Well, I think the other part of the idea was to set up a local number in the area he will travel to or call the tollfree from a landline out there. I think I'd do the first one if possible as it's probably cheaper. If you had free incoming on a cell, you could get all calls free without ever touching a plan minute unless the system went down. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:55 PM Subject: Re: configuring asterisk:cheap phone? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > This might not apply to you, but in my experience, dialing numbers > considered toll free on land lines from your cell will still use your > plan minutes. So, if you're trying to avoid long distance charges, you > should be fine, but if you're point is to avoid using plan minutes, > then I wouldn't bother with the whole setup, unless you know that toll > free numbers really are toll free on your plan. > > Greg > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:59:27AM -0700, Shane W wrote: >> For what you're trying to do, you don't really need a whole >> calling card application. Just setup Asterisk as normal and >> configure dialout capabilities as part of your voicemail >> system. That way, you'll call your asterisk DID, go to >> voicemail, login and dial through. The other option is to >> configure disa such that when you call the DID, the number >> rings busy but it calls you back with a login prompt, same >> thing really but it depends on how your mobile is setup >> cost wise. >> >> Personally, I just do the voicemail thing with an 800 >> number. Since Asterisk runs my home phones anyway, setting >> this up was trivial. >> >> Ok so what you want in voicemail.conf to do this: >> dialout=from-internal >> >> Replace from-internal with your internal dialing context, >> if you're using FreePBX (why wouldn't you), it's >> "from-internal". >> >> PS. cheapest did provider I've found thus far is >> www.link2voip.com. Not suitable for your local line but >> they'll originate and terminate long distance at good >> rates. >> >> Shane >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkpfk7oACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyBkLACgiMj9dMflGnaFGi9Ta8/m/kx7 > Kc0An0TMxvJT5q8SX/oknbW0pky5XwFN > =DO5W > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
