asterisk users - Apr 2006 - Looking for a good VoIP Provider in the UK-

Any recommendations for a VoIP provider in the UK?

I have a few guys in a field office in the UK with SIP phones and a VPN 
tunnel back to a working Asterisk setup in the US. The Asterisk setup 
has an IAX trunk with TelaSIP/VoipXpress with local DiD's for US 
offices, so they can call vendors, customers etc in the US at local 
rates. I'd like to get the same thing for the UK, so that UK customers 
can call them as a local call AND they can dial out UK numbers as local 
calls. The obvious side benefit would be that US employees could call UK 
customers and vendors as a local call as well.

I've looked at Telappliant, VoipTalk and PipeCall so far, and I'd like 
to get some feedback before going with one or the other.

I'd be grateful for any opinions on the quality of (these, other) 
services, how responsive they are to problems, and if they are as easy 
to setup with Asterisk as TelaSIP. Recommendations are appreciated, of 
course.

Thanks-

--Maxx

On 4/17/2006, "Maxx Lobo" <maxx@arraycomm.com>
wrote:
>
> Any recommendations for a VoIP provider in the UK?
>
> I have a few guys in a field office in the UK with SIP phones and a VPN
> tunnel back to a working Asterisk setup in the US. The Asterisk setup
> has an IAX trunk with TelaSIP/VoipXpress with local DiD's for US
> offices, so they can call vendors, customers etc in the US at local
> rates. I'd like to get the same thing for the UK, so that UK customers
> can call them as a local call AND they can dial out UK numbers as local
> calls. The obvious side benefit would be that US employees could call UK
> customers and vendors as a local call as well.
>
> I've looked at Telappliant, VoipTalk and PipeCall so far, and I'd
like
> to get some feedback before going with one or the other.
>
> I'd be grateful for any opinions on the quality of (these, other)
> services, how responsive they are to problems, and if they are as easy
> to setup with Asterisk as TelaSIP. Recommendations are appreciated, of
> course.
>
> Thanks-
>
>--Maxx
Hey Maxx!  Get on over to voipuser.org and read the forums.
They are based out of London I believe and if you need any
info on VoIP in the UK they are an extremely good source.
You probably don't want to use their 'service' but they
are extremely knowledgable.

Brett

Maxx Lobo wrote:
> Any recommendations for a VoIP provider in the UK?
We partner with Magrathea Telecom (www.magrathea-telecom.co.uk) but I 
think they specialise in wholesale business and might not be appropriate 
for small end-user requirements.

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On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 03:15:06PM -0700, Maxx Lobo wrote:
> Any recommendations for a VoIP provider in the UK?
> I have a few guys in a field office in the UK with SIP phones and a VPN 
> tunnel back to a working Asterisk setup in the US. The Asterisk setup 
> has an IAX trunk with TelaSIP/VoipXpress with local DiD's for US 
> offices, so they can call vendors, customers etc in the US at local 
> rates. I'd like to get the same thing for the UK, so that UK customers 
> can call them as a local call AND they can dial out UK numbers as local 
> calls. The obvious side benefit would be that US employees could call UK 
> customers and vendors as a local call as well.
> I've looked at Telappliant, VoipTalk and PipeCall so far, and I'd
like
> to get some feedback before going with one or the other.
> I'd be grateful for any opinions on the quality of (these, other) 
> services, how responsive they are to problems, and if they are as easy 
> to setup with Asterisk as TelaSIP. Recommendations are appreciated, of 
> course.
There's Gradwell.com, Magrathea Telecom and others.

In terms of real carriers, there's BT, C&W, THUS, Opal Telecom - however
you'll need a LOT of minutes to do VoIP with them directly.

Beware if US calls are passed to the UK they need to pass the US
origination number and several providers will only allow you to set a UK
CallerID (it's an ITU requirement) - so you can potentially break the
law (which doesn't mean it cant be done).


Steve

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Telappliant and VoipTalk are the same people, and are great for retail
volumes. They have good integration with Asterisk, national DID
coverage and reasonable termination rates - you can get pretty near
the same rates from US providers at the moment, though.

If you have wholesale volumes, Magrathea Telecom are great.

Peter

On 17/04/06, Maxx Lobo <maxx@arraycomm.com> wrote:
> Any recommendations for a VoIP provider in the UK?
>
> I have a few guys in a field office in the UK with SIP phones and a VPN
> tunnel back to a working Asterisk setup in the US. The Asterisk setup
> has an IAX trunk with TelaSIP/VoipXpress with local DiD's for US
> offices, so they can call vendors, customers etc in the US at local
> rates. I'd like to get the same thing for the UK, so that UK customers
> can call them as a local call AND they can dial out UK numbers as local
> calls. The obvious side benefit would be that US employees could call UK
> customers and vendors as a local call as well.
>
> I've looked at Telappliant, VoipTalk and PipeCall so far, and I'd
like
> to get some feedback before going with one or the other.
>
> I'd be grateful for any opinions on the quality of (these, other)
> services, how responsive they are to problems, and if they are as easy
> to setup with Asterisk as TelaSIP. Recommendations are appreciated, of
> course.
>
> Thanks-
>
> --Maxx
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