asterisk users - Mar 2006 - Speakeasy VOIP + Asterisk?

Has anyone tried getting Speakeasy VOIP to work with Asterisk?

I just got Speakeasy DSL and am thinking of trying out their VOIP [1] with
the hope that the quality/stability will be better than broadvoice.

I searched in the usual places (voip-info.org, the asterisk users mailing
list archives [2], dslreports.com) and couldn't find anything.  Any other
places I should look?

Thanks,
Simon

[1] http://speakeasy.net/home/voip/
[2] http://www.google.com/search?q=site:lists.digium.com+voip+speakeasy

On Mar 12, 2006, at 1:31 AM, Simon Dorfman wrote:
> Has anyone tried getting Speakeasy VOIP to work with Asterisk?
>
> I just got Speakeasy DSL and am thinking of trying out their VOIP [1] 
> with
> the hope that the quality/stability will be better than broadvoice.
>
> I searched in the usual places (voip-info.org, the asterisk users 
> mailing
> list archives [2], dslreports.com) and couldn't find anything.  Any 
> other
> places I should look?
>
According my discussions with speakeasy, they are using "special"
ATA's
that are locked to there network (by MAC address) and also a "special"
scheme for reserving bandwidth for phone transactions. Basically they 
say that when the phone becomes active a 100kb channel is reserved for 
the VOIP transactions.

So I wouldn't expect it to be too easy to hook up to asterisk?

Let us know if you try.  Also,  try calling Speakeasy and talking to 
them.  One great thing about them is that anybody who answers the phone 
knows enough to actually talk to you and help you.  Quite shocking 
after dealing with other ISPs (comcast).

Marty