Re: IP-PSTN

Hi Yogesh,

Yes, this is possible.
Infact the requirements for this  service (Internet call waiting) 
is presently being addressed by SPIRITS forum of IETF.

You can get more details from :-

http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/spirits-charter.html 



reg,

SUBHANSHU TIWARI



On Mon, 9 Jun 2003, [iso-8859-1] yogesh swami wrote:

> 
> 
> I am doing my PG from Indian Institute of
> Sciences(IISc),Bangalore,India. 
> 
> My question is whether it is possible to surf the net
> & simultaneously receive calls fom PSTN.This is
> possible using DSL & ISDN. But can we acheive this on
> POTS. 
> 
> Right now we have an application where an internet
> user is prompted of an incoming call.But i am thinking
> of taking this application a little further by
> allowing the user to receive the incoming call using a
> mic & a speaker( Headset) same as voice chat,without
> disconnecting the net. 
> 
> Thus the calling party will be speaking through the
> normal PSTN phone & the called party(internet
> user)will talk on the mic.It will require VoIP &
> certain IP-PSTN media gateways. 
> 
> can you comment on the feasibility of this project. 
> 
> I will be glad if u can guide me in this regard 
> 
> Yogesh Swami 
> Indian Institute of Sciences(IISc),Bangalore 
> India 
> 
> 
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