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VOIP Service Low cost...solution?

rrichiez
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2006-12-07
Submitted by rrichiez on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 5:00pm.

After much trial, frustration and error I have tried various sip services such as freedigits, stanaphone, MJ and some others, I have tried balancing and mixing between them to fit my needs such as taking advantage of the free income numbers and mixing it with services that offer free outgoing. My main objective is to reduce cost to the lowest in order to achieve a reliable service. these services how ever are unstable they go down during weekends and some have even stopped to exist or are no longer offering services. My question to the community is ...Are there any low cost services out there for home use that offer lets say a for a reasonable amount a year that offers a reliable long lasting free incoming DID number?

I'm tired of always having to change and free isnt always a good thing with voip services...

rrichiez

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SkykingOH
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2007-12-17
You get what you pay for in
Thu, 06/18/2009 - 5:09pm

You get what you pay for in life. How can a company without revenue provide a reliable service?

I would not even waste my time with these services. With pay as you go providers such as teliax you could keep your costs very low.

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Scott

aka "Skyking"


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bubbapcguy
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2006-06-02
joking
Thu, 06/18/2009 - 5:16pm

You gotta to be joking..."a reliable long lasting free incoming DID number"
Come on in what world do you live. free ALWAYS cost more than it is worth.

If you want the phone to just work, it cost money and as prodiders like http://www.vitelity.net/ charge a whole .50 a month per DID
and less than .02 a min. and they JUST WORK you really can not ask for much cheaper than that.

Your MJ has about the best deal going, but as you have found out, it has cost (restrictions), if used as it is sold it works great for home users.

So you act like your time is free..I would guess you burned up a few hundred bucks in time messing with the "freebies"/

There is always SkyPE


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rrichiez
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2006-12-07
yeah! thats cool
Thu, 06/18/2009 - 5:28pm

Ahhh you see skype is cool Im using trixbox 2.6 and that feature unless you install it, its not available. There are many ways to isntall it but i dont think that its stable yet as I have read unless im mistaken..

thanks
rrichiez


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TDF
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2006-12-19
How about
Thu, 06/18/2009 - 5:59pm

How about http://www.sipgate.com/


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RonV
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2007-05-31
Or even
Thu, 06/18/2009 - 10:40pm

Give voicepulse a try: http://www.voicepulse.com

I use their "connect" service for home. DID time and 800 numbers are always free and I can have up to 4 concurrent calls in one account. From a rate center perspective they are pretty low averaging 1.5 cents a minute for most of the call we make at home. Also they support Trixbox with thier own plugin to freepbx that will configure your trunks/did's and can also implement low cost routing if you have another outbound service that is fix-rate.


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bubbapcguy
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2006-06-02
VP
Fri, 06/19/2009 - 5:46am

Yes VP is a good one, plus they have a TB freebie where it cost nothing and they give $2.00 in calls
I just happen to like / need the failover and portal functions I get from Vitelity


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gavoipnewguy
Posts: 3
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2009-06-12
I'm learning about SIP providers too.
Sat, 06/20/2009 - 6:36pm

I scanned a lot of different posts/reviews searching for a decent VOIP provider. The closest to unlimited incoming/outgoing for a decent fixed price I could find was the $13.50/month plan that Future Nine offers with 3000 outgoing USA48 minutes per month. They are BYOD friendly and now have E911 service too.

Anyone tried them? How did it go?

gavoipnewguy


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b14ck
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2009-03-03
I like Flowroute. They are
Sun, 06/21/2009 - 1:54pm

I like Flowroute. They are really cheap (less than a cent per minute outbound in the US), their DIDs cost about 1.95$ per month. At my home, for personal use with them, my monthly bill is like 2.15$ lol.

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Randall Degges
Lead Developer, RCI Telecommunications
projectb14ck - http://projectb14ck.org/ - Weblog


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mrbostn
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2007-05-01
Google Voice
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 11:39am

Geta free inbound DID from Google then buy outgoing sip/iax service.


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mbrevda
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2006-06-21
Or get a free did from
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 3:04pm

Or get a free did from google and use there free outgoing service! (hint: use gizmo5)

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Moshe Brevda, FreePBX/Schmooze Com Development Team


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sorvani
Posts: 163
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2009-06-25
For the last month, I have a
Mon, 07/27/2009 - 9:36pm

For the last month, I have a Vitelity DID and use CallWithUs for my outbound. CallWithUs is $0.008 for most US48 calls.

I just got my GV number and have it set up with Gizmo5. Everything seems to be working quite smooth. I have the outbound route set to fail to CallWithUs and then to Vitelity.

gavoipnewguy wrote:
The closest to unlimited incoming/outgoing for a decent fixed price I could find was the $13.50/month plan that Future Nine offers with 3000 outgoing USA48 minutes per month.

Why do you need unlimited incoming? Have you analyzed a phone bill to see how much incoming you actually use? You are probably wasting money with an unlimited plan. Most people I have worked with on this subject are. Unlimited only means something if you actually use it.

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Jared Busch
Office: Have 2.8.0.1 talking to 3 IPOffice403's.
Home: Have 2.8.0 with trunks from Vitelity, & CallWithUs.


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b14ck
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2009-03-03
Also--flowroute has
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 10:03am

Also--flowroute has unlimited incoming for less than 7$ per month. D:

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Randall Degges
Lead Developer, RCI Telecommunications
projectb14ck - http://projectb14ck.org/ - Weblog


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jchuby
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2006-07-20
you can get a deal on
Tue, 07/28/2009 - 11:37am

you can get a deal on vitelity from PBXinaFlash Nerdvittles.com website.

You dont have to use PBXiaF with it, it works fine with Trixbox

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JChuby
Experienced Trixbox Tech for Hire in Greater NYC
Experienced in Remote Tech Support / Custom DialPlan / Assistance As Well
JChubak@gmail.com or PM me on Trixbox.org Forums


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