ANVEO cannot reach all US numbers
c3c3:
One potential solution is to charge extra for these calls. This was discussed on dslreports a while ago.
Usetheforceobiwan:
The FCC doesn't help ensure universal access like it did for many years and it's a shame because the country benefitted immensely from it. And how ironic that the emerging technology that will take over, cable/internet, that the FCC is powerless to stop outrageous and predatory practices and fees.
A universally accessible communications network is pivotal to a dynamic and growing economy. Once we lose that, and it's trending towards that IMO, I don't want to imagine the consequences to us as a nation.
Mango:
This is a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation for many service providers.
Some time ago, Anveo released price tiers for the US which allowed calls to high cost areas (at a higher cost), and actually LOWERED rates to much of the USA, to $0.005/min. They got flamed hard for this from the customers who used routes that went up by a fraction of a cent, and the end result was that they rolled back to the original pricing model. So, if this is an inconvenience for you, thank the customers who refused to pay pennies extra per month. The lesson to be learned is that insisting on the products and services you buy be as cheap as possible is not always the right thing to do.
If PhonePower's claim that they do complete calls to high cost areas at a flat rate is accurate, that's good PR. But they'll lose money on your account. I can assure you that won't last.
ProfTech:
I recently discovered this also, after-the-fact and in a similar fashion to you. After a bit of discussion on this board and a couple of late responses from Anveo they made mention of setting up their system so when you dialed one of the "expensive" numbers, you would be given an option to press 1 or something similar to have that one call processed at a higher rate. I wouldn't have a problem with that, it sounded like a good setup. But I haven't seen or heard anything from Anveo since about implementing it. CallWithUs is another excellent option for those "expensive" calls. Easy enough to set them up on a voice gateway on your Obi. If you have an open ITSP slot on your Obi, FlowRoute is also an excellent choice and can be used exclusively for all outbound calls if you want. They don't work when set up as a voice gateway, however. I believe they have the best voice quality of any ITSP I have tried and would switch everything over to them except they don't offer the bells & whistles of most of the others. No voice mail, no fancy call flows or call treatments like Callcentric so for the time being only using them for outbound. They were up front with me about the "expensive" numbers. If you only have a few short calls to them, they are ignored. If more than I think 20% of your calls are of that type, they will assess a small up-charge.
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