call in one line out another

[h***@aol.com]

what sort oif equiptement is needed to call in one line, then be able
to call out on another?

I am looking to cut my cell bill, call in network to a home based cell
phone, access somehow a regular wired line, and gab forever.

ideally the system would recognize my caller ID from the incoming
line. but its no biggie. with unlimited VOIP if someone stumbled onto
it who cares.

[Doug McIntyre]

Post by h***@aol.com
what sort oif equiptement is needed to call in one line, then be able
to call out on another?
I am looking to cut my cell bill, call in network to a home based cell
phone, access somehow a regular wired line, and gab forever.
ideally the system would recognize my caller ID from the incoming
line. but its no biggie. with unlimited VOIP if someone stumbled onto
it who cares.

Something like this looks appropriate..

http://www.portech.com.tw/eweb/MV370/mv370.htm

Gateway it to an Asterisk box, setup a DISA type setup with password
for calls from this gateway, and go out from there.

Otherwise, google for the keywords you see in this page. Most likely
its going to only be GSM based (don't know what cell company you have,
if they do GSM or not in-network) to be able to get the SIM that this
device would need to talk on the Cell network.

[h***@aol.com]

Post by Doug McIntyre

Post by h***@aol.com
what sort oif equiptement is needed to call in one line, then be able
to call out on another?
I am looking to cut my cell bill, call in network to a home based cell
phone, access somehow a regular wired line, and gab forever.
ideally the system would recognize my caller ID from the incoming
line. but its no biggie. with unlimited VOIP if someone stumbled onto
it who cares.

Something like this looks appropriate..
http://www.portech.com.tw/eweb/MV370/mv370.htm
Gateway it to an Asterisk box, setup a DISA type setup with password
for calls from this gateway, and go out from there.
Otherwise, google for the keywords you see in this page. Most likely
its going to only be GSM based (don't know what cell company you have,
if they do GSM or not in-network) to be able to get the SIM that this
device would need to talk on the Cell network.

thanks but the link isnt good:(

[Doug McIntyre]

Post by h***@aol.com

Post by Doug McIntyre

Post by h***@aol.com
what sort oif equiptement is needed to call in one line, then be able
to call out on another?
I am looking to cut my cell bill, call in network to a home based cell
phone, access somehow a regular wired line, and gab forever.
ideally the system would recognize my caller ID from the incoming
line. but its no biggie. with unlimited VOIP if someone stumbled onto
it who cares.

Something like this looks appropriate..
http://www.portech.com.tw/eweb/MV370/mv370.htm
Gateway it to an Asterisk box, setup a DISA type setup with password
for calls from this gateway, and go out from there.
Otherwise, google for the keywords you see in this page. Most likely
its going to only be GSM based (don't know what cell company you have,
if they do GSM or not in-network) to be able to get the SIM that this
device would need to talk on the Cell network.

thanks but the link isnt good:(

Worked when I posted it, I can't help it if they crash their web server. :(

Google GSM VOIP gateway

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/VOIP+GSM+Gateways

[John L]

Post by h***@aol.com
I am looking to cut my cell bill, call in network to a home based
cell phone, access somehow a regular wired line, and gab forever.

Where are you planning to call that is cheaper from a wired line than
from a cell phone? In the US, most cell plans offer flat rate to the
whole country.

If you want to make international calls, for what you'd pay for even
the simplest of hookups, you can buy a lifetime supply of cheap
prepaid calling cards.

R's,
John

[h***@aol.com]

Post by John L

Post by h***@aol.com
I am looking to cut my cell bill, call in network to a home based
cell phone, access somehow a regular wired line, and gab forever.

Where are you planning to call that is cheaper from a wired line than
from a cell phone? In the US, most cell plans offer flat rate to the
whole country.
If you want to make international calls, for what you'd pay for even
the simplest of hookups, you can buy a lifetime supply of cheap
prepaid calling cards.
R's,
John

my idea:)

call a home based cell phone, it will be in network so no airtime
charge:)

then call out on a talk free VOIP or regular line.

my cell airtime could drop to near nothing:)

found out what I am looking for is a DISA direct inward service
access, unfortunately all i have found are parts of large muulti
thousdand buck phone systems......

[John L]

Post by h***@aol.com
call a home based cell phone, it will be in network so no airtime
charge:)
then call out on a talk free VOIP or regular line.
my cell airtime could drop to near nothing:)
found out what I am looking for is a DISA direct inward service
access, unfortunately all i have found are parts of large muulti
thousdand buck phone systems......

What you want is known as a call extender, and you're unlikely to find
one for cheap. Considering the enormous buckets of minutes you can
get these days, you'll never save enough to pay for it.

What I have seen is setups that go the other way, calling out from a
PBX through a cell phone. They make sense in countries where cell
phones are caller pays but carriers have free or cheap on-network
calls, to avoid paying the 30 cpm landline->mobile calls cost.

R's,
John

[Wolfgang S. Rupprecht]

Post by h***@aol.com
found out what I am looking for is a DISA direct inward service
access, unfortunately all i have found are parts of large muulti
thousdand buck phone systems......

You can do that on the cheap, but I'm not sure you really want to.

DISA on a an asterisk system can be done for free, but you have the
added delay of two VOIP voip legs which tends to suck. Ipkall
(www.ipkall.com) will give you free voip-based DISA. You can run the
free asterisk server on a spare computer and have it answer that voip
DISA call. Then you can dial out via a low-cost (say 2-cent per
minute) VOIP-to-POTS service.

The question is, how much money you really saving? Bouncing between
VOIP and POTS is a big lose. You end up with the worst of both
systems (high delay from VOIP and crappy voice encoding from POTS.)
Is the minimal savings really worth it?

If it were me I'd try harder to stay 100% POTS of 100% voip.

-wolfgang