[TriLUG] Voice over IP information

[jonc at nc.rr.com]

First off, Vonage is not the tough cookie they used to be when it comes to Local Number Portability. The special considerations for VoIP providers are almost all gone.
So don't be too afraid of porting your number to Vonage.

Secondly, I really like Voicepulse, and have for several years now.
http://www.voicepulse.com/
They also integrate well with Asterisk/Trixbox, etc.

Thirdly, I would go with Trixbox (the OS) as it incorporates the best of Asterisk/FreePBX and is fairly trivial to setup. It also has a thriving community of folks that will slap you towards the right direction for any random startup questions... and the PDF doc is quite excellent and assumes you known very close to nothing.

Good Luck, and welcome to the 21st Century of Telecommunications!

Jon Carnes
FeatureTel

---- Mark Turner <jmarkturner at gmail.com> wrote: 
> When I bought my new house I ported my Bell$outh home number to 
> Vitelity.com. While in theory you can port your number from any phone to 
> the International Space Station, move 10 miles away and Bellsouth will 
> issue you a new number.
> 
> While call quality with Vitelity (like any SIP provider that relies on 
> the Internet) hasn't been perfect, it has been well worth the money. We 
> save a bundle on landline charges and fees. Search my blog if you want 
> to know just how much it means to me to not give money to AT&T!
> 
> As for software, set up an Linux box with FreePBX. Its one of the best 
> Asterisk interfaces I've seen.
> 
> Cheers!
> --
> Mark Turner
> www.markturner.net
> 
> James Jones wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > I want to use voip for my home phone. What voip service do recommend?
> > My equipment includes Linksys SPA3102 ( un provisioned ), and 2 PAP2's
> > ( provisioned for Vonage -- I understand it's a lot of work to remove
> > vonage from them :-( ).
> > 
> > I eventually want to add in a Trixbox into the mix, but want to start
> > out getting a phone in operation.
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > 
> > jcj
> 
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