Voip teleophony - Anyone know Packet-8 or others?

[Ken D'Ambrosio]

Travis Roy wrote:

>
> I think it would be near impossible for say Verizon to prove that
> you're stealing verizon phone service if you set up your own Asterisk
> box. After all, if you eventually hit a PSTN line, you have to pay for
> that some way or another, or if you have a DID number in, you have to
> pay for that as well. 

To quote Galaxy Quest, "Ah, the niavete."  First and foremost: I totally
agree with every point you made.  Which doesn't, alas, mean that the
telco has to agree, or, for that matter, the law.  Just as a ferinstance
of where you already *could* violate the law with an Asterisk box:
(unauthorized) reselling of telco service *is* illegal.  So if, say, you
had Aunt Bessie pay you $5/mo. for the privilege of unlimited calling
via a SIP phone from her house through your Asterisk box, yes, you'd be
breaking the law.

In a nutshell, the law is whatever the legislators make it (and courts
agree to).  And for any in doubt, please plug "Dmitry Sklyarov" into Google.

*sigh*

-Ken