer, so costs her (me) nothing. Then Asterisk checks the CLI. If it's a CLI from an allowed list, Asterisk will call her back, using the GSM terminal, out of my inclusive minutes & give her a dial tone. She can then ring anywhere she likes, as if she were still at home. On 1/6/06, JCC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't get it. What is the advantage of using a GSM gateway? VOIP calls are > pretty inexpensive as they are now. Is the use of a gateway intended as a > backup incase a wired network connection goes down? I have being looking > around the net for information on this. Anyone out there using it and if so > you can please share with me how you use this technology? Any information > will be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Jay > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Mason > (Lists) > Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 5:52 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] GSM Gateway / Terminal for sale > > Remco Barende wrote: > > Not really, their suggested retail price is USD 300 for the analog > > unit, probably because of the intelligent stuff in the box (which we > > do not need when using *). > > > > At USD 300 you can find SIP capable devices, for an analog unit the > > SIPCE is 3x more expensive than the unit we were discussing. > > > Where can I find the $300 SIP capable units? > > -- > Chris Mason > NetConcepts > (264) 497-5670 Fax: (264) 497-8463 > Int: (305) 704-7249 Fax: (815)301-9759 > Cell: 264-235-5670 > Yahoo IM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > --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 > > _______________________________________________ > --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 > _______________________________________________ --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