Don't forget to factor in the R&D costs to develop a decent WiFi handet, because none currently exsists.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Coccimiglio</b> <<a href="mailto:n3whx@amsat.org">
n3whx@amsat.org</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;"><br><br>M.Hockings wrote:<br><br>> I don't really know the name of what I want to look for but maybe
<br>> someone could tell me if it would be available.<br>><br>> I have a number of old analogue cell phones laying about here and I<br>> was thinking it would be useful if I could set up a short range base<br>
> station for them that would cover maybe an acre or so. What I would<br>> like to be able to do is use it to connect into Asterisk and this way<br>> have a useful wireless extension-phone range.<br>><br>> I do know that there are WiFi IP phones available but based on the
<br>> connection range to our WiFi access points it seems limited as is our<br>> existing wireless handset (POTS).<br>><br>> Any thoughts, suggestions ?<br>><br>> Mike<br><br>You have a few options...<br>
<br>Firstly I would suggest throw away or donate the old phones. There is<br>much better technology then Analog Cellular.<br><br>Simple Choice 1:<br> Get new GSM phones subscribed on the same carrier and a GSM<br>terminal. Make sure the phones all have free in-network calling
<br>(assuming that option is available in your country). Also setup the GSM<br>terminal on the same group and hook it up to your asterisk server (think<br>of it as a cellular extension). Lock the phones so that they can only
<br>call each other and the GSM terminal.<br><br> Cost: (assuming 5 phones & 1 terminal) ~$2000 to start and<br>$150-200/mo. YMMV<br><br>More complex choice 2:<br> Get an RF engineer to design you a real WiFi coverage footprint and
<br>Wifi phones.<br><br> Cost: $4000-7000 (or more) for consultation, hardware and setup. No<br>reoccuring charges (hopefully).<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by
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