[asterisk-users] Re: [asteisk-users]USA DID + trunk

[Steve Glaus]

R.R. Libera wrote:
> Hello Steve,
>
> Thanks for recommend VoipStreet to me; their product look good. Could 
> you please tell me more about it? Could you please give, 
> approximately, the REAL amount of money for a certain amount of 
> minutes? (based on your experience). Somebody offer this flat rate:
>
> $15.00 for the DID.
> $17.00 for each channel monthly
> $10.00 for each channel, one-time install fee
> This is for typical "business" or "home" use.
>
> Is that more expensive or cheaper than VoipStreet?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> R.R. Libera
>
It's real hard to say without having at least some idea of your monthly 
usage. What we pay for voipstreet is

$3.00 a month for the DID + 1.4 cents a minutes. The only caveat is if a 
call lasts 30 seconds. They still charge you for the full first minute 
(1.4 cents). After 1 minute it goes to 6 second billing.

That gets expensive when you're doing a lot of inbound minutes. We were 
looking at voxbone and even though they have unlimited inbound minutes 
for $5.00 a month they limit you to two channels. Extra channels are 
22.00 a piece and you have to get 10 minimum. That's where they nail 
you. We might still use them for some of our numbers that don't have a 
lot of simultaneous calls.

$15.00 for the did seems high.
the $17.00 for the channel is pretty good though.

Do you absolutely need multiple channels per DID? If you can get by with 
2 channels things would be a lot easier.