Re: [Asterisk-Users] [Fwd: Re: [Asterisk-biz] bellster.net - GREAT advance]
Funny, the only thing I addressed was the direct threat of busting the contract/acceptable use policy of your Telco/local government. I didn't go anywhere near the other risks: 1) you mess up your extensions.conf and some bozo - on purpose or otherwise - runs up some insane bill on that nice little donated phone line - handle this by doing REALLY specific exten lines and you should be fairly OK 2) abuse of the extreme types noted in Duane's original reply - no technological solution for this one beyond making sure your outbound caller-id is not sent (a darn good idea in any case but no guarantees it will stop any more than a casual attempt to 'trace' the call) - and make sure you keep your asterisk CDR logs... Duane wrote: Also these choice sound bytes from the asterisk-biz list. Choice bits snipped for brevity... ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] [Fwd: Re: [Asterisk-biz] bellster.net - GREAT advance]
Duane wrote: I was discussing bellster with a friend of mine, and he made another point about this service... I can't imagine how unsettling it would be for my girlfriend to pick up the phone and hear somebody else on the line. The first time that happened, that'd be the end of me sharing the line with anybody. I can't think of a way that I would explain Bellster to a non-geek in a way that makes them comfortable. I can almost hear her saying, How much do you make a year again? And how much is unlimited long distance from the phone company? Is that going to break you financially? Because if it is, you've either got a drug problem, gambling problem, or a hooker problem. Made me laugh at least :) Another small point is that a lot of countries don't have flat rate calls, and I highly doubt anyone in those countries would be offering their land lines for this kind of service either. It costs me between 20 and 30c per call to make local calls, so this basically only leaves North American and New Zealand as the only viable options that I know of. -- Best regards, Duane http://www.cacert.org - Free Security Certificates http://www.nodedb.com - Think globally, network locally http://www.sydneywireless.com - Telecommunications Freedom http://happysnapper.com.au - Sell your photos over the net! http://e164.org - Using Enum.164 to interconnect asterisk servers I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] [Fwd: Re: [Asterisk-biz] bellster.net - GREAT advance]
On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 02:43:27PM +1100, Duane wrote: Another small point is that a lot of countries don't have flat rate calls, and I highly doubt anyone in those countries would be offering their land lines for this kind of service either. It costs me between 20 and 30c per call to make local calls, so this basically only leaves North American and New Zealand as the only viable options that I know of. The situation is the similar in Israel. No calls are cheap, calls to cell phones are 3-4 times the cost of calls to landlines. The local cable company is offering cheap VOIP (but not in Jerusalem yet), but I'd hate to see the combined latency. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: 972-544-608-069 IL Fax: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 I may be an old fart, but I'm a high-tech, up to date old fart. :-) ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
