[asterisk-users] Looking for a cheap SIP termination point.

[Steve Edwards]

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:

> Hi, all.  I'm trying to do some rudimentary testing of an Asterisk 
> system, but, for various reasons, I have to do this covertly, which 
> means I'm paying out-of-pocket.  So I'm looking for somewhere that will 
> do *cheap* SIP and/or IAX termination, preferably with at least two 
> simultaneous calls, and one DID.  Any suggestions?

I'm happy with vitelity.net.

A DID costs $1.49 per month and around $0.015 per minute for inbound and 
outbound with no monthly minimums. I've had 16 simultaneous inbound calls.

I also use nufone.net.

They charge a bit more, last time I looked DID's were about $9/month and 
the per minute was also a bit higher. I've never tried more than 1 call at 
a time.

Both of these let you set your outbound CID.

If "inbound only" will serve your purposes, ipkall.com is free but only 
has DID's in Washington state area codes. I've only tried 6 simultaneous 
calls -- I ran out of DSL bandwidth :)

All can be configured for either IAX or SIP. IAX is a lot "simpler" to 
work with and can be a lot more "bandwidth friendly."

Thanks in advance,
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