[PLUG] ENUM is a good thing (VOIP)

[Lee Marzke <lee@marzke.net>]

If you have a recent version of Trixbox running ( I'm now on 2.0 )  the 
ENUM trunks
are now trivial to use - and avoid VOIP fee's for your entire call.

An ENUM outbound trunk checks to see if there is a published direct "IP" 
route to
the destination phone number, before passing it through the PSTN.  So if 
your calling
me at 610 454-xxxx ,   Asterisk will check with e164.org and find that I 
have a published
route of  sip://610454XXXX@4aero.com  - and Presto  you connect to me 
without either
of us paying any charges to VOIP providers.

To use ENUM in Trixbox 2.0 you have to:
1. Outbound: To use other peoples published ENUM routes,  you just have 
to add an ENUM trunk
   as the 1st trunk in outbound routing.  ENUM has to be 1st - if no 
ENUM route is found
   the call is then processed by your normal VOIP provider.

2. Inbound:  Register your phone number and IP of your Asterisk box with 
e164.org for inbound
   access.   And enable 'anonymous' inbound SIP.

Lee Marzke

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