[kwlug-disc] what is the perfect openWRT router?

[unsolicited]

Buy ata, unplug from bell demarc, plug into ata, done.

Sites like voip.ms have configs for asterisk and many popular devices.

Apparently avoid the later SPA-2/3102's post-Linksys hardware / upgrade 
rev (that killed the hardware). They're now recommending a different 
alternative, for some reason, Opus is coming to mind.

Raul recently did this (presented, too, IIRC - last presentation at 
Huether?), John has presented more than once on this. Oksana just 
plugged her ata in and got on with her day. (Unlimitel at the time.)

Nice thing about all of this - buy ata, plug spare phone in, experiment, 
confirm. Can try before you buy, as it were. i.e. before cutting the cord.

WAF ~100%, she's picking up the same handset she always has.

Bear in mind some of Paul's comments may not apply from his business / 
site setting to the typical residential environment.

At voip.ms you can play with all things but make calls. $25 deposit / 
risk, afterwards. Voip To Voip free. So, without cost you can test 
calling to DTMF and voice echo tests, with cost (but no charge) call 
your other phones in the house. e.g. Softphone / PC to PC, Softphone to 
home, register your cell with a voip client (if needed), and with one 
hand work the home phone and the other the cell, and exercise until 
comfortable.

Note: Nowhere here is OpenWRT mentioned.

On 14-03-28 01:52 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> For Wifeski and I, we are in the middle of making Ma Bell walk the plank..
>   This is a bit off topic but ultimately it all comes under "why I need
> unlimited internet and a good router firmware".
>
> We are trying to cancel our Bell satellite TV.  They are pulling several
> tricks right now to get us to stay (including something that sounds like
> extortion to me), but they will be gone shortly.  That's $90 a month
> liberated in the Name of the People.
>
> We have had a look at getting an HDTV antenna from a local provider.  Good
> idea but it's on the back burner for now.  I torrent most of my TV shows,
> plus a lot of channels offer their broadcasts over the internet so we're
> going to see how much we miss live TV before we buy the antenna.
>
> Wifeski's cell phone will be moved over to Telus or Koodoo or whomever
> shortly.  Mine is already Telus.
>
> So that just leaves the home phone, currently a POTS from Bell.  I'm
> looking at how to replace that next, probably with VoIP.  Any suggestions?
>   I know this has come up in this group's discussions before, but I don't
> need a lot of fancy features.  Just call display and a simple voicemail,
> and the option to keep our old number.  Does anyone know of a simple
> solution for home phone?  Remember that Wifeski wants something that anyone
> can operate without having to know serious tech...
>
>
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> On 28 March 2014 13:32, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 1:28 PM, unsolicited <unsolicited at swiz.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 14-03-28 12:19 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 11:45 AM, unsolicited <unsolicited at swiz.ca>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The original motivation was to find out what/who was using bandwidth on
>>>> the
>>>> home network. This was because of Rogers' overages.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ah, sounds like what another on the list calls their 'pesky teenager'
>>> problem.
>>
>>
>> Nowadays it is not only teenagers.
>>
>> The TV has Netflix/Youtube/Crackle/UStream/...etc.
>> The new home theatre/receiver has internet radio ...
>> The phone is VoIP
>> Yadda yadda ...
>>
>>
>>>
>>>   Not as much a money issue now that I have unlimited internet, but sure
>>>> helps to know what is going on. For example: how much does VoIP use when
>>>> there are no calls, vs. when you are on the phone.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You switched? What did you go with / how's it working out?
>>
>>
>> Did not "switch". Just got the unlimited offer from Rogers in return of
>> not defecting now.
>>
>> This is a temporary measure to buy time, until the contract runs out and
>> then I see what the options are, and whether Free over the air TV antenna
>> is enough, ...etc.
>>
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