[Charlug] voip reccomendations

[Lucas Keipper]

Thanks Sean, this is very helpful information.  I am way ahead of you and
have already started poring over the articles at nerdvittles, they are
great!

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Lucas Keipper
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On 2/1/07, Sean Hogston <sean at hogston.com> wrote:
>
>  On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 09:57 -0500, Lucas Keipper wrote:
>
> 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 a=
ny
> 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.
>
>  I have been with TeleSIP for over a year now. I use them for home and
> home business so i actually bought 2 lines from them. I have been happy w=
ith
> them. And it seems like any issues I have had during that time have been =
on
> my end. They can be a little rough to get ahold of if you need support bu=
t I
> have not had any real critical issue that I couldnt get resolved with ema=
il
> to them.
>
> I will tell you that you should never rely on a single provider for VOIP
> service and that if this is a business then you really need to consider
> keeping at least one POTS line. I had a POTS line hooked back up to my ho=
use
> simply for the 911 and times when my internet goes down, although neither
> are very often.
>
> Here is my current setup:
> TrixBox VMware image from NerdVittles
> Dell Optiplex Core2 Duo
> 3Gig ram, Trixbox image gets 512m
> Spa-3000 for one FXS and one FXO
> AAstera 4line VOIP phone with 2 wireless handsets.
> Linksys 941 2 line voip desk phone
> Uniden POTS flip phone plugged into the spa-3000
> Soft clients on Linux and windows.
> Remote VOIP phone in FL connected to my Asterisk server for LD calls.
> Currently running service from 7 different providers:
>     Telesip- main gateway and local Clt numbers
>     Voxee- outgoing backup
>     Voipjet- outgoing backup
>     Stanaphone
>     Voipdiscount
>     Freedigits
>     FreeWorldDialup
> I also have a couple others that i get international inbound numbers from
> like London, germany and austria.
>
> Getting all these setup is the easy part, getting the routing right can be
> difficult. Basically Telasip is my main provider for in and out bound US
> calls. If the call cannot connect to telasip then it goes to voxee then
> voipjet then stanaphone.
>
> For outbound international it goes to voxee then voipjet then telesip.
>
> Voxee and Voipjet are comercial carriers and not really for end users. You
> have to keep a balance in your account to even connect a call through the=
m.
> It is pretty low though I think $10 or something like that. They have rea=
lly
> good rates though. I paid 1.2c a minute to Paris last time I made a call
> there.
>
> You should check out the articles at nerdvittles.com as they get alot of
> the tricks worked out in a system. Also if you dont want to use the vmware
> image you can setup a standalone box then follow one of the articles to u=
se
> their script and get it all working like the vmware install. Mine has all
> the weather reports music on hold and all the other tricks they have done.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Sean
>
>
>
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