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This review disappeared due to age so I decided to update it. I don't think I've touched my Anveo Direct configuration in that time. It just keeps on working without having to mess with it. I primarily do termination to Canada and use the Iristel routes for 90+% of my calls. Audio quality is consistently good and latency is very acceptable. The ability to have audio travel directly between your phone and the carrier, and the ability to select specific carriers, is so valuable, both in the ability to consistently provide high quality phone service, and (in theory) for ease of troubleshooting (although I never do any troubleshooting because it always "Just Works"). Anveo Direct would be a bargain, even at more sane rates. -- I primarily use Anveo Direct, because I own a PBX which takes care of the call routing features I would otherwise use Anveo Retail for. Direct's call termination services are extremely configurable. I can choose a specific carrier I want to use, configure least cost routing in many different ways, view a SIP trace for each call, and most importantly, configure audio to travel directly from the carrier to my phone. This results in extremely low latency. I can also selectively block specific routes. If a particular carrier's route is not working properly, I can just use a different one. Fortunately, I have never had any need to do this. As for Anveo Retail, it remains the only PAYG service provider that offers automatic geographic redundancy. I often see people complain that Anveo's website is complex or that their user interface is difficult to use. I found it no more difficult to learn than any other service provider. In fact I timed myself the first time I used it. It took me under 8 minutes to go from zero to having a working phone with voicemail. (I deleted the default call flow because I wanted to see if I could set it up intuitively.) True, anything could be made simpler, but I can think of no way to do so while maintaining the level of control users currently have. If you require a VoIP service provider that is extremely reliable, cost-effective, and has features that make call routing as close as possible to limitless, I think Anveo is the one. member for 15.2 years, 7782 visits, last login: 1 day ago updated 5.8 years ago |