On Thursday 29 Dec 2011, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > 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.
As Saurabh said, it's legal within the same LAN. I have clients who get calls over PSTN and terminate them internally to VoIP handsets and/or soft phones. You are correct too -- the primary motivation for the law (rule?) is to prevent you from causing revenue loss to the telcos. As long as you don't bypass a PSTN leg by using VoIP, you're well within the law. Fascinating how we can be denied access to technology and cheap communications to protect a few. AFAIR the law was brought into force originally to protect VSNL's IDD business. I guess if you raise any voice against it now, the powers-that-be will raise the eternal spectre of "national security" and squash reform like a bug. Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur || r...@kandalaya.org || GPG: http://otheronepercent.blogspot.com || http://kandalaya.org || CC68 It is the mind that moves || http://schizoid.in || D17F _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
