So I just saw this VoIP-centric article at slashdot (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/22/1840220) which mentions e164.org. It's a "non-profit public DNS root designed to map phone numbers to Internet protocols." Is anyone on this list actually using this? They have asterisk config instructions: http://www.e164.org/config.php I wonder if someone can help me understand this. Let's say I configure my asterisk box to use e164 and then I try to call a phone number in Germany. I'm in the U.S.A. So if the number I'm calling in Germany is registered in e164's dns, would my call be routed directly via their voip provider? Or directly to their asterisk box? And would it be free? If that's the case, it sounds kind of cool, but probably won't be much use until lots of people sign up. Any explanation appreciated. Thanks. Simon in New Orleans P.S.- Yes, I did read their FAQ. http://wiki.e164.org/moin.cgi/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Simon Dorfman wrote:> I wonder if someone can help me understand this. Let's say I configure my > asterisk box to use e164 and then I try to call a phone number in Germany. > I'm in the U.S.A. So if the number I'm calling in Germany is registered in > e164's dns, would my call be routed directly via their voip provider? Or > directly to their asterisk box? And would it be free?From the looks of it, they're just a directory... it looks like their not running asterisk themselves. They use something called EnumLookup which I guess is some kind of plugin/script. If the number you're calling is in their database, it calls the VOIP number directly, otherwise it calls the POTS number It's an interesting idea. Of course having a huge database of names/addresses/phone numbers can be quite lucrative too..... Tony -- Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. Tony Hoyle <tmh@nodomain.org> Key ID: 104D/4F4B6917 2003-09-13 Fingerprint: 063C AFB4 3026 F724 0AA2 02B8 E547 470E 4F4B 6917
Simon/Tony, Yes a number of people are using this, since it has been developed about 1 month ago 400+ asterisk users have registered. There have been a number of posts on the asterisk list about the e164 service. There will also be a client to divert calls from your asterisk to mobile or other numbers released in about 1 weeks time. Tony, as per you inference that e164 are up to something shady, you should talk to one of the founders Duane, he currently has about 5 open source projects, I've known him personally for about 3 years since he started a wireless mesh network here in Sydney, he has in a very short time frame given back to the asterisk community a number of initiatives, he is beyond reproach. Simon, you are right though, we need to get a 'tipping point' of users listed. Cheers, Dean -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Simon Dorfman Sent: Sunday, 23 May 2004 10:41 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] e164.org So I just saw this VoIP-centric article at slashdot (http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/22/1840220) which mentions e164.org. It's a "non-profit public DNS root designed to map phone numbers to Internet protocols." Is anyone on this list actually using this? They have asterisk config instructions: http://www.e164.org/config.php I wonder if someone can help me understand this. Let's say I configure my asterisk box to use e164 and then I try to call a phone number in Germany. I'm in the U.S.A. So if the number I'm calling in Germany is registered in e164's dns, would my call be routed directly via their voip provider? Or directly to their asterisk box? And would it be free? If that's the case, it sounds kind of cool, but probably won't be much use until lots of people sign up. Any explanation appreciated. Thanks. Simon in New Orleans P.S.- Yes, I did read their FAQ. http://wiki.e164.org/moin.cgi/FrequentlyAskedQuestions _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Hi Tony, it is the same duane - lol you are hardly allowing it to perform least cost routing, it just does one check for ip to ip call then drops back to whatever you have written on your asterisk. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tony Hoyle Sent: Sunday, 23 May 2004 11:34 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] e164.org Dean Collins wrote:> Tony, as per you inference that e164 are up to something shady, you > should talk to one of the founders Duane, he currently has about 5open If it's the same duane who runs cacert he probably means well... however having read the site I'm still not sure whether i'd use it myself (it means trusting an external database to produce a least cost route.. I'm just not that trusting). Tony -- Te audire no possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure. Tony Hoyle <tmh@nodomain.org> Key ID: 104D/4F4B6917 2003-09-13 Fingerprint: 063C AFB4 3026 F724 0AA2 02B8 E547 470E 4F4B 6917 _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users