[asterisk-users] Really Silly Question From Total Newbie

[UIT DEVELOPMENT]

Thank you Steve.   It is clear that I've only hit the tip of a massive
iceberg with this stuff.  Its all very cool, I've got the time so I
might as well make good use of it when I am not out on interviews and
such.   It is all such an interesting topic.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 9:12 PM, Steve Edwards <asterisk.org at sedwards.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Jan 2010, UIT DEVELOPMENT wrote:
>
>> Are you saying that if I got a number that was in my parents area code
>> then they could be making a "local" call to my Asterisk, which is
>> physically a 1000+ miles from them?  Now that is cool.
>
> See http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/DID+Service+Providers
>
> Setting up IAX has fewer potholes than SIP. If your Asterisk server
> "registers" with the provider you can skip all of the firewall and routing
> issues as well.
>
> You can have any number of PSTN numbers ring your Asterisk server. You can
> assign (in your dial plan) custom ring tones to each so you know if it is
> your "friends & family" number, your wife's business number, your "I'm
> looking for a job" number, etc.
>
> A lot of the "free" DIDs are in the middle of nowhere because of the funny
> FCC tariffs that say that the long distance carrier has to pay the rural
> telephone company "above market" rates for the call. That's how some of
> the cheesy, late-night cable TV chat services work.
>
> You can get DIDs in other countries as well. I have 5 in England so that
> when my wife is "home" she can call me or each of our kids with a "local"
> call.
>
> The numbers are registered to my Asterisk server in San Diego. When a call
> comes in, it dials (using Vitelity) the "real" cell numbers.
>
> --
> Thanks in advance,
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