Hello Everyone, Pardon me if im sounding like a total idiot, but im new to this and have to ask. Numerous people have been telling me that I will be able to somehow do long distance calling for free when I roll out Asterisk.. and yet none of them can explain to me how exactly that will be. So.. I'll ask the community at large.. is this total BS or is there actually a way to reduce my long distance charges by rolling this out? I appreciate any info provided.. Thanks! -Don Brearley PS: I'm planning on deploying asterisk on a 300-phone line campus, and this is all in the planning stage at this point.
I don't have all the answers. You should be able to save money on LD because you can (in my experience) pick up substantially better rates for voip termination than typical pstn LD. You can get plans from some providers that allow "unlimited" long distance but it is all a balancing act. Hope this helps a little, Darren Wiebe darren@aleph-com.net Don Brearley wrote:>Hello Everyone, > >Pardon me if im sounding like a total idiot, but im new to this and have to ask. > >Numerous people have been telling me that I will be able to somehow >do long distance calling for free when I roll out Asterisk.. and yet none >of them can explain to me how exactly that will be. > >So.. I'll ask the community at large.. is this total BS or is there >actually a way to reduce my long distance charges by rolling this out? > >I appreciate any info provided.. Thanks! > >-Don Brearley > > >PS: I'm planning on deploying asterisk on a 300-phone line campus, and this is >all in the planning stage at this point. > >_______________________________________________ >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 > > >
Don Brearley wrote:> Hello Everyone, > > Pardon me if im sounding like a total idiot, but im new to this and have to ask. > > Numerous people have been telling me that I will be able to somehow > do long distance calling for free when I roll out Asterisk.. and yet none > of them can explain to me how exactly that will be. > > So.. I'll ask the community at large.. is this total BS or is there > actually a way to reduce my long distance charges by rolling this out?Yes and no. If you have free internet and have Asterisk servers at both ends (of the call) then yes, the calls between them will be free. What I and some others do is group together so that we can offer each other free dialing in our respective cities. This is in New Zealand where local calls are free. YMMV. -- Cheers, Matt Riddell _______________________________________________ http://www.sineapps.com/news.php (Daily Asterisk News - html) http://www.sineapps.com/rssfeed.php (Daily Asterisk News - rss)
Don, you can do free calling from point a to point b over the internet for free using either sip or iax. So lets say you have a campus in LA and in NY, the only cost you will incur making calls between the two (or transiting the network and connecting to a NY number etc) is the cost of your internet bandwidth. However don't let this discourage you, there are any other reasons to move to an IP pabx, and many additional specific reasons for using Asterisk. Can I make a suggestion however in that whilst you could pick all of this information over time a 300 extension project could benefit from someone's expertise. My suggestion is you post your location and then have consultants in your area contact you with proposals. Cheers, Dean> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- > bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Don Brearley > Sent: Thursday, 7 July 2005 3:33 PM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Long Distance > > > Hello Everyone, > > Pardon me if im sounding like a total idiot, but im new to this andhave> to ask. > > Numerous people have been telling me that I will be able to somehow > do long distance calling for free when I roll out Asterisk.. and yetnone> of them can explain to me how exactly that will be. > > So.. I'll ask the community at large.. is this total BS or is there > actually a way to reduce my long distance charges by rolling this out? > > I appreciate any info provided.. Thanks! > > -Don Brearley > > > PS: I'm planning on deploying asterisk on a 300-phone line campus,and> this is > all in the planning stage at this point. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
There are actually a number of ways to reduce or eliminate long distance charges using Asterisk(or any number of other similar solutions out there). 1) Set up two Asterisk PBX's connected via network at different locations, and configure calls to be routed between them across the network rather than through the normal phone network, this would allow callers in either location to call out to the other area without long distance, as Asterisk could route the calls across the network then out to the public network at the remote site 2) Find a VOIP provider that provides voice lines through an internet connection, and offers unlimited long distance to the areas you need to call 3) Find a telephone provider that offers an unlimited plan through the PSTN and interface it to that (Can be done with any phone system, not just Asterisk, obviously) -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Don Brearley Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 1:33 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Long Distance Hello Everyone, Pardon me if im sounding like a total idiot, but im new to this and have to ask. Numerous people have been telling me that I will be able to somehow do long distance calling for free when I roll out Asterisk.. and yet none of them can explain to me how exactly that will be. So.. I'll ask the community at large.. is this total BS or is there actually a way to reduce my long distance charges by rolling this out? I appreciate any info provided.. Thanks! -Don Brearley PS: I'm planning on deploying asterisk on a 300-phone line campus, and this is all in the planning stage at this point. _______________________________________________ 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
Ok, IT looks like you arrive to the theatre when the movie started 15 minutes ago. If your phones are going to be distributed on a large area (nationwide), yes you are going to save a lot calling to your extensions, instead of a phone number. If you plan to connect your Asterisk to one VoIP Provider, the rate should be flat nationwide (That is how we do). If you plan to access the Public Network by yourself, there is no way to save the costs of your connection to the PSTN. Regards, Carlos Alperin Senior System Engineer Seneca Communications, LLC Calperin@senecacom.net -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Don Brearley Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 3:33 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Long Distance Hello Everyone, Pardon me if im sounding like a total idiot, but im new to this and have to ask. Numerous people have been telling me that I will be able to somehow do long distance calling for free when I roll out Asterisk.. and yet none of them can explain to me how exactly that will be. So.. I'll ask the community at large.. is this total BS or is there actually a way to reduce my long distance charges by rolling this out? I appreciate any info provided.. Thanks! -Don Brearley PS: I'm planning on deploying asterisk on a 300-phone line campus, and this is all in the planning stage at this point. _______________________________________________ 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 again, I don't know if I am asking the wrong questions or just nobody knows, but I will try again anyway because I am quickly running out of hair to pull out... Is there any setting in asterisk that will force proxy-authentication on every call? Please help :-( Jason Frisch