provider recommendation
jimates:
I want to recommend the Obi for reducing or eliminating current monthly costs. Google voice is no problem with plenty of phone numbers available in our area, but with e911 and porting issues I want to be able to recommend other services also.
just give a name and I will compile a list with costs and check for usage in our area.
Stewart:
Here is a list of providers that are IMO good values for home phone service in US / Canada (for needs matching their offerings). When I get some time, I'll provide more details about each.
Full service (can supply preconfigured device, include "unlimited" inbound and outbound domestic calling):
VOIPo
Phonepower
BYOD (bring your own device), pay-per-minute for outgoing calls:
Callcentric
Anveo
VoIP.ms
Others (have a shortcoming that limits their appeal, e.g. no 911 or no porting, but good for many applicatons:
CallWithUs
Future-Nine
Localphone
"Wholesale" providers (that don't have steep minimums), useful as a secondary provider for heavy users:
Voxbeam
FlowRoute
AlcazarNetworks
Bandwidth.com
Lowest cost international calling:
Betamax
Useful for receiving calls from abroad and other tricks:
Rebtel
SIPBroker
iNum.net
jimates:
I just looked at Anveo and am initially impressed. On the free account < $10 a year for e911. And the possibility of occasional online fax.
pc44:
I don't know what you guys think of Vitelity, but I thought I would add their name to the list. Any good or bad experiences with them? They probably cannot compete with Anveo when it comes to pricing, but other than that, I think they are one of several reasonable providers.
pc44
jimates:
I don't know why one of these voip providers can't set up a 911 service based strictly on CID so we wouldn't have to set up a SIP configuration just for 911. This would give users the ability to set up 2 google voice services and still have 911 available.
I don't remember what info was needed when I set up my nettalk 911. I gave my address, is that how they know what call center to route the call to?
They could use incoming CID, from my verified google voice number, to route the call based on account information. The same as they would do when they receive the 911 request from my sip configured phone.
I press 911 from my ATA phone port
My ATA dials an alternate number provided by Anveo
Anveo sees the caller id of my Google Voice number (can be verified)
Anveo does the same thing it normally does if I dial 911 from a SIP configured service (pass my google CID to the call center, which already has the info I provided to Anveo)
911 call center will see my google voice number (for accurate call back) and my info on record in my Anveo account was already provided to them.
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