[Asterisk-Users] SIP Client for Symbian

[Steven Critchfield]

On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 17:16 -0500, dean collins wrote:
> Steven, I think it makes total sense. I'm currently in the process of
> trying to source a better solution than my treo 600 in order to stay in
> contact (looking at either ppc or xp with cf/gsm adaptor)
> 
> Anything that will enable me to answer my home and office and
> international office lines from a single device using sip/iax over gprs
> would be a boon in both time and energy and money saving.
> 
> It's no longer your grandfather's telephone network.

Maybe you should experience what is available in the states. I don't see
enough bandwidth nor a reasonable cost just yet in gprs service to
justify it over plain old celular time. 

For instance, my GPRS is billed at 1 cent per K or $10.24 per meg. Can
you see how quickly a VoIP call would rack up the price of the call?
Most cell plans offer free nights and weekends for limited to no extra
cost. Data keeps costing no matter the time. Also most cell plans are
under 10 cents per minute without needing anything other than a standard
phone on the other side.

As for the few plans I have seen around for $80 a month to get unlimited
network on the phones, I haven't seen that they are capable of the speed
needed to get the calls through it. And again, at 10 cents a minute,
thats a lot of time calling on the phone.
-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>