Off Topic: Least Cost Router Software

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Hi,

On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 12:10:01PM +0200, Daniel Doering wrote:
> ) but has anyone got a linux program to dial out using the cheapest
> ) service provider? I am tired of looking up the additional prefix, typing
> ) long numbers, etc. (This is most probably only interesting for people
> ) from within Germany.)
> 
> I think a least-cost-routing function in faxrunq (?) (not sure where to
> put it - faxspool doesn't know, *when* the job is going to be processed)
> would be a nice feature, but quite a lot of work to maintain - you would
> have to update your database almost weekly....  

For "simple least-cost-routing" (not time-based, just add some additional
digits), faxrunqd's policy routing function could be used.

For time-based schemes (use mobilcom at daytime, Telekom at nighttime) one
would have to invent new things...

gert

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