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<P>hi marconi my name is Mo and i like that adea of everybody conecting their asterisk to the local phones but can you explain me more how to do that.</P>
<P>regards</P>
<P>Mo<BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR><BR>> I had this idea, and after looking for something like this already in <BR>> progress, I found another guy who tried to start it... But I was <BR>> unable to contact him, and his project seems to be dead. But, I <BR>> believe it is possible, and I wanted to know the opinion of the <BR>> experienced... So, let's go: <BR>> <BR>> I got an asterisk server setup to receive free calls from US to <BR>> Brazil. The problem is that at my work, the Internet connection is <BR>> really good, so I can talk to US, and receive calls from US (through <BR>> StanaPhone, and IPKall) without any problems. But, at my home, there's <BR>> no broadband. So, I bought an FXO card, put it at my PC at work, and <BR>> whenever it gets a call to me, it dials my home number. So I can talk <BR>> to US for a local call cost, with sound quality better than the real <BR>> phone call from US (I already did, and it's really better through <BR>> voip). <BR>> <BR>> I was thinking: we could build an Asterisk network, maybe go even <BR>> further and make it P2P like skype (but I believe it's not necessary <BR>> at the beginning), and every user would share it's phone line, and be <BR>> able to place calls to PSTN through the other users' phone lines. So, <BR>> I let Japanese people call my neighbours for free, and an Italian guy <BR>> may let me use his phone, so he can use the Indian guy's phone... <BR>> <BR>> In US, local calls are free. So it wouldn't be a problem to make such <BR>> a network to get rid of long distance calls. But in other countries <BR>> (like here in Brazil) local calls are charged. So there could be some <BR>> king of billing (without commercial purposes, just to pay for the <BR>> costs), or something... <BR>> <BR>> Asterisk is really powerful, and I believe that at least for a small <BR>> initial test, it wouldn't require anything else. <BR>> <BR>> So, any thoughts on this? Critics, suggestions, ideas... <BR>> <BR>> Marconi. <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> Asterisk-Users mailing list <BR>> Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com <BR>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users <BR>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: <BR>> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users </BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>