I don't know if this will take off in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r12472917 en Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:38:06 EDT Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:38:06 EDT I don't know if this will take off http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12472917 djrobx : It's an interesting idea, but I don't think it will work as long as it requires the Asterisk PBX to be installed on a dedicated computer with the specialized phone hardware. That's way too much of a commitment for someone to dabble with it. P2P only works when you have a massive number of people using it.

My experience with Asterisk is also that the voice quality from VOIP to a residential POTS line is horribly bad due to echo (and the subsequent attempt to cancel it). It worked well with a digital line (ISDN, T1, etc). Perhaps Digium has better cards by now, I know they were working on one with a hardware echo canceller.

It might work as a Windows app that supports telephony, the problem is the vast majority of modems have a broken voice interface.
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