[Asterisk-Users] VSP? Looking for advice.

[Jay Milk]

Jason,

I currently have my home-office set up with asterisk and the following:
- 3 Broadvoice lines, two of which are configured for
call-forward-on-busy to hunt line1->line2->PSTN
- 1 Vonage "hard-line", connected via FXO and never answered; simul-ring
configured for...
- 1 Vonage "SoftPhone", registered in * for incoming and outgoing calls.

(also have sipgate.de and other sip-trunks, but probably not of interest
in this context)

If you already have Vonage, might as well sign up for one or several
SoftPhone lines -- search the list-archive for the configuration.  Works
like a charm and accepts multiple incoming calls on the same number.

Broadvoice is also a great option, especially for outgoing calls
(unlimited state-wide is great)

-- Jay

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Hartman [mailto:jhartman at teknikosinc.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:19 PM
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] VSP? Looking for advice.
> 
> 
> Has anyone tried using BroadVoice for VSP?  I have Asterisk 
> configured for a home office & I've been trying to decide 
> which VoIP provider to go with for a little while now.  I had 
> heard you could get sub $.01 calls but I have not found that 
> to be true yet (not saying it's not possible, I just haven't 
> found it!).  
> 
> Also I'm not sure if BV will support multiple lines.  Any 
> suggestions would be very appreciated.  
> 
> My main goal is to present a professional image (vm, multiple 
> extensions, MOH, etc - Asterisk!) while accepting calls on 
> multiple lines.  I would like to have 2 incoming DID's and 
> most likely a third for fax.  I haven't researched Asterisk/fax yet.
> 
> I am currently spending around $50 a month with Vonage.  My 
> intention was to continue to use Vonage then forward directly 
> to my VSP assigned DID (haven't found any that have a local # 
> for me or offer LNP).  Since I would continue paying for the 
> Vonage service (it will forward to my cell in the event that 
> the PBX was unavailable) I really would like to keep my costs 
> down by finding the lowest priced VSP out there.  I don't 
> make calls to Europe or Canada.
> 
> Thanks in advance...
> 
> Jason