thunderousApplaus

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Replacing a landline phone in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] thunderousApplaus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago

This is it! Why didnt't I think of that... Thank you!

Replacing a landline phone in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] thunderousApplaus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Trying to replace an overpriced legacy service for my family, because my ISP charges an arm and a leg for a landline subscription which gets used at most once a day (oftentimes even less). So ideally a handset device capable of recieving and making calls to a limited number of devices.

Replacing a landline phone in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
[–] thunderousApplaus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Are you trying to learn how this works or just need a landline?

Both. I have only one ISP which maybe offers (there is some contradictory wording on their site) landlines for consumers. And they charge outrageous prices for a service which would be used at most once a day for a couple of minutes.

But if you say it's tough to pull of for a noobie then I'll look for other solutions.

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Replacing a landline phone (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) by thunderousApplaus@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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Hi!

I'm looking to replace my family's landline phone with a VoIP based hardphone. From my research it seems that I'd need a SIP server and a SIP Trunk provider. But I also happened to find Jami that has a SIP account feature.

  1. Could I make and recieve calls with Jami over the hardphone similar to a landline phone (minus the ability to call and recieve calls from normal phone numbers) with this setup (SIP server + Jami + hardphone)?
  2. Does anyone have experience setting up a similar system?
  3. Am I overcomplicating things and a used smartphone turned into a softphone would be a better choice?

I've just recently begun my selfhosting journey so I'm not very well versed in networking, but I am willing to put in the time and effort to learn. So any (constructive) feedback/guidance is greatly appreciated!

EDIT: The solution for me it seems is to just buy a used Android smartphone and connect it to a bluetooth handset. Thanks everyone :)