[AusNOG] mobile phones coverages alternative

[Matt Perkins]

I use Bria on my iphone quite a bit but it's a big battery sucker. It's 
not really practical to have it on all day if your away from a charger. 
It means carring another device but there' are plenty of voip wifi stand 
alone portable phones on Voipsupply.com

Matt.


On 29/08/12 2:53 PM, Joseph Goldman wrote:
> My thought would be a local (preferred) or hosted (if connectivity is 
> decent) VoIP server and a SIP client on each phone (assuming smartphones).
>
> However, to *receive* calls, the phone will need to be set to call 
> forward to your VoIP server. From what I can think of, this will mean 
> putting up with 1 of either of these 3 issues:
>
>     1) Users will have to turn call forwarding on and off each time 
> they come in/out.
>     2) Users set call forward on no answer to VoIP server, instead of 
> Voicemail. If they want Voicemail at all then the VoIP server will 
> need to handle it full stop
>     3) Call forward always set to on, and the clients register via 3G 
> chewing up 3G data with each call. Problem with this is, the Mobile 
> Service is charged for each call diverted on as an outgoing call, so 
> this could be costly when all added up.
>
>  There may be scenario's or setup's I haven't considered. My personal 
> favorite would probably be number 2.
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
> On 29/08/12 2:35 PM, Qui Le wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We work on a site where we do not get mobile signal coverage  from 
>> our telcos.
>>
>> However we can deploy several  Wi-fi APs throughout the building.
>>
>> Is there workable solution where our users can use our Wi-fi Aps to 
>> receive and making calls?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Qui
>>
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