<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On Feb 8, 2012, at 11:16 AM, Simon Schubert wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 02/08/2012 08:07 PM, miloh wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Casey Callendrello <<a href="mailto:c1@caseyc.net">c1@caseyc.net</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">One of the problems of gatebot is that it costs money. Sorry, kids, but<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">SIP trunks aren't free. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm not sure<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">that phone access is worth any monthly recurring cost.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Well they are nearly Free. I spent 0.25USD on a 30 minute call from<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">+049 to +01 last week.<br></blockquote><br>At least in Germany (+49) you can get free SIP numbers assigned from<br>some providers (<a href="http://sipgate.de">sipgate.de</a>). I can understand that NB doesn't want to<br>call an overseas number (just to let it ring, not to make a connection)<br>to unlock the gate, but better than nothing.<br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>You can get free Seattle-area one through <a href="http://www.ipkall.com/">http://www.ipkall.com/</a>. If we're looking for something more local and reliable, I believe we could put together a SIP gateway with Skype's business services for $9.45/month. ( <a href="http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/business/skype-connect/#t_pricing">http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/business/skype-connect/#t_pricing</a> + $2.50/month for the Skype-in number.)</div><div><br></div><div>I was playing with the Asterisk server last night; is cost the only reason why the incoming routes were disabled?</div><br><div>- David</div></body></html>