[Asterisk-Users] VONAGE or IP Dialtone

[John Todd]

>No. You can use packet8 if you slightly modify the asterisk source 
>code (outgoing calls only) or you can use the service provided by 
>nufone.net
>
>
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>asterisk at gtcus.com
>Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 7:21 PM
>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] VONAGE or IP Dialtone
>
>The Vonage service is offered with a SIP Cisco ATA device for 
>connection to an analog phone.
>
>Is it possible to connect the Vonage service directly to the 
>Asterisk PBX bypassing the ATA and FXO card?  Are there other 
>services that offer this capability or something similar to IP 
>dialtone?
>
>
>Thanks
>Kevin


Vonage is a silly way to do VoIP with Asterisk - you would have to 
hook their box up to an X100P card on your system, which is 
preposterous.  Avoid their service.  They are user-unfriendly, and 
you cannot get the required account data out of the ATA box that they 
"sell" you.  That is the most I'll go into it, but suffice to say 
there is a long list of gripes against their particular un-wise 
marketing choices.

packet8 is starting to show signs of looking like Vonage with their 
artificial restrictions in what SIP clients can connect to their 
service, so I'd start to look at them with a lot more suspicion these 
days.

iconnecthere.com, a division of Deltathree, has done well by me for 
LD service on both an in and outbound basis for SIP minutes.  Nufone 
is also an excellent service, and has the benefit of supporting 
Asterisk users directly via IAX/IAX2, and would probably be my first 
choice only due to their contributions to the Asterisk community.

JT