Hello, I have an Asterisk server that I would like to connect to the PSTN through a VOIP service provider (I do not have a PSTN line available to Asterisk). I need some calls that Asterisk receives through IP to be routed to US PSTN phones (no international, no incoming calls, and just a single call at a time). And I would like to use IAX2 as the protocol between Asterisk and the PSTN provider. Can anybody suggest me good (and affordable) providers? Thanks Cesar
Broadvoice has a plan called BYOD that costs $6/mo for 100 outgoing minutes to US and Canada, 3.9 cpm beyond that, or $20/mo for unlimited outgoing. If you want incoming calls, they're free.
They specifically support Asterisk and have detailed config instructions on their web. I haven't used it, but they certainly look like they're serious about supporting Asterisk.
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a prepaid service specifically for IAX users. It sure is cheap.
My experience with broadvoice and asterisk wasn't that good. I signed up with them last summer a little after they announced their BYO plan. After a week of flawless service they announced that they just "tightened the security" on some of their servers. At that point asterisk stopped connecting to certain servers entirely. It was essentially the luck of the draw as to whether asterisk would connect to an old-config or new-config server. I gave them another week to straighten things out. When little changed I quit. It took another 6 months for me to get them to stop billing my credit card though.
A much better deal in my opinion is to go with Gefachi or Teliax which both have 2 cents per minute with no monthlies and no setup. Both work with asterisk and can talk either SIP or IAX. I'm not a fan of proprietary protocols. I just use SIP with ulaw encoding and get phone quality audio, with less noise.
The one thing I wish I could find is a VOIP service provider that was only 20-30 ms away from me. It seems silly to send IP packets all the way to the east coast (adding 100ms delay) just to call your neighbor in California.
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