[Asterisk-Users] US pstn => voip

[Kerry Garrison]

Someone may correct me, but in the US, the concept of "Calling Party Pays"
went away with early cell phones. Many companies opted for the "Calling
Parry Pays" plans so their clients could call them at will. However, callers
were unaware of the charge which created quite a fuss until the cell
providers stopped offering that service. I don't see why you couldn't get an
account through a VOIP provider in the US for a decent price. Not meaning to
start another flame war here, but I am the most familiar with BroadVoice so
I will use that as an example. If you are not calling the US, then you don't
need to worry about where the phone number is terminated and you could go
with the $9.95 unlimited in-state plan since that has an unlimited number of
inbound minutes. Setup the inbound trunk to BV and in a few minutes you have
a working US number that doesn't cost your callers anything and only sets
you bac $10 a month.
-Kerry
 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mark Charlton
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 7:10 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] US pstn => voip

Hi

I believe this is due to the way US phone systems work, however I'm going to
ask anyway.  In the UK there are several providers who provide national rate
PSTN => Voip gateways which are free to receive calls on, (for the
recipient), the caller pays the cost of calling. E.g 0844 0870 etc.  

I am looking for a US provier who offers the same sort of system.  I don't
call the US but I have people in the US who call me.  I wanted to set up a
number where they could call, which would route to my * box, preferable via
IAX or failing that SIP, (I haven't manged to get sip to work with DTMF yet,
hence my preference).  However I can only find providers of local numbers,
or toll free numbers, both of which incur an inbound call rate of between 2c
and 10c / minute, plus a monthly charge.  

Does anyone know of a provider who provides such a service either in US or
Canada?  I have googled for days on this one, and have come up with next to
nothing.

Many Thanks
Mark


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