[asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

[UIT DEVELOPMENT]

No Android phone. But I will read up on this anyhow.  The softphone is
probably all that I need then, and of course a functioning Asterisk
setup.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 7:29 PM, meetmecall <info at meetmecall.nl> wrote:
> Siax is a pretty good working sip and iax2 softphone for the iPhone.
> Easy to connect to your own Asterisk box
>
> If you have an Android phone (I have HTC Hero with Android 1.5)  ASip
> is a good choice. It is working and and calls using umts are working
> surprisingly well.
>
> Erik
>
>
> They are both available on the markets fot his phones.
> On 5 jan 2010, at 22:03, UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote:
>
>> Steve-
>>
>> Got an iPhone but no SIP client that I am aware of.  I just make
>> regular calls to other others/receive calls as usual.  Nothing fancy.
>> I was hoping to create the fancy stuff in my home here.
>>
>> As I got to reading I began to see things like "provider", as you've
>> said here, and unfortunately if that is the only way then I will have
>> to stop here as I do not have funds to further this little experiment.
>> I guess I was under the impression that with a lot of configuring and
>> reading and technical assistance, etc - I could create what I suppose
>> the VoIP provider is basically doing, trying to avoid yet another
>> monthly charge...
>>
>> I checked the link you provided but no pricing info and I started to
>> search on "VoIP Service" and found this, amoung hundreds+ others,
>> http://www.whichvoip.com/Cheap-VoIP-Phone.htm  and see monthly charges
>> as I feared.    As I said, I was hoping to create it all in-house (not
>> have to create an account anywhere or pay fees for fooling around with
>> a test setup, etc) but it is beginning to appear that I have not
>> researched enough.  Its much bigger an experiment than I had imagined!
>>
>> Thanks!
>> -M
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Steve Edwards <asterisk.org at sedwards.com
>> > wrote:
>>> On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote:
>>>
>>>> CAN I make call from that box to my cell phone using a soft-
>>>> phone?  If
>>>> so, how can I do that?
>>>
>>> You need to get an account with a VOIP provider -- someone to
>>> accept your
>>> call via the Internet and place a call on the PSTN to call your cell
>>> number -- or any other number.
>>>
>>>> Also, can I use my cell phone to call into that box?  I dont know
>>>> if I
>>>> have to get a phone number, or do I NEED a phone number?
>>>
>>> With the same account you can rent a PSTN number. When someone
>>> calls that
>>> number, they will "call" your server over the Internet.
>>>
>>> This is assuming you don't have a fancy-dancy smart phone with a SIP
>>> client.
>>>
>>> I use www.vitelity.net. I don't know their current pricing, but
>>> outbound
>>> calls are less than US$0.015 per minute and renting a PSTN number is
>>> around US$1.50 per month.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Steve Edwards       sedwards at sedwards.com      Voice:
>>> +1-760-468-3867 PST
>>> Newline                                              Fax:
>>> +1-760-731-3000
>>>
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