[wplug] VOIP recommendation

[Max Putas]

I've been using Broadvoice (http://www.broadvoice.com/) with my Asterisk box
for a couple months now and haven't had any issues. They allow 2
simultaneous calls per account, and it's pretty hard to beat their unlimited
international plan (35 countries) for around $25/month. The only problem I
have with them is that if you get their ATA, they keep the configuration on
their end and upload it to the box. So, it's not possible to make changes on
your end; you need to call them in the case of maybe setting up PPTP instead
of DHCP for your WAN connection.

On 10/24/07, terry mcintyre <terrymcintyre at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> You could put it inside the firewall, just make sure that the appropriate
> ports are open.
>
> Terry McIntyre <terrymcintyre at yahoo.com>
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>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Phil Groschwitz <ssc1478 at aim.com>
> To: General user list <wplug at wplug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:19:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [wplug] VOIP recommendation
>
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:25:38 -0400
> "Michael Semcheski" <mhsemcheski at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm interested in voip for my house too.  I have an IPCop firewall, and
> it sounds like if I were to get voip I should put the voip box between
> my cable modem and the IPCop firewall.  Is that right?  Is there any
> security problems with that?  I'd hate for the voip box to get hacked
> and wind up with a phone bill from some exotic island.
>
> > I'll add a couple of data points here:
> >
> > I used Speakeasy.net's VOIP service for one year.  I started off with
> > a 1.5/384 ADSL setup.  That was inadequate.  I had to bump up to
> > 1.5/768 to have acceptable phone.  I am actually pretty disappointed
> > with Speakeasy.  It felt like a bait-and-switch.  However, once I was
> > up to 1.5/768, the quality of service was fine, but expensive.
> >
> > I'm currently using Comcast and am surprisingly pleased with their
> > VOIP service.  Their modem / VOIP gateway has a built in UPS, which is
> > nice.
>
> Comcast isn't cheap, though, is it?  I'm thinking of vonage, voip.com,
> verizon's VoiceWing, or ATT's CallVantage.  I think they're all under
> $30.  I first started looking at Skype but that one seems too
> problematic.  I like this softphone idea, though.
>
> BTW, I've had IPCop for a long time.  When I got it, I had
> middleschoolers and wanted content filtering and logging.  They're grown
> now and I no longer need that kind of protection.  I've accumulated an
> unmatched collection of hubs, WAP's, noisy FW server, and power
> supplies.  I wonder if its time to throw it all out and buy a single
> firewall/router/wap/phone ata device???
>
> Phil
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Thanks,

Max
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