asterisk users - Dec 2007 - Reputable company for SIP/IAX2 trunking

Hi all,

There's a myriad of options these days and I haven't been keeping up to
date
with what's respectable any longer.

I essentially need a provider that will provide me with one DID to start and
let me trunk over SIP or IAX2. I'd like to obviously trunk with Asterisk on
my end and have full control over the dial plan. This way I can branch out
my DID into extensions and have it dial individual peers according to an
extension.

Looking for some feedback on what provider is quality these days. I don't
mind paying an extra dollar or two.

Thanks,

- sf
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Steve,

if you want quality and reliability, then you need to get as close as
you can to the actual big guys operating the equipment, such as
Level3, GlobalCrossing, XO,  CommPartners. But they won't be
interested in doing business with you for just 1 DID and couple
thousand minutes a month. So find yourself a good first-hand reseller
of those big guys who is interested in doing business with you. There
are many out there. We have been getting >90% of our west-coast DIDs
from CommPartners directly, and over the last 3 years, I don't recall
a single indecent when they let us down service. The actual VoIP
service is excellent; billing and paperwork can be messy at times.

Luki

On Dec 15, 2007 4:25 PM, Steve Finkelstein <sf at stevefink.net>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> There's a myriad of options these days and I haven't been keeping
up to date
> with what's respectable any longer.
>
> I essentially need a provider that will provide me with one DID to start
and
> let me trunk over SIP or IAX2. I'd like to obviously trunk with
Asterisk on
> my end and have full control over the dial plan. This way I can branch out
> my DID into extensions and have it dial individual peers according to an
> extension.
>
> Looking for some feedback on what provider is quality these days. I
don't
> mind paying an extra dollar or two.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - sf