> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 01:22:13AM GMT, ben lipkowitz [fenn@sdf.lonestar.org] said the following:
>> i was interested in asterisk for making an answering machine that would
>> record to sound files in your home folder, but the configuration docs
>> always made my eyes glaze over.. also wanted to try a SIP-to-POTS bridge.
>
> Great. I can definately show how that's done. What do you mean
> however by a SIP-to-POTS bridge? Do you mean using an FXO/FXS card to
> hook up an Asterisk server to a POTS line or do you mean something more
> specific?
the idea was to plug the phone line into a modem card and route the audio
through an SIP call, thus allowing anyone to call our house and use the
free long distance.
lots of people have cellphones but for some reason or another are required
to have a land line, which then goes unused. this unused telephone
infrastructure could be put to work as a community resource to provide an
'internet phone gateway' for local POTS telephones, or in reverse to allow
skype/SIP calls to local phones. the software to do this could be
distributed for free on a custom linux live-CD, only requirements being an
internet connection and an unused computer with a modem.
combine this with an ad-hoc rooftop mesh wifi net and you have ...
something. info-anarchy!
i'm sure there are a couple terms of service being violated somewhere.
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