I would guess IPKall is actually a CLEC. So every they get paid
settlements for every call termintated on their network. Therefore
having free incoming only lines is making them money.
The big difference is that they only offer Washington numbers and you
can't make calls out on their service.
For
Stewart Nelson wrote:
You can get free incoming-only access to the PSTN. The provider
receives a small portion of what people pay to call you.
See http://www.ipkall.com/ .
Does anyone know what ipkall has going for them that is different from
me ordering a couple of POTS lines or a T-1?
--
Andre
Thanks for the replies. I do have vonage phone service and they have
provided me a motorla device I plug into my broadband and also plug my
phone into to make calls. this is a nice service for 30 bucks, but as
with all things linux, why cant one connect to the PSTN for free?
I suspect that some
Bruce wrote:
Thanks for the replies. I do have vonage phone service and they have
provided me a motorla device I plug into my broadband and also plug my
phone into to make calls. this is a nice service for 30 bucks, but as
with all things linux, why cant one connect to the PSTN for free?
I susp
Because, the phone companies want to make money. They don't provide
all this infrastructure for free. It costs them money to run it and
maintain it.
No there is no protocol or way to access the PSTN for free.
Vonage is a phone company. They pay other phone companies every time
they want to take a
Hi,
Thanks for the replies. I do have vonage phone service and they have
provided me a motorla device I plug into my broadband and also plug my
phone into to make calls. this is a nice service for 30 bucks, but as
with all things linux, why cant one connect to the PSTN for free? I
mean isnt t
For what you want to do asterisk isn't really the right solution.
Asterisk is a PBX. It doesn't provide a way for you to connect to the
PSTN.
To do what you want, you need to buy VOIP service from any of the
providers (broadvoice, vonage, packet8, etc). They will provide you a
device that you conn
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:25:25 -0500, Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think I am missing the whole purposes of *. i see that it can do
> mainy things, but in laymans temrs I am not sure what it does.
> I am very proficient in Linux and would like to use * for the
> following:
>
> 1) I would
Bruce,
Using a POTS line local with * will get you the same net result as
having the POTS line only. You will be using VoIP internal and passing
your calls off to the * box to have it dial like a normal phone. So, no
IP packets move past the box over a POTS line. That is a pretty useful
feature