[asterisk-users] The downside of Asterisk and least cost routing...

[Francesco Peeters (Asterisk)]

On Fri, May 11, 2007 10:31, Chris Bagnall wrote:
>> There is a small (and growing!) number of small businesses (and not so
>> small ones either!) who are moving towards using their broadband
>> (typically ADSL in the UK) connection for Telephony - and even
>> installing
>> a 2nd ADSL line just for VoIP.
>
> Indeed, many of our clients are doing just that. I would, however,
> strongly recommend against ditching PSTN entirely (in the UK, it's
> virtually impossible anyway since ADSL requires a PSTN line over which to
> run) - those PSTN lines are still useful for things like emergency service
> calls, directory enquiries, etc. etc.
>
In NL you actually can ditch the telephony and keep the ADSL...
My ISP even gives emergency access if you transfer your main number to
their SIP service.

And there still is my cell-phone too!   ;-)

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