[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk and Vonage -- possible? Other DID providers with Atlanta presence?

[Michael Graves]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 16:00:04 -0500, Tom Knox wrote:
>I am not using any analog interface hardware, instead am going to try to
>test using my Vonage account.
>
>Soooo..... The question is, how would I set up Asterisk to replace my
>Motorola VT100v  voice terminal that Vonage provided me?  I have been
>through the manual, and determined it is using SIP, so how do you set up
>asterisk to send and receive from a SIP provider.
>
>Next (more advanced?) question, if I get a second SIP DID how would I set
>this up also.

I used Vonage for a year, up until last month in fact. However, there
doesn't seem to be a way to avoind using their ATA/MTA if you use their
service. You won't be able to connect directly to their servers with
your * box.

Soooo....I switched to VoicePulse Connect. I actually prefer their 2.9
cent/minute rates as opposed to a flat $35/month. I rarely use 1000
minutes/month so I'm saving money over Vonage.

There was a down side in that VP doesn't offer DIDs in my area.
Therefore I still have 2 POTS lines for incomming calls, but that was
likely going to stay that way anyhow, as abackup to when the ISP or
ITSP have problems.

Also, in order to pass SIP through your router you're going to have
open up potentially a lot of ports. I prefer to connect to VPC using
IAX2, which requires that I open only one port.

Michael Graves

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