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