Fixed Cellular Terminals for use with Asterix VoIP PBX

Hi Folks,

Just spent 3 intense weeks on a steep learning curve with Asterisk@home
and now have a cracking system. I was wondering about calls to
cellphones and came across some sites flogging "Fixed Cellular Terminal"
devices but they all seemed to start at around £1300-£1700 so can anyone
provide some insight into lower cost alternatives/options or even just
confirm that those prices are 'about right'. Any other ways to reduce
call costs using other kit or third parties?

Much appreciated.

L3K

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linker3000 presented the following explanation :
> Hi Folks,
>
> Just spent 3 intense weeks on a steep learning curve with Asterisk@home and
> now have a cracking system. I was wondering about calls to cellphones and
> came across some sites flogging "Fixed Cellular Terminal" devices but they
> all seemed to start at around £1300-£1700 so can anyone provide some insight
> into lower cost alternatives/options or even just confirm that those prices
> are 'about right'. Any other ways to reduce call costs using other kit or
> third parties?
>
> Much appreciated.
>
> L3K

SPA3000 + Dock-N-Talk + Cell phone

Jono wrote:
> linker3000 presented the following explanation :
>> Hi Folks,
>>
>> Just spent 3 intense weeks on a steep learning curve with
>> Asterisk@home and now have a cracking system. I was wondering about
>> calls to cellphones and came across some sites flogging "Fixed
>> Cellular Terminal" devices but they all seemed to start at around
>> £1300-£1700 so can anyone provide some insight into lower cost
>> alternatives/options or even just confirm that those prices are 'about
>> right'. Any other ways to reduce call costs using other kit or third
>> parties?
>>
>> Much appreciated.
>>
>> L3K
>
> SPA3000 + Dock-N-Talk + Cell phone
>
>
Thanks - just come across the Dock-N-Talk as it happens. Does the setup
let anyone dial it as an extension on the PBX and then specify which
specific number they want to dial, or can you set it up as an outbound
route for certain cellphone numbers?

Sorry, new to all this!

linker3000 was thinking very hard :
> Jono wrote:
>> linker3000 presented the following explanation :
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> Just spent 3 intense weeks on a steep learning curve with Asterisk@home
>>> and now have a cracking system. I was wondering about calls to cellphones
>>> and came across some sites flogging "Fixed Cellular Terminal" devices but
>>> they all seemed to start at around £1300-£1700 so can anyone provide some
>>> insight into lower cost alternatives/options or even just confirm that
>>> those prices are 'about right'. Any other ways to reduce call costs using
>>> other kit or third parties?
>>>
>>> Much appreciated.
>>>
>>> L3K
>>
>> SPA3000 + Dock-N-Talk + Cell phone
>>
>>
> Thanks - just come across the Dock-N-Talk as it happens. Does the setup let
> anyone dial it as an extension on the PBX and then specify which specific
> number they want to dial, or can you set it up as an outbound route for
> certain cellphone numbers?
>
> Sorry, new to all this!

Well,......I use mine as a trunk in Asterisk. So any calls which start
07 (except the 30+ppm ones) go out on that.

I also have a DID that my family can call from their PAYG Mobs. The DID
doesn't answer but initiates a call back using the cellular trunk &
gives them dialtone.

Callers ringing in on the mobile number get handled by *

The is also an independant phone socket on the spa3000 which acts as an
extension to *

Jono wrote:
> linker3000 was thinking very hard :
>> Jono wrote:
>>> linker3000 presented the following explanation :
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> Just spent 3 intense weeks on a steep learning curve with
>>>> Asterisk@home and now have a cracking system. I was wondering about
>>>> calls to cellphones and came across some sites flogging "Fixed
>>>> Cellular Terminal" devices but they all seemed to start at around
>>>> £1300-£1700 so can anyone provide some insight into lower cost
>>>> alternatives/options or even just confirm that those prices are
>>>> 'about right'. Any other ways to reduce call costs using other kit
>>>> or third parties?
>>>>
>>>> Much appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> L3K
>>>
>>> SPA3000 + Dock-N-Talk + Cell phone
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks - just come across the Dock-N-Talk as it happens. Does the
>> setup let anyone dial it as an extension on the PBX and then specify
>> which specific number they want to dial, or can you set it up as an
>> outbound route for certain cellphone numbers?
>>
>> Sorry, new to all this!
>
> Well,......I use mine as a trunk in Asterisk. So any calls which start
> 07 (except the 30+ppm ones) go out on that.
>
> I also have a DID that my family can call from their PAYG Mobs. The DID
> doesn't answer but initiates a call back using the cellular trunk &
> gives them dialtone.
>
> Callers ringing in on the mobile number get handled by *
>
> The is also an independant phone socket on the spa3000 which acts as an
> extension to *
>
>
Much obliged - last couple of Qs...

Do you get any caller ID info fed back from the cellphone/SPA to * or do
you just route inbounds to a fixed extn?

Where did you buy your Dock?

Ta

After serious thinking linker3000 wrote :
> Jono wrote:
>> linker3000 was thinking very hard :
>>> Jono wrote:
>>>> linker3000 presented the following explanation :
>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Just spent 3 intense weeks on a steep learning curve with Asterisk@home
>>>>> and now have a cracking system. I was wondering about calls to
>>>>> cellphones and came across some sites flogging "Fixed Cellular Terminal"
>>>>> devices but they all seemed to start at around £1300-£1700 so can anyone
>>>>> provide some insight into lower cost alternatives/options or even just
>>>>> confirm that those prices are 'about right'. Any other ways to reduce
>>>>> call costs using other kit or third parties?
>>>>>
>>>>> Much appreciated.
>>>>>
>>>>> L3K
>>>>
>>>> SPA3000 + Dock-N-Talk + Cell phone
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Thanks - just come across the Dock-N-Talk as it happens. Does the setup
>>> let anyone dial it as an extension on the PBX and then specify which
>>> specific number they want to dial, or can you set it up as an outbound
>>> route for certain cellphone numbers?
>>>
>>> Sorry, new to all this!
>>
>> Well,......I use mine as a trunk in Asterisk. So any calls which start 07
>> (except the 30+ppm ones) go out on that.
>>
>> I also have a DID that my family can call from their PAYG Mobs. The DID
>> doesn't answer but initiates a call back using the cellular trunk & gives
>> them dialtone.
>>
>> Callers ringing in on the mobile number get handled by *
>>
>> The is also an independant phone socket on the spa3000 which acts as an
>> extension to *
>>
>>
> Much obliged - last couple of Qs...
>
> Do you get any caller ID info fed back from the cellphone/SPA to * or do you
> just route inbounds to a fixed extn?
>
> Where did you buy your Dock?
>
> Ta

Caller ID passes from mobile to SPA to Asterisk perfectly. If the name
is stored in the mobile, that appears in X-lite & the asterisk CDRs as
well.

I bought it from "the only UK importer" at the time.

He was very helpful. Even sent me the dock-n-talk on approval.

Will let you have details if you wish but it will have to be tomorrow.

Jono wrote:
> After serious thinking linker3000 wrote :
>> Jono wrote:
>>> linker3000 was thinking very hard :
>>>> Jono wrote:
>>>>> linker3000 presented the following explanation :
>>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just spent 3 intense weeks on a steep learning curve with
>>>>>> Asterisk@home and now have a cracking system. I was wondering
>>>>>> about calls to cellphones and came across some sites flogging
>>>>>> "Fixed Cellular Terminal" devices but they all seemed to start at
>>>>>> around £1300-£1700 so can anyone provide some insight into lower
>>>>>> cost alternatives/options or even just confirm that those prices
>>>>>> are 'about right'. Any other ways to reduce call costs using other
>>>>>> kit or third parties?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Much appreciated.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> L3K
>>>>>
>>>>> SPA3000 + Dock-N-Talk + Cell phone
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Thanks - just come across the Dock-N-Talk as it happens. Does the
>>>> setup let anyone dial it as an extension on the PBX and then specify
>>>> which specific number they want to dial, or can you set it up as an
>>>> outbound route for certain cellphone numbers?
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, new to all this!
>>>
>>> Well,......I use mine as a trunk in Asterisk. So any calls which
>>> start 07 (except the 30+ppm ones) go out on that.
>>>
>>> I also have a DID that my family can call from their PAYG Mobs. The
>>> DID doesn't answer but initiates a call back using the cellular trunk
>>> & gives them dialtone.
>>>
>>> Callers ringing in on the mobile number get handled by *
>>>
>>> The is also an independant phone socket on the spa3000 which acts as
>>> an extension to *
>>>
>>>
>> Much obliged - last couple of Qs...
>>
>> Do you get any caller ID info fed back from the cellphone/SPA to * or
>> do you just route inbounds to a fixed extn?
>>
>> Where did you buy your Dock?
>>
>> Ta
>
> Caller ID passes from mobile to SPA to Asterisk perfectly. If the name
> is stored in the mobile, that appears in X-lite & the asterisk CDRs as
> well.
>
> I bought it from "the only UK importer" at the time.
>
> He was very helpful. Even sent me the dock-n-talk on approval.
>
> Will let you have details if you wish but it will have to be tomorrow.
>
>
Pls do - many thanks.

linker3000 pretended :

>>
>> Will let you have details if you wish but it will have to be tomorrow.
>>
>>
> Pls do - many thanks.

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On Thu, 18 May 2006 23:26:58 +0100, linker3000
<[email protected]> wrote:


>"Fixed Cellular Terminal"
>devices but they all seemed to start at around £1300-£1700 so can anyone
>provide some insight into lower cost alternatives/options or even just
>confirm that those prices are 'about right'. Any other ways to reduce
>call costs using other kit or third parties?

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