[Asterisk-Users] Vonage and Asterisk integration

[Bruce Komito]

A minute is a minute, except that Vonage's plans are mostly all you can
eat (unlimited) for a fixed price.

Bruce Komito
High Sierra Networks, Inc.
www.servers-r-us.com
(775) 236-5815


On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Ken Wiesner wrote:

> Personally I don't understand why this is a problem for them.  A minute i=
s a minute.  They could do the same thing VoicePulse does with their VoiceP=
ulse Connect service and provide a low cost per minute service and make pro=
fit on volume.  I do this all day long with fax messaging.  Part of the pro=
blem with Vonage is they don't let you port the numbers they assign so you'=
re pretty much locked into them unless you're willing to change your number=
=2E  As for their tech support, I've found them to be very unhelpful and no=
t very well trained.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-admin@=
lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Komito
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 12:12 PM
> To: Steve Kalcevich
> Cc: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Vonage and Asterisk integration
>
> I have a Vonage line and their tech support is ok.  I think the problem
> is, they have a very strict policy on what they will and won't allow, and
> this policy is designed to prevent exactly what many people (myself
> included) would love to be able to do:  Use a single Vonage line to make
> outbound LD calls for many people.  If Vonage gives you access to the
> login credentials, there's no way to prevent someone from originating
> calls from an * server and racking up lots more minutes than is normal fo=
r
> a single user.  They are protecting themselves, and I don't blame them.
>
> Bruce Komito
> High Sierra Networks, Inc.
> www.servers-r-us.com
> (775) 236-5815
>
>
> On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Steve Kalcevich wrote:
>
> > Jay Milk wrote:
> >
> > >I do.  I decided not to bother with Vonage's sub-par and unmotivated
> > >customer service(*) and plugged my ATA186 into an FXO port.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I never worked with vonage, is there tech support that bad?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Steve Kalcevich,
> >
> >
> >
> >
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