[asterisk-users] any possibility of Vonage Integration

[Brad Templeton]

On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 11:36:12AM -0500, Al Bochter wrote:
> And if you get someone over at Vonage that knows that to do you can 
> connect without the FXO
> It is like FWD you have to get the KEY from Vonage for this to work.
> 

And more to the point there are so many VoIP providers out there,
most of them cheaper, who do not require you to use a locked ATA,
and thus work great with Asterisk.  I number will speak IAX or SIP at
your desire.

Don't be fooled by the flat rates of the locked-box providers.
The real rates are so low these days most people pay less paying
per minute than paying a Vonage style flat rate.  In addition
people report if you start making really heavy usage of your
Vonage flat rate so that they are losing money on you, they notice
and try to stop it.

$25/month will buy you close to 50 hours of urban SIP termination,
it's down to half a cent in some of the big cities.   Are you
going to average 50 hours on the phone each month?   Some people
do, but most don't.   (Otherwise Vonage could not even pretend it is
going to make money.)