Re: MissNet VoIP?

On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 02:19:46PM -0700, Michael Weinberg wrote:
> VoIP is still very much of interest to this group, I believe. We'd
> discussed a community asterisk server at some point, and it would be cool
> to see that revived/implemented.

Nifty.  I still fool around with Asterisk; mainly it's useful when I
temporarily need another phone line for testing purposes.  The issue for
PTP would be paying for termination to the PSTN. It's pretty cheap (e.g.
VoIPJet is $0.013/min) but it does cost money.  Origination (receiving
calls from the PSTN) costs more because you have to rent a phone#.

LogiTel was able to offer local calls for free because they were already
paying for a T1 into the local PSTN and termination didn't cost extra.

Maybe some company could sponsor local calls?

Though I find myself wondering who, in a neighborhood packed with
cellphone-toting hipsters, would actually need a phone?

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