Hello everybody, A client wants to install a FreePBX infrastructure, but have all calls forward to their cell phones rather than buying VoIP phones. They would be doing SIP trunks over a Comcast business line. Probably maximum 6 simultaneous calls. Any gotchas we should warn them about? Thanks! noam Noam Birnbaum El Presidente http://www.desksidemanner.com 415-854-0885 x89 tweet @noamb
I use Flowroute as my VOIP provider and this is exactly what I do with all my clients. No problems except it cost me an inbound/outbound connection each time which costs .02 = .01 inbound/.01 outbound per minute instead of .01. Co-op Vacation Rentals www.coopvr.com 15218 Summit Ave Suite #300-354 Fontana, CA 92336 Phone/Fax (855) 760-COOP (2667) On 11/6/2012 4:33 PM, Noam Birnbaum wrote:> Hello everybody, > > A client wants to install a FreePBX infrastructure, but have all calls forward to their cell phones rather than buying VoIP phones. > > They would be doing SIP trunks over a Comcast business line. Probably maximum 6 simultaneous calls. > > Any gotchas we should warn them about? > > Thanks! > > noam > > > Noam Birnbaum > El Presidente > http://www.desksidemanner.com > 415-854-0885 x89 > tweet @noamb > > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Noam Birnbaum <noam at maccentricsolutions.com>wrote:> Hello everybody, > > A client wants to install a FreePBX infrastructure, but have all calls > forward to their cell phones rather than buying VoIP phones. > > They would be doing SIP trunks over a Comcast business line. Probably > maximum 6 simultaneous calls. > > Any gotchas we should warn them about? >What a waste of effort, bandwidth, and money. There are a dozen services out there that can do this far more efficiently and for a lot less money. You will be using bandwidth in both directions and double the channels (one call in, forwarded call out). It will increase the latency by a lot and the chance of call quality problems is huge. Call in over a cheap cable connection, call out on the same, then over a cell. Concurrent ringing with cells is popular and makes a lot of sense since you primarily typically answer on the desk phone. If it's just forwarding, then just use a forwarding service which will cost less and not introduce the extra cable network layer. -- Carlos Alvarez TelEvolve 602-889-3003 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20121106/20bf03a1/attachment.htm>
Can the cells be used as SIP Softphones? Saludos/Regards -- Ing. Gerardo Barajas Puente Proyectos Especiales/Preventa | www.neocenter.com T:+52 (55) 8590-9000 x 7003 On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Noam Birnbaum <noam at maccentricsolutions.com>wrote:> Hello everybody, > > A client wants to install a FreePBX infrastructure, but have all calls > forward to their cell phones rather than buying VoIP phones. > > They would be doing SIP trunks over a Comcast business line. Probably > maximum 6 simultaneous calls. > > Any gotchas we should warn them about? > > Thanks! > > noam > > > Noam Birnbaum > El Presidente > http://www.desksidemanner.com > 415-854-0885 x89 > tweet @noamb > > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20121106/1a6f059d/attachment.htm>
Yes, the cells could be used as SIP softphones; do you see a benefit to doing that? The reason the client wants to do this is to avoid spending money on Ethernet cabling and VoIP desk phones. noam On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Gerardo Barajas wrote:> Can the cells be used as SIP Softphones? > > Saludos/Regards > -- > Ing. Gerardo Barajas Puente > > Proyectos Especiales/Preventa | www.neocenter.com > T:+52 (55) 8590-9000 x 7003 > > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Noam Birnbaum <noam at maccentricsolutions.com> wrote: > Hello everybody, > > A client wants to install a FreePBX infrastructure, but have all calls forward to their cell phones rather than buying VoIP phones. > > They would be doing SIP trunks over a Comcast business line. Probably maximum 6 simultaneous calls. > > Any gotchas we should warn them about? > > Thanks! > > noam > > > Noam Birnbaum > El Presidente > http://www.desksidemanner.com > 415-854-0885 x89 > tweet @noamb > > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20121109/5f88e9d6/attachment.htm>
Exactly what Carlos said... properly qualify the clients need, not the "System they want" On Nov 9, 2012 1:02 PM, "Noam Birnbaum" <noam at maccentricsolutions.com> wrote:> Yes, the cells could be used as SIP softphones; do you see a benefit to > doing that? > > The reason the client wants to do this is to avoid spending money on > Ethernet cabling and VoIP desk phones. > > noam > > > On Nov 6, 2012, at 4:59 PM, Gerardo Barajas wrote: > > Can the cells be used as SIP Softphones? > > Saludos/Regards > -- > Ing. Gerardo Barajas Puente > > Proyectos Especiales/Preventa | www.neocenter.com > T:+52 (55) 8590-9000 x 7003 > > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Noam Birnbaum < > noam at maccentricsolutions.com> wrote: > >> Hello everybody, >> >> A client wants to install a FreePBX infrastructure, but have all calls >> forward to their cell phones rather than buying VoIP phones. >> >> They would be doing SIP trunks over a Comcast business line. Probably >> maximum 6 simultaneous calls. >> >> Any gotchas we should warn them about? >> >> Thanks! >> >> noam >> >> >> Noam Birnbaum >> El Presidente >> http://www.desksidemanner.com >> 415-854-0885 x89 >> tweet @noamb >> >> >> >> -- >> _____________________________________________________________________ >> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- >> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: >> http://www.asterisk.org/hello >> >> asterisk-users mailing list >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: > http://www.asterisk.org/hello > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20121109/0bd9fcda/attachment.htm>