I"m not in the philippines, but thanks for that info.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/3/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Holden Hao</b> <<a href="mailto:holdenhao@gmail.com">holdenhao@gmail.com</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> I recently configured areskicc on my asterisk server, its working well<br>> for the little bit of testing I'm currently doing. I would like to take
<br>> this system 1 step forward and put it in to production(Starting Calling<br>> Card Biz). My questions are what is all needed to get my biz off its<br>> feet....From server hardware,bandwidth,dids,etc....<br>
> Can anyone give some good info on starting my biz.<br><br>If you are a fellow Filipino, your best hurdle will be in dealing with<br>the telcos for PSTN integration. AFAIK, the NTC has not yet issued<br>any guidelines as to how to compel Philippine Telcos to open their
<br>networks to third party VOIP providers. The draft only mentions that<br>you need to get a contract with a Telco before you can integrate their<br>lines with VOIP.<br><br>What most temination providers do is to use cellular technology to
<br>switch VOIP to Philippine PSTN. This is the main reason why VOIP<br>calls to the Philippines is expensive.<br><br><br>Holden<br>_______________________________________________<br>Asterisk-Biz mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Asterisk-Biz@lists.digium.com">
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