Well despite the bad things I have read about Broadvoice, I signed up anyway. I've actually seen many positive reviews as well (at least about sound quality.. the customer service seems to get poor reviews all around).
Anyway, I spent about an hour trying to connect. Checking configs, wondering what idiotic thing I had done. Well, that idiotic thing was following their instructions. They ask that you ping their proxy servers and use the one with the best ping.. makes sense.. However, I apparently can only register on ONE of the four servers. After I figured that out, I registered and could make and receive calls. The quality is awful for me. I wonder if they are forcing too many users to use the dca proxy (I'm assuming that's DC area. That is closest to me geographically out of those listed, but I have much less latency with the CHI proxy. much being about 25ms avg.). Steven Tyler uses it huh.... yeah, sure he does. UK folks might want to check out http://www.call1899.co.uk/index2.php I don't think I've seen it mentioned yet in this thread. Oh, as a side note: My free ipkall number via FWD is 10x better than Broadvoice! I've never had anyone who called it suspect that I was on voip. Now that's just sad :/ kRis Joe Dennick wrote: > Livevoip.com is another one that's pretty reliable and only charge 1.27 > cents per minute. You can add a toll-free number for an extra $1 per > month. Setup was a breeze! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MF Hulber > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial > Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] VoIP service through Asterisk? > > > I started with Broadvoice recently but I am constantly having problems. > > I got everything configured and now it is dropping outgoing calls after > 40 seconds and incoming calls are going direct to voicemail. Getting > customer service is proving very difficult. > > I've started to look at some of these other providers. Most of them are > > prepay. How does this work exactly? I don't mind keeping money on > account but do they have automatic replenishment or are my calls going > to be dropped midstream if my account runs low? > > MARK. > > Jean-Michel Hiver wrote: > > >>>Other than Broadvoice, are there any VoIP providers (Vonage, Packet8, >>>etc) that can be hooked into Asterisk directly? I read about a scheme > > >>>for Packet8 that involved routing it in through an analog connection >>>on a FXO port...I'd rather have something I can connect in directly. >> >> >>Save yourself some hassle, and use a provider which supports IAX. So >>far there is: >> >>- iax.cc (haven't tried them) >>- connect.voicepusle.com (haven't tried them) >>- nufone.net (they're meant to be quite reliable - i use them) >>- voipjet.com (their rates are very good - i use them too) >> >>BTW, any of you guys know other providers like VoIPJet (i.e. low rates >>& low volume OK) ? >> >>Cheers, >>Jean-Michel. >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
