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Start Your Own Open Source-Based Telecom

Posted by timothy on from the or-at-least-daydream-about-it dept.

prostoalex writes "George Ou shows how with the help of open-source VOIP server Asterisk you can start your own telecommunications company for under $6000 '...you can build a phone system that can support 72 analog telephones or fax machines, 100 IP hard or soft phones on site or remote, a T1 line to the public telco for 23 simultaneous external PSTN connections, multiple IP-based IAX trunks to multiple remote offices for seamless toll-bypass 4-digit dialing, IVR, and almost unlimited voice mail for everyone - for under $6,000 in a 1U chassis. Such a price point is easily 10 or more times cheaper than a commercial alternative,' writes George."

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  1. Speed reading... by mikael · · Score: 3, Funny

    100 IP hard or soft phones on site or remote

    For a moment I thought that read

    ... 100 IP hard or soft porn sites ...

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  2. And I shall call mine... by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    mah-Bell

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  3. Re:we use it for order status menu system by OgreChow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mod -1, Arrogant

  4. Re:we use it for order status menu system by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Then again I am not a run of the mill programmer and have enough smarts to pull it off.

    Too bad you don't have the Testicular Fortitude to post as a logged in user.

  5. My own telecom? Really? Wow! by Brento · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lemme get this straight: for just $6,000, I can start my own telecom, just like the big boys? I can bleed millions of dollars in red ink and employ mindless unionized drones who provide horrendous customer service while simultaneously driving my customers away? I can run miles of fiber through the neighborhood only to provide people with 384k upload speeds?

    Wow, where do I sign up?

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  6. Re:My own telecom? Really? Wow! by tomstdenis · · Score: 3, Funny

    Before you can run a successfully inept business you have to attend a MBA-mill and get your business speak about you.

    And then you can synergize the process and run it into the ground while taking millions in bonuses every time you fart or something...[nortel...]

    Tom

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  7. Re:Just the basic hardware... by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 4, Funny
    Customer service

    Yeah. That would be a real problem Verizon provides great customer service today and I would have to invest heavily in trying to equal their support level.

    Gotta go now, I've been on hold for 45 minutes...