Jon, No, not at all - Sorry, that's not what I meant. Indeed, a local extension would be quite prohibitively expensive.
What we tend to do with people who require out-of-area calling ability is grab a toll free DID from a bit of a bigger or more stable provider. Here in Ontario, Canada, we've had great success with Unlimitel for providing toll free DIDs. AR On 8/8/07, Jon Pounder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoting Alex Robar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > surely you wouldn't do this where you are getting voip numbers so you > can have "local numbers" in other areas. Having an analog or other > rung through like that would be impossible in most cases and hugely > expensive where actually possible. > > > > > > > One of the things that we've done is get a standard PSTN line in place > that > > rings down to the VoIP lines. In smaller shops there's a single copper > line, > > in larger shops they might have a T1/PRI. It's obviously more expensive > than > > pure VoIP lines, but the stability of the number is solid; You know that > > number isn't going away. If you have to change the number that your > inbound > > rings down to because your VoIP DID just disappeared, then so be it. Pay > the > > fee to your telco and make the change if that happens. But at least you > know > > that one number you have that you've published everywhere isn't going > away > > anytime soon. > > > > We originally found our incumbent very resistant to this type of ring > > strategy (they didn't want to let the call roll over to a number that > wasn't > > theirs), so we moved to using CLECs. Recently we've found that the > incumbent > > has allowed us to do this on certain line types too... So much the > better > > from a stability perspective. > > > > AR > > > > On 8/8/07, Jon Pounder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Quoting Mail list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > >> In general how painful has this sort of thing been to people so far ? > >> > >> I am pretty hesitant to put any sort of number like that on > >> letterhead, website etc., when there might be doubt about having it > >> long term when its provided by a small company. It seems you do voip > >> to save money but to have long term stability you have to get a number > >> from a large company and the savings disappear, or the terms are > >> restrictive to use, or some other negative, and then you end up doing > >> nothing. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Yes they are co-operating to port DID to another provider and they > have > >> > given time till august 23 so DID will continue to work till then but > >> they > >> > are not providing any substitute DID though ( i dont expect that ) > but > >> > atleast they should partially refund amount for remaining days ( i > dont > >> > expect that either :P ) . > >> > > >> > On 09/08/2007, Stephen Bosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Mail list wrote: > >> >> > Just got mail from them saying my NY DID will be deactivated in > few > >> days > >> >> > . Funny thing is their site is still showing orderable DID's > of same > >> >> > area code . Anybody else got this ? > >> >> > >> >> Wow. That is totally unacceptable. > >> >> > >> >> Are they going to give you the option of porting the DID? > >> >> > >> >> -Stephen- > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> --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 > >> >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> Jon Pounder > >> > >> _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ > >> _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ > >> _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ > >> _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ > >> > >> > >> Inline Internet Systems Inc. > >> Thorold, Ontario, Canada > >> > >> Tools to Power Your e-Business Solutions > >> www.inline.net > >> www.ihtml.com > >> www.ihtmlmerchant.com > >> www.opayc.com > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> --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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Alex Robar > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Jon Pounder > > _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ > _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ > _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ > _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ > > > Inline Internet Systems Inc. > Thorold, Ontario, Canada > > Tools to Power Your e-Business Solutions > www.inline.net > www.ihtml.com > www.ihtmlmerchant.com > www.opayc.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. > > > > _______________________________________________ > --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 > -- Alex Robar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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