On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Saurabh Jain <saurabh.j...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Within the same LAN, it is legal. > > You can transfer incoming PSTN lines over IP to any point within your > network. You can even transfer over WAN to an office in another SDCA. > > On the outbound front, you can't initiate a call using a PSTN port in > another SDCA. So, you can't use SIP over your WAN and use a PSTN port in > Bangalore to initiate a local call in Bangalore. You'd have to use your > local PSTN port and dial long distance to Bangalore. > > The rules are easy to understand once you know the motivations of the > babus. Their corporate overlords told them IP calling should not impact > revenue. And so, anything that effects the revenue of Airtel, BSNL, etc., > is not allowed. That said, for incoming calls, they don't care if you > forward a PSTN call over IP - over a LAN, or over WAN even internationally. > > As I understand, any kind of PSTN to VOIP connection is not allowed. (Without any official permission from DOT. That is given at very high fees) PSTN to PSTN, VOIP to VOIP is perfectly fine, both incoming or outgoing even internationally. Typical scenerio of the famous cheap VOIP boxes that has voip on one side and PSTN on other side (especially terminating to the EPABX) is not legal. Regards -Sudhanwa _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
