[Charlug] voip reccomendations

[Lucas Keipper]

Justin,
I am looking into VoIP providers for an asterisk system in Charlotte.  Have
you used TelaSip as a business SIP provider?  That's the company the article
you linked to recommended.  I am trying to decipher the offerings out there
and most providers have good connections in certain regions and bad in
others.  What has your experience in the Charlotte area been?  I don't see
anything on their web page about what kind of service they can promise, ie
guaranteed latency, jitter, packet loss ratings.  Are there any companies
other than TelaSip worth looking into for this region?  I am pretty excited
about getting this Asterisk box set up, but I don't want to get burned on
the provider end.

Anyone else who wants to chime in feel free.

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Lucas Keipper
IT Consultant

(980) 621-6728
lucask at lmkconsulting.net

LMK Consulting
http://www.lmkconsulting.net

On 1/31/07, Justin Moore <justin at wantmoore.com> wrote:
>
> Travis Altman wrote:
> > Thanks for clearing that up.  Also just to clear things up I only have
> > a mobile phone and I have an older home that isn't wired with
> > telephone lines, so I don't need to connect to a telephone provider
> > just a VOIP provider.  So I have no need to have the FXO solution only
> > the FXS solution.
>
> Exactly.
>
> > I did take a look at Gizmo but Skype looks even cheaper ($15 per year
> > for unlimited calls).  The downside to Skype is that its proprietary,
> > it doesn't work with SIP correct?  I guess I need to find a VOIP
> > provider that works with SIP if I were to use the Sipura device?  Also
> > If I were to go with Skype, or some other proprietary provider, I
> > would need to buy an adapter that worked with that provider correct?
>
> You hit the nail on the head with everything you said. Skype is indeed
> proprietary, hence the reason I recommended Gizmo Project, which is uses
> the SIP *standard*. Any VoIP provider that allows you to BYOD will
> probably use the SIP protocol and you can then use the SPA-1001. I've
> read about several adapters that do the same thing for Skype as the
> SPA-1001 does for SIP, but I don't recall any specific models and have
> no experience with them. And yeah, unlimited Skype out for $15/year is
> pretty darn cheap.
>
> As far as SIP VoIP providers go, you're not going to find anything as
> cheap as Skype. However, with most SIP companies, what you'll end up
> with is practically identical to "regular" home telephone service once
> its setup, with a local number and unlimited in and outbound calling for
> a flat rate. Ward @ NerdVittles has a pretty good roundup here:
> http://nerdvittles.com/index.php?p=3D71
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Justin Moore
>
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