Mike Diehl (Encrypted email preferred)
2004-Dec-15 22:03 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] VoIP Termination
Hi all. I'm looking to change from a standard telephone line to a VoIP phone line at home. I'm looking for recommendations for VoIP providers that I can use with Asterisk. One of the catches is that I often telecommute and sometimes I do some side business; these practices violate many provider's acceptable use policies. So, I need a provider who doesn't care how I use the phone, and one that works well with Asterisk. Any comments welcome. Thanx, -- Mike gpg key: http://diehlnet.com/~mdiehl/mdiehl.asc 83AD D927 758D 4BFC A800 0277 4B26 75A4 F0D1 C7EB
I have been most impressed with iax.cc lately.. Only been with them a few days but so far, so good! -- Start Your Own ISP! http://www.YourOwnISP.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Diehl (Encrypted email preferred)" <mdiehl@diehlnet.com> To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 11:03 PM Subject: [Asterisk-Users] VoIP Termination> Hi all. > > I'm looking to change from a standard telephone line to a VoIP phone line > at > home. I'm looking for recommendations for VoIP providers that I can use > with > Asterisk. > > One of the catches is that I often telecommute and sometimes I do some > side > business; these practices violate many provider's acceptable use policies. > So, I need a provider who doesn't care how I use the phone, and one that > works well with Asterisk. > > Any comments welcome. > > Thanx, > -- > Mike > gpg key: http://diehlnet.com/~mdiehl/mdiehl.asc > 83AD D927 758D 4BFC A800 0277 4B26 75A4 F0D1 C7EB > > _______________________________________________ > 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
On December 16, 2004 12:03 am, Mike Diehl (Encrypted email preferred) wrote:> One of the catches is that I often telecommute and sometimes I do some side > business; these practices violate many provider's acceptable use policies. > So, I need a provider who doesn't care how I use the phone, and one that > works well with Asterisk.You've gotta be kidding, VOIP providers are trying to regulate who you can call? Go with Nufone or iax.cc or even voicepulse connect -- use IAX2 over SIP, IMO it's just better. -A.
Why is IAX termination better? Gary>> So they offer termination via SIP for $0.013/minute? > > Even better-- IAX termination :) > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
1 port so easier w/ nat + it can trunk(lowering overhead) for multiple calls to 1 provider.
> I'm looking to change from a standard telephone line to a VoIP phone line at > home. I'm looking for recommendations for VoIP providers that I can use with > Asterisk.Don't forget about emergency services (lack of) with voIP.> One of the catches is that I often telecommute and sometimes I do some side > business; these practices violate many provider's acceptable use policies. > So, I need a provider who doesn't care how I use the phone, and one that > works well with Asterisk.I agree with those who have said you should use metered services, but you need to measure the time you spend on the phone to see. Fortunately, asterisk will do that for you to the second, looking at the cdr records and totalling up the duration column for a specific period will tell you what your bill would be at the few cents a minute you'll be charged. For providers I also favor IAX (most here who have the choice will) such as nufone, voicepulse and voipjet. I've also used ICH, calgarytelecom.
<snip>> Fortunately, asterisk will do that for you to the second, looking at > the cdr records and totalling up the duration column for a specific > period will tell you what your bill would be at the few cents a minute > you'll be charged. >Actually not true, although a common mistake. You do not pay to the provider by the second, so never, ever, ever total the duration column. Usually you don't pay by the minute either, but by some intermediate, like in units of 12 seconds, but you need to check it with the provider. This is a serious mistake, and it gets worse the more calls you total. Let's say, that you pay by the minute. Having made 6 calls of under ten seconds costs you as if you've made 6 calls of 59 seconds. If you just total the duration of the calls, you'd think you're paying for one minute and you're actually paying for six. That's a big mistake. Now imagine you had 12000 calls to total. Always total the price for each call, never the duration.
First of all I am a complete noob to VOIP and Asterisk. We currently have an Asterisk box setup and working with 4 FXO ports to the PSTN. What if I wanted to build another Asterisk box for my ISP users so they could use VOIP instead of the PSTN. Am I correct in saying that I need to find a VOIP provider to peer/terminate with so I can offer service to my users such as LD and VOIP call to the PSTN network? Or would I need an Asterisk box in every little town that I want to allow them to call to? J