So I have my asterisk box up and working internally at home and all is good so far. The next thing I wanted to do was make and recieve calls to regular land lines now. I don't have a POTS line and was looking for probably a SIP trunk. I have seen mentions of Skype integration with Asterisk, but does that include say Skype IN and Skype OUT ? Or is that integration component really just for being able to contact skype users? Looking for the easiest and cheapest way to reach the PSTN, and well the options out there are plenty regarding SIP trunks, but most tend to be geared towards businesses for obvious reasons. Curious what others are using, and if anyone can make some recommendations? Not sure if this has been covered already on the list, and not sure if recommending companies are allowed, so maybe I need get replies off list? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Hi, I am going to setting up an asterisk setup similar to yours. I talked to the folks at bandwidth.com and they SIP trunking for $25/mo/line with 2000 minutes per line. I haven't tried their service yet though, so I can't say how the quality is. Regards, Zaheer -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of D4rk F1ber Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 1:42 PM To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Affordable SIP Trunk for Home PBX ? So I have my asterisk box up and working internally at home and all is good so far. The next thing I wanted to do was make and recieve calls to regular land lines now. I don't have a POTS line and was looking for probably a SIP trunk. I have seen mentions of Skype integration with Asterisk, but does that include say Skype IN and Skype OUT ? Or is that integration component really just for being able to contact skype users? Looking for the easiest and cheapest way to reach the PSTN, and well the options out there are plenty regarding SIP trunks, but most tend to be geared towards businesses for obvious reasons. Curious what others are using, and if anyone can make some recommendations? Not sure if this has been covered already on the list, and not sure if recommending companies are allowed, so maybe I need get replies off list? Any suggestions would be appreciated. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
On 10/12/07, D4rk F1ber <d4rkf1br at gmail.com> wrote:> > Curious what others are using, and if anyone can make some > recommendations? Not sure if this has been covered already on the > list, and not sure if recommending companies are allowed, so maybe I > need get replies off list?There are quite literally hundreds of VoIP service providers out there: Here's a list of some of them: http://voip-info.org/wiki/view/VOIP+Service+Providers+Residential Billing schemes usually fall into one of two categories. They'll either bill you a flat monthly fee for an "unlimited" plan or one with a large number of minutes. Or...they'll bill you on a per-minute, usage-only basis. The only provider I've had direct experience with is Teliax. I'm on an outgoing-only plan with them and it's been perfect so far. They bill something like $0.025/minute. If you want incoming calls as well, there's a per-month DID charge. If you are just wanting to receive incoming calls, check out IPKall - they'll give you a DID and a SIP trunk to your PBX for incoming calls. -erik
Baji Panchumarti
2007-Oct-12 18:33 UTC
[asterisk-users] Affordable SIP Trunk for Home PBX ?
On 10/12/07, D4rk F1ber wrote:> So I have my asterisk box up and working internally at home and all is > good so far. The next thing I wanted to do was make and recieve calls > to regular land lines now. > > I don't have a POTS line and was looking for probably a SIP trunk. [...]There are several providers, I use Teliax, there are no long term commitments or contracts involved, if it doesn't work for you, you cancel : https://www.teliax.com/newaccount/ Teliax gives you detailed step by step instructions for setting up your asterisk to work with their svc in their "Support" section. -baji. --
Mojo with Horan & Company, LLC
2007-Oct-12 22:33 UTC
[asterisk-users] Affordable SIP Trunk for Home PBX ?
I agree with the suggestions of Teliax, and I also use http://vitelity.net/ -- you can rent 800# DIDs from them for $0.50/month plus minutes, and I think their US minutes are like $0.02 or so Moj D4rk F1ber wrote:> So I have my asterisk box up and working internally at home and all is > good so far. The next thing I wanted to do was make and recieve calls > to regular land lines now. > > I don't have a POTS line and was looking for probably a SIP trunk. > > I have seen mentions of Skype integration with Asterisk, but does that > include say Skype IN and Skype OUT ? Or is that integration component > really just for being able to contact skype users? > > Looking for the easiest and cheapest way to reach the PSTN, and well > the options out there are plenty regarding SIP trunks, but most tend > to be geared towards businesses for obvious reasons. > > Curious what others are using, and if anyone can make some > recommendations? Not sure if this has been covered already on the > list, and not sure if recommending companies are allowed, so maybe I > need get replies off list? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
D4rk F1ber wrote:> So I have my asterisk box up and working internally at home and all is > good so far. The next thing I wanted to do was make and recieve calls > to regular land lines now. > > I don't have a POTS line and was looking for probably a SIP trunk. > > I have seen mentions of Skype integration with Asterisk, but does that > include say Skype IN and Skype OUT ? Or is that integration component > really just for being able to contact skype users? > > Looking for the easiest and cheapest way to reach the PSTN, and well > the options out there are plenty regarding SIP trunks, but most tend > to be geared towards businesses for obvious reasons. > > Curious what others are using, and if anyone can make some > recommendations? Not sure if this has been covered already on the > list, and not sure if recommending companies are allowed, so maybe I > need get replies off list? >I have been using axVoice.com for some about 9 month to a year now and their service is pretty damn good. For home users they have unlimited plan for around 22.00-24.00 U.S. per month. --- Warm Regards, Lee