Using Cisco CME and IP Phones to make free international calls?

[Abdullah Net]

Hello there,

I read an article yesterday stating that some countries ban the ordering and the using of cisco voip equipment to personal users (not companies) because it can be used to make free international calls which can lower their PSTN profits.

I have been working on my small cisco voip home network for a while now and i do not understand how can a cisco cme router be able to make a free long distance calls? the only way that is possible in my head is when you run a 2000 km telephone RJ11 cable to other counties which is kind of impossible to do for personal users.

So can anyone explain how is it possible to make free long distance calls using cisco voip equipments?

Thanks,

Abdul

[paolo bevilacqua]

Try to understand this concept: with voip, distance is not a factor.

[Brian Meade · Accepted solution]

You can find SIP trunking providers online that range from free to very inexpensive for international calls compared to using the PSTN.  All you need to do is set up one of these SIP trunks in CME.