[Aaug] SIP/IAX2 Provider

[Anthony Cosgrove]

There is also voicepulse connect $11/mo for one DID that comes with 4 
channels in and 4 channels out. http://connect.voicepulse.com - they are 
BYOD and LD rates can be .01 once you verify your account.

Anthony
Itaki Networks

Brian Whigham wrote:

>> Are there any providers that are good that will allow
>>
>>> me to use either an ATA or Asterisk?  Then that line would be my real-
>>> world line for the PBX.
>>
>
> Chris,
>
> That's the idea behind protocols.  Asterisk speaks several, including
> MGCP, H.323, SIP, IAX, & IAX2.  If the provider speaks that protocol,
> you can connect Asterisk directly to it.  There are ATAs that speak IAX2
> or SIP (probably requiring a firmware change).
>
> And, as you found, you may have a different provider for outbound calls
> vs. inbound calls.  Look for DID to find a direct-inward-dial provider.
> You'll find a local phone number for as little as $2.92/mo.  The lowest
> price I've found is SIPphone.com (aka Gizmo Project).  Conveniently,
> I've also found them to be one of the most reliable and cheapest
> termination providers.  They're $0.01/min. outbound.  Inbound minutes
> are free.  Since I use my cell phone most of the time, I'd only get my
> money's worth out of Packet8 if I used 1,709 minutes/mo.  I've been
> using my pre-paid $10 to Gizmo for months now.  I use other providers in
> case of failure. I've found Voxee and voipjet to be cheap.  But, voipjet
> recently did something with requiring volume.  And Voxee has been
> unreliable for me.  There are also some free DID providers, though voice
> quality hasn't impressed me with them.  Look for < 50ms latency to the
> provider to avoid excessive delay.
>
> Down the road, you might also be interested in having several incoming
> numbers and termination providers.  There's a functionality called
> least-cost-routing (LCR) which looks up the destination and chooses the
> cheapest provider dynamically.
>
> http://voip-info.org has a page with the cheapest ATAs, DIDs, and
> termination providers.
>
> see how fun VOIP is?
>
> Brian
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