Wolf Paul
2004-Oct-10 10:18 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Re: Asterisk-Users Digest, Vol 3, Issue 115
Greg Hill <gregh-asterisk@hillnet.us> wrote:>You probably mentioned this before.. but why Vonage? Since you're using >the PSTN for receiving calls and VOIP for placing calls, why not go with >another, more enlightened, vendor? Everybody offers US domestic long >distance cheap as dirt, and most other vendors' plans are less expensive >than Vonage's anyway. The main advantage here is that you get to work with >a vendor who will provide you with SIP (or IAX, or something else) >credentials to make your * box talk directly to them. > >I have not seen another UNLIMITED FLATRATE offer. That alone, if I expect to make many long calls, would make me go with Vonage, even if I have to go out through the ATA. Of course that leave one with the problem that you cannot make multiple simultaneous calls that way (but that is probably the intention, and why their softphone account is not available with unlimited calls. Wolf Paul
Jerry Glomph Black
2004-Oct-10 10:25 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Don't go with vendor lock-in or other traps
Not seen unlimited flatrate? You are not looking very hard. Umm, you are ignoring Broadvoice, which has no crappy bonding to their hardware, or bogus soft-phone ripoff. Broadvoice has unlimited plans that work with Asterisk. I have it, it works great. Digium rules, and DOES deserve everybody's support. On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, Wolf Paul wrote:> Greg Hill <gregh-asterisk@hillnet.us> wrote: > >> You probably mentioned this before.. but why Vonage? Since you're using >> the PSTN for receiving calls and VOIP for placing calls, why not go with >> another, more enlightened, vendor? Everybody offers US domestic long >> distance cheap as dirt, and most other vendors' plans are less expensive >> than Vonage's anyway. The main advantage here is that you get to work with >> a vendor who will provide you with SIP (or IAX, or something else) >> credentials to make your * box talk directly to them. >> > I have not seen another UNLIMITED FLATRATE offer. That alone, if I expect to > make many long calls, > would make me go with Vonage, even if I have to go out through the ATA. Of > course that leave one with the problem that you cannot make multiple > simultaneous calls that way (but that is probably the intention, and why > their softphone account is not available with unlimited calls.