[Asterisk-Users] Best Voip provider (Broadvoice and Vonage comparison)

[Tim Connolly]

If you need a FXS, Vonage starts at $15. If you want to simply go soft-only,
Broadvoice would be a better choice. After the marketing and all the
features that nobody uses are thrown out, it comes down to consistency.
Broadvoice has had some problems in the past 6 months, Vonage hasn't (that I
know of). Vonage makes you throw away your ATA and won't let you reactivate
it if you close your account. Broadvoice has free calling to US + 34
countries for a $25 account. I can setup a broadvoice account and have it up
and running as quickly as I can click through the order process, login to
get my password, and then setup the SIP config on my asterisk box.
Vonage...not so much as you have to either activate a brand new "retail"
unit or allow them to ship you one. Granted, you can add soft accounts once
you have a "hard" account, but soft phone accounts are stuck at 500 free
minutes.

Choose your poison... No matter who you go with, there will be pros and
cons. I guess by default, I choose Broadvoice, only because Vonage makes it
hard to purchase only what I need.

There are others out there too, cheaper, better, blah... Its not worth
arguing over. They all have outages eventually, piss of a few active
mailing-list'ers and suddenly their reputation goes to downhill.



Vonage - if you are reading this, stop requiring people to buy a "device"
just to get a softphone activated. Also, stop making us buy a NEW device if
we decide to disconnect the old device for a while. While your at it, put an
unlimited minutes option on your softphones. Look at Broadvoice's plans!

Broadvoice - if you are reading this, please let me register with all your
proxies, not just one! Also, stop answering my call just to play some corny
message that says my call won't go through. I can reroute the call if you
just congest the call invitation. 

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of jonny hashem
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 2:43 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Best Voip provider

what is the best voip provider that provides good
service ,good voice quality and good rates . any one
have  an experience with voip providers advice me.

Regards;
jonny  


		
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