asterisk users - Jul 2004 - Anyone heard of BroadVox direct?

Just received:

Cognigen is very proud to announce the official launch
of Broadvox Direct, a new VOIP service.

Broadvox Direct offers unlimited calling plans to
anywhere in the US and Canada for a low monthly payment starting at
$29.95 and basic accounts as low as $12.95.

http://cognigen.net/broadvox/?mu

Anyone know who's behind that?  It's not BroadVoice, is it?

On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 21:42, Jay Milk wrote:
> Just received:
> 
> Cognigen is very proud to announce the official launch
> of Broadvox Direct, a new VOIP service.
Broadvox (http://www.broadvox.net) sells the service directly, and has
since March of 2004 I believe. Cognigen is simply a reseller of said
service. A number of other VoIP providers private-label Broadvox service
in one form or another.

I have used their service since December of 2003 (kind of a beta
tester). Initially, they shipped the SPA-2000, but are about to start
shipping their new DTA which is based on the Mediatrix 2012. I've been
beta testing their new DTA and, at least in the ways I use, it works
really well. Supports faxes and analog modems too, which is a bonus.

They are not Asterisk friendly in the sense they require ATAs and won't
provide credentials.  At the moment, I have the SPA-2000 plugged into
the FXO port on my SPA-3000 so it goes into my Asterisk server. I'll
swap it for the new DTA once they move my phone number over to it. :)

-- PhoneBoy

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004, Jay Milk wrote:
> Just received:
> 
> Cognigen is very proud to announce the official launch
> of Broadvox Direct, a new VOIP service.
> 
> Broadvox Direct offers unlimited calling plans to
> anywhere in the US and Canada for a low monthly payment starting at
> $29.95 and basic accounts as low as $12.95.
> 
> http://cognigen.net/broadvox/?mu
> 
> Anyone know who's behind that?  It's not BroadVoice, is it?
Nope.. CEO is Jeffery Williams, someone I know from the Cleveland ISP 
scene. Good guy. I've had many a decent discussions with him. He used to 
run the company "Now Online" and got hooked up with BroadVox after
that
company was sold. He brought in a Cisco 79xx series phone to show me about 
2 years ago, and showed me what Broadvox was planning on doing. As far as 
I know, they are using SoftSwitch technology with Cisco termination at the 
Central Office level. BroadVox has a signficiant, well etablished 
business, while BroadVox Direct has been spun off to handle the 
"residential" arm.

As for Asterisk, I don't think they are using it, and if I understand it, 
they are simply offering SIP termination w/ DIDs. Should work fine with 
Asterisk, but I think they are shipping Sippura as their ATA. I can give 
him a call and see what he is up to next week when things settle down for 
me.

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