[asterisk-users] Looking for ideas for nice **Asterisk** home phone system

[Steve Totaro]

VoIP mostly aside, a couple more thoughts.

I am not sure I understand your reasoning for DISA or how it is cheaper.
You can buy a card that accepts SIMs as FXO and FXS.

For your reasoning, a card of such nature is required.  Populate  it with
different SIMs or whatever that are in calling groups or whatever you were
trying to say.

Just use callback back and some logic to reduce your costs.

Call back will allow you to use the corp identity, and  LCR will cut costs
over DISA.

The system calls you back after you make a call.  Then the call is placed.
There is a very brief outbound cell phone call, followed by a an inbound
call from the server that you initiated with call back.

Inbound to a cell is generally less expensive that oubound on a cell,
sometimes completely free.

Corp identity shows just fine.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Per Jessen <per at computer.org> wrote:

> Steve Totaro wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 2:42 AM, Per Jessen <per at computer.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Linuxguy123 wrote:
> >>
> >> > My original post didn't mention it, but I would like my home system
> >> > to be Asterisk based.
> >> >
> >> > Has anyone figured out how to minimize cell charges when on the
> >> > road via making calls via the home phone system ?
> >>
> >> Yep, look up DISA:
> >>
> >> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+cmd+DISA
> >>
> >>
> >> /Per Jessen, Zürich
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> > Just curious how DISA would help with cell phone usage charges.
>
> Assuming multiple mobiles (e.g. household or office), a typical setup
> around here (Switzerland) is that you can call freely within a group of
> numbers, often including one or two fixnet numbers.
>
> > But at least here, if you are on a per minute plan, how would DISA
>
> Where is "here"?
>
> > help? Obviously, different countries and carriers do things
> > differently, but I don't pay for anything extra, no roaming, nothing.
>
> Did you mean to say you don't pay for roaming either??  Wow.  I could do
> with a subscription like that.  (here roaming means using your phone in
> another country).
>
> > For my situation, DISA is pointless except for road warriors who call
> > all over the world, from anywhere, they can call into the corp system,
> > get dialtone and skip the whole process of expense reports for work
> > related calls.  It makes things less complex, not more.
>
> Using DISA also means getting a corp caller id, not a mobile.
>
> > Maybe if you explain your situation and how your plan works, but for
> > me, personally, DISA would be a an added cost and complication.
> >
> > The only purpose I can think of for myself could be accomplished by
> > spoofing caller id.
>
> How is that done from a mobile?  Sofar that has been my main reason for
> using DISA - cost is not a real issue.
>
>
> /Per Jessen, Zürich
>
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