Hi I believe this is due to the way US phone systems work, however I'm going to ask anyway. In the UK there are several providers who provide national rate PSTN => Voip gateways which are free to receive calls on, (for the recipient), the caller pays the cost of calling. E.g 0844 0870 etc. I am looking for a US provier who offers the same sort of system. I don't call the US but I have people in the US who call me. I wanted to set up a number where they could call, which would route to my * box, preferable via IAX or failing that SIP, (I haven't manged to get sip to work with DTMF yet, hence my preference). However I can only find providers of local numbers, or toll free numbers, both of which incur an inbound call rate of between 2c and 10c / minute, plus a monthly charge. Does anyone know of a provider who provides such a service either in US or Canada? I have googled for days on this one, and have come up with next to nothing. Many Thanks Mark
voicepulse? We get free inbound on them. However, every once in a while the service degrades for quite some time and they blame it on their upstream provider; the issue just "goes away" without any real resolution. Mark Charlton wrote:>Hi > >I believe this is due to the way US phone systems work, however I'm going to >ask anyway. In the UK there are several providers who provide national rate >PSTN => Voip gateways which are free to receive calls on, (for the >recipient), the caller pays the cost of calling. E.g 0844 0870 etc. > >I am looking for a US provier who offers the same sort of system. I don't >call the US but I have people in the US who call me. I wanted to set up a >number where they could call, which would route to my * box, preferable via >IAX or failing that SIP, (I haven't manged to get sip to work with DTMF yet, >hence my preference). However I can only find providers of local numbers, >or toll free numbers, both of which incur an inbound call rate of between 2c >and 10c / minute, plus a monthly charge. > >Does anyone know of a provider who provides such a service either in US or >Canada? I have googled for days on this one, and have come up with next to >nothing. > >Many Thanks >Mark > > >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > >
Someone may correct me, but in the US, the concept of "Calling Party Pays" went away with early cell phones. Many companies opted for the "Calling Parry Pays" plans so their clients could call them at will. However, callers were unaware of the charge which created quite a fuss until the cell providers stopped offering that service. I don't see why you couldn't get an account through a VOIP provider in the US for a decent price. Not meaning to start another flame war here, but I am the most familiar with BroadVoice so I will use that as an example. If you are not calling the US, then you don't need to worry about where the phone number is terminated and you could go with the $9.95 unlimited in-state plan since that has an unlimited number of inbound minutes. Setup the inbound trunk to BV and in a few minutes you have a working US number that doesn't cost your callers anything and only sets you bac $10 a month. -Kerry -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mark Charlton Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 7:10 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] US pstn => voip Hi I believe this is due to the way US phone systems work, however I'm going to ask anyway. In the UK there are several providers who provide national rate PSTN => Voip gateways which are free to receive calls on, (for the recipient), the caller pays the cost of calling. E.g 0844 0870 etc. I am looking for a US provier who offers the same sort of system. I don't call the US but I have people in the US who call me. I wanted to set up a number where they could call, which would route to my * box, preferable via IAX or failing that SIP, (I haven't manged to get sip to work with DTMF yet, hence my preference). However I can only find providers of local numbers, or toll free numbers, both of which incur an inbound call rate of between 2c and 10c / minute, plus a monthly charge. Does anyone know of a provider who provides such a service either in US or Canada? I have googled for days on this one, and have come up with next to nothing. Many Thanks Mark _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Get a "local" number for $3-$10/month with unlimited incoming minutes, and the caller will surely pay the cost of the call (unless they're "local"). If you have fewer than 100 minutes, go with a metered DID and pay $1-$2/month plus around 1c/minute. Or go with Stanaphone or IPKall and get a "free" number (with the provision that neither of these may be "forever").> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Charlton [mailto:mark@mcwebtree.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:10 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] US pstn => voip > > > Hi > > I believe this is due to the way US phone systems work, > however I'm going to ask anyway. In the UK there are several > providers who provide national rate PSTN => Voip gateways > which are free to receive calls on, (for the recipient), the > caller pays the cost of calling. E.g 0844 0870 etc. > > I am looking for a US provier who offers the same sort of > system. I don't call the US but I have people in the US who > call me. I wanted to set up a number where they could call, > which would route to my * box, preferable via IAX or failing > that SIP, (I haven't manged to get sip to work with DTMF yet, > hence my preference). However I can only find providers of > local numbers, or toll free numbers, both of which incur an > inbound call rate of between 2c and 10c / minute, plus a > monthly charge. > > Does anyone know of a provider who provides such a service > either in US or Canada? I have googled for days on this one, > and have come up with next to nothing. > > Many Thanks > Mark