I've used Vonage to connect my Asterisk box up. There are a few caveats. 1) You need a hardware adapter for a normal phone line before you can use the softphones. The softphones are the lines that you connect to with Asterisk. The minimum package on the hardphone is $20/month. That gets you 500 mins. $40 gets you unlimited all over North America. My current situation makes this a steal of a deal. But depending on your needs, this may or may nt be a deal breaker.
2) The softphones are $15 a month. You can add up to 5 per "real" line. I'm currently using 2. These are limited to 500 mins per month, (again, anywhere in North America) and then they incur an additional cost as well on a per minute basis. Because I use the hard phone for most longer calls, I never hit the 500 mins, so this is fine. 3) One thing I REALLY like is that since they are time based billing (I'm assuming that's the reason) I can be on a call, and still recieve another one on the same number. So that's great for how I'm using them. It's worth noting that Vonage is gettins sued left, right and center. I really do expect that they'll be bankrupt at some point, but for now, they're providing a great service for me. That nobody else can touch. I've kind of misused the hardphone and softphone works here, but I hope it'll make sense for you. The hardphone you COULD connect to asterisk as well, but you'd need an adapter card. With the softphone lines, there's no card needed. Kev. On Thursday 22 November 2007 00:36:23 Shawn wrote: > I have a voip phone that supports both IAX and SIP. I'm looking to get > it setup (finally - it's been a couple months), and need a DID. > > Does anyone have any recommendations on a DID provider? I'm looking for > a package with a flat rate, and would prefer no per minute rates for a > local termination (if possible). > > I found this site: > http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/DID+Service+Providers and have > checked out some of the Canadian dealers. But my understanding is that > these companies are much like domain registrars - just because they > provide a service doesn't mean they are any good at it... So, I'm > looking for opinions as well.. > > Comments/suggestions appreciated. :) > > Shawn > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
