[Asterisk-Users] Vonage, broadvoice et al {Scanned}

[Randy Johnson]

Hello!

When you say sharing the account do you mean multiple simultaneous 
outgoing calls or just whoever picks up the phone and get's a dialtone 
can make the call?

-Randy


Paul wrote:

> With unlimited calling plans you need to read the terms of service. 
> Sharing the account within a household or business usually fits in 
> with that. Reselling services in any way is usually prohibited.
>
> Some providers with unlimited plans will allow you to set the outbound 
> caller ID to any number on the account. In cases where they only put 
> unlimited plans on an ATA, you can still connect that to * with an fxo 
> card. Most of the providers have various hunt and multi=ring options 
> that you can configure via their web interface.
>
> One thing I have run into with 2 providers is their current inability 
> to have multiple SIP/IAX logins within the same account. If I might 
> want to someday have the California DID's land on a server at the 
> California office, I have to create a new account when I order them. 
> Otherwise, all DID's go to the last server that registered with the 
> provider. It's a nuisance because I have to do the entire new account 
> creation process with the provider for each DID and then wind up with 
> different web interface logins for each.
>
> David Shaw wrote:
>
>> I have two home accounts with Vonage and I allow all the family to use
>> Vonage with there extensions.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 08:39 -0500, Pedro wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Vonage, to my knowledge, does not let you connect your own SIP device
>>> to their service.  They provide their own IAD.
>>>
>>> As for Broadvoice, I know people that have successfully deployed
>>> asterisk with many people sharing the same account.
>>>
>>> - Pedro
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:54:38 +0800, el Flynn 
>>> <el_flynn at lanvik-icu.com> wrote:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm just wondering about these VoIP services -- do you have to sign 
>>>> up one
>>>> account -per- client that will be using the service? I've got multiple
>>>> extensions behind my Asterisk box, and I want to be able to allow 
>>>> all my staff
>>>> to place calls via the provider.
>>>>
>>>> So if I sign up for one account, will multiple users behind my 
>>>> Asterisk box be
>>>> able to make calls, using that same account, at the same time? Or 
>>>> do these
>>>> providers typically only allow one call to be in place at any point 
>>>> in time?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Flynn
>>>>
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