[Asterisk-Users] Re: Who's happy with their voip service?

[Michael D Schelin]

Please Give me a call. I'm the owner of Shelltel. 626-814-2354 We're not 
the same cookie cutter VoIP carrier.


Bryce W Nesbitt wrote:

>>
>>
>> I started out happy as a clam with my new Broadvoice account and 
>> asterisk machine.  About 10 days ago things began to change....
>> Who's happy with their voip service using asterisk?
>> Where do you get reliable DIDs? The 'carrier partner' they speak of.. 
>> can you get the did directly from them?
>> Are all the voip providers this flakey?
>>  
>>
> I've tried 5 providers, and I can't say that I'm happy with any of 
> them.  I'm far to small to deal with 'carrier partners' directly (e.g. 
> Level 3, XO or RNK).  So I have to deal through resellers.  And they 
> all seem to be operating on shoestrings and duct tape.
>
> I'm OK with the awkward setup, confusing configuration, and (for 
> Asterisk) all but useless documentation.  But high latency, dropouts, 
> unplanned outages, lack of clues, echos, all take the shine off 
> things.  With Asterisk I have very few tools to monitor connection 
> quality, especially on the outbound leg of my calls.  I at least want 
> to know when it sucks, and have some control over parameters.
>
> I keep a POTS line at home.
>
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