[asterisk-users] Germany VOIP provider

[Jay Milk]

Thameem Ansari wrote:
> I would like to get some details about voip providers in local 
> germany. I am moving to germany and looking for some unlimited 
> land+mobile minutes from provider. I also need a german DID with 
> unlimited inbound and flat monthly rate. If anyone know anything, 
> please reply.

I've been quite successful with www.sipgate.de.  You can access their 
English language site from www.sipgate.co.uk.  If you're not in Germany, 
you can still get a 01801 number, which should cost the same as a local 
call anywhere in Germany.  Sipgate's DIDs are completely FREE.  Mine 
have been up for around two years, but occasionally they'll be out a for 
a few hours.

For calls to Germany, I use several of the US providers.  Landlines are 
1.2 cents/minute.  For cellphones, some providers are cheaper than 
others.  E+ (+49177) runs just under 20c/minute on one of the providers 
I'm using (it's running automated on a home-built LCR right now, so I 
don't have that info handy).  Prices vary between VOIP providers as well 
as called network.  Per-minute rates are so high because the cost of 
termination is carried by the caller and incoming calls to German 
cell-phones are free to the callee.  I doubt there is a single plan in 
existence that allows for unlimited calling to German cellphones.

That said, for my needs, the prepaid per-minute plans are perfect -- I'm 
doing between 200-300 minutes to Germany each month for less than $5.

See what you *really* need, but don't expect to be able to cut 
cell-calls below 15c/minute.  But since you're moving there, you may 
want to look at the landline plans available -- some are quite 
attractive, as I hear from family over there.