July 2017
Intermediate to advanced
434 pages
12h 59m
English
A DID (Direct Inward Calling) number is a phone number that in some way when it is called then originates a SIP call toward a SIP server (the SIP server, in our case FreeSWITCH, will then route the call to its final destination, often an extension phone).
The logical flow is: CALLER -> PSTN -> DID -> ITSP -> SIP -> FreeSWITCH
There are many DIDs providers, maybe the most known pure DID provider is DIDx.net, that can provide local numbers from all around the world. Many ITSPs also can lease you numbers, local to the country they are located and international numbers, and usually they get those numbers from upstream DID providers.
So, we buy (actually, lease, nobody can sell you the ownership of a phone ...
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