On 9/22/06, Robert Snyder <robertsnyder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 9/21/06, Sick Twist <thesicktwist@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I am shopping for a new VoIP service provider but I am a little new at
> VoIP
> > stuff so I would appreciate some guidance.
> >
> > If I buy a VoIP router so that I can use a regular telephone, I don't want
> > to buy hardware that is tied to a specific provider. Is SIP v2 the
> standard
> > that a router needs to support to allow it to be vendor neutral? If not,
> > what standard or specification should the router meet? Can anyone
> recommend
> > a 4-port VOIP router (and perhaps a place to buy it) that meets this
> > requirement?
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> Never been a fan of the phone adapters/routers, have always used Asterisk or
> Asterisk @Home aka Trixbox.
> But most providers provide a Linksys PAP2.
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> > I want go with a service provider that will work with any standard VoIP
> > hardware (see question above) _and_ that will work with Linux softphones
> > like Ekiga. Does anyone have good or bad experience with BroadVoice? Are
> > there other providers that I should consider?
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> Broadvoice sucks, they use to be good a long time ago and then had issues
> with support and quality of service.
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> I like Axvoice.com , at the same time you might want to check out rnk
> telecom, who provides alot of voip providers there service.
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> I also use quantumvoice.com for a residental 1800 number.
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I am using Vonage right now, it has not been bad, but I do not like being
tied to a branded device by them. I also noticed that Axvoice had better rates
to Costa Rica (my wife's people live there) so I am going to look into it big
time.
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