How To Start A Voice Portal With Rs 1 Lakh

Published: May 23, 2008, 1:20 am

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Just finished reading a very interesting post on "How To Start A VoiceSite With Rs. 1 Lakh" by Veerchand Bothra from Netcore. Bothra writes that, apart from content, all one needs is Rs. 65000 ($1625) to acquire an E1 line (with 32 connections), Rs. 8000 ($200) per month to operate it, Rs. 35000 for a server and the open source application Asterisk to run the service. I'd mentioned asterisk earlier here in the context of using it for Voice over Internet Protocol, but there are issues around terminating a VoIP connection in a public service telephone network (PSTN) in India. That issue doesn't apply to the use of asterisk for a Voice Portal. Bothra believes that Asterisk is to Voice Portals, what Apache has been to websites. He believes that there's a critical mass for voice based services now, making STD or local calls is no longer expensive, the billing system has been put into place, and payment mechanisms have evolved as well. A very interesting read, here. Why it

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