[olug] Asterisk Support Needed

[Shawn L. Djernes]

This whole thing peeks my interest. It would solve some of the issues I am dealing with at some of my client's remote sites. 

I am DCAP certified and would be willing to help in any way I can. 

Thanks

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Shawn L. Djernes 

On Aug 31, 2010, at 18:06, "Luke-Jr" <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:

> On Tuesday, August 31, 2010 08:41:29 am Jay Woods wrote:
>> I have started working with XG Industries on some stuff (which
>> hopefully will include an open source cell phone tower). There is an
>> article on the open source version which includes Asterisk:
>> 
>> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/083010-open-source-voip-
>> cell-phones-at-burning-man.html?hp
>> 
>> I would like to develop a list of local people that would be interested
>> in supporting such a thing. Does this apply to any of you? (The most I
>> can do is supply a cheap computer and do configuration support.)
> 
> OpenBTS interests me greatly, mainly because AT&T is so expensive (and doesn't 
> even offer an unlimited data plan) and T-Mobile has basically no coverage in 
> Omaha... Would be awesome to get a community cellular network running, 
> especially if I can point the voice service at my own private PBX (as an 
> extension)... something I'm not aware of *any* cellular providers offering.
> 
> The main reason I lost interest is the cost and FCC issue. While technically 
> speaking, one doesn't need a FCC license for the 900 MHz band, in practice the 
> limits on xmit power would make coverage terrible without a tower every couple 
> miles. :(
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