asterisk users - Nov 2003 - Best or any VoIP provider that works with *?

Suggestions on a VoIP provider that works with *?

I know there is vonage.com but have read numerous bad things about their
agreement and that you don't get a username and password from them rather a
preconfigured Cisco ATA 186 that you are not allowed to get in to.  Top most
being you have to use a X100P with them to work with * which in my mind is just
too many links in that chain.

I have heard about Packet8 but would like to hear from people whether it works
with * or not and any hurdles you may have faced to make it work.

I would prefer a solution that did not tie up a X100P port if possible as that
just means there is one more point of failure.

The thought of unlimited nationwide calling is of big interest to me and others
I am sure and I would like to know how others are handling it on their end.

If you have a suggestion and possibly a sample of your configuration that works
with the provider that would help a lot of us here as well.

Thank you...

-Robert
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> Suggestions on a VoIP provider that works with *?
I am _very_ happy with voicepulse.  connect.voicepulse.com.  they don't 
treat you like a newbie, it's all configured and billed online and their 
email support is very fast and friendly.  Rates ain't bad, either.  :-)

Oh yes, and they support IAX2 trunking and ILBC, and you can download the 
current rates and your call history in machine-readable format without 
resorting to screen-scraping.  :-)
> The thought of unlimited nationwide calling is of big interest to me and
> others I am sure and I would like to know how others are handling it on
> their end.
They do not have an unlimited plan that I am aware of.   That's fine though;
unlimited long distance is not an economically viable way to run a 
business, and I would like voicepulse to hang around for a good long while.

Regards,
Andrew