Hi Everyone, Does anyone know of any Canadian VoIP providers that offer all of the following: 1. DIDs in Canada, U.S., and Europe 2. BYOD (i.e. connect to Asterisk directly) 3. Setting of CallerID for outgoing calls 4. Multiple concurrent calls per account (or some other method to accommodate many concurrent outgoing calls) I've checked out the Wiki and there doesn't appear to be any Canadian providers that currently offer the above. BTW, do any VoIP providers support call centre type of environments where the vast majority of calls (98%) are outgoing? My biggest client (not currently using Asterisk, but may be shortly) is an investor relations firm, and they raise funds (among other services) for their clients. This entails massive amounts of outgoing calls. They have 12 employees, and will be adding a few more, topping out at around 15. I would say about 13 to 14 of those employees would need to be able to place outgoing calls concurrently. 1. How does this work in the VoIP world? Is it as simple as ordering another account and just setting it up in the dialling plan? 2. If multiple accounts are the answer, how then do they all tie in with one phone number? Thanks, Ranbir -- Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu Linux Consultant Systems Aligned Inc. www.systemsaligned.com
If I get DID inbound and LD outbound service from a VoIP provider and route all calls to them, would all calls even calls that would normally be local, be considered ld and thus charged the per minute fee? Blake
So far, in my experience, LD as we know it as POTS users is not the same as LD via VoIP. Lines over VoIP are marketed as anywhere to anywhere for minute costs ranging from 1.1 to 2 cents or higher. Whether you call next door or all the way to the East coast from the West coast, the cost is the same minute rate. That changes when you go country to country but still remains low. All and all, it seems to still come in way lower than the cost of supporting a LD carrier on POTS. The only issue to date I have seen is reliability. POTS lines are still way higher in cost and reliability. Thanks, Wiley -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Parker, Blake (MIS) Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:55 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Question about VoIP Providers If I get DID inbound and LD outbound service from a VoIP provider and route all calls to them, would all calls even calls that would normally be local, be considered ld and thus charged the per minute fee? Blake _______________________________________________ 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