Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22
 ·Verizon FIOS
| [General] Voip Provider with BYOD I have a pap2tna and looking for a good voip provider to use.
I have used vonage and a few others but vonage doesn't provide BYOD
I'm just looking for a voip service with just a few issues here and there but nothing too major like some i know
Would really appreciate your input in this matter as i want to sign up today or tomorrow and port my number to them as well
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 gg22
join:2008-08-19 | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD Look here: »/gbu
I'm personally using voip.ms. They are BYOD, PAYG and very reliable. | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD said by gg22  :Look here: » /gbuI'm personally using voip.ms. They are BYOD, PAYG and very reliable. The list doesn't show which is BYOD and which is not and it's a very long list to figure out which byod
is voip.ms a us based voip service? | |
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hszeto
join:2002-06-05
| »www.broadvoice.com/ I have been with them since they started few years back. They are better than ever! 
The only concern I have with them now is that they have stopped allowing incoming call via SIP URI for years.  | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD said by hszeto :» www.broadvoice.com/ I have been with them since they started few years back. They are better than ever! The only concern I have with them now is that they have stopped allowing incoming call via SIP URI for years. Do you mean they don't provide you with the SIP credentials when you sign up? | |
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join:2002-06-05 | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD No, BroadVoice stopped allowing callers to call BroadVoice users via SIP URI like 10-digit_telephone_number@broadvoice.com
Of course BroadVoice supplies user with SIP credential for user to enter into her/his own ATA as part of BOYD. | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22 | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD so far i'm thinking about goinging with callcentric,what do you guys think? | |
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Premium
join:2001-06-01
Outland |  Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD
Another alternative to look into is Future-Nine. | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD said by pandora :Callcentric sounds good. Another alternative to look into is Future-Nine. I pm'ed him during the trial period to test it and he totally ignored me so i'm steering away from them
would have been nice to test them out then but he didnt reply and asked why i pm'ed him when he clearly put a thread about pm'ing him to test their service | |
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Premium,VIP
join:2008-02-27
 ·ViaTalk
 ·Comcast
| Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD said by Snake Doctor :I pm'ed him during the trial period to test it and he totally ignored me so i'm steering away from them would have been nice to test them out then but he didnt reply and asked why i pm'ed him when he clearly put a thread about pm'ing him to test their service Him being me?? I apologize if there was some sort of misunderstanding. I notice you joined BBR in July, but our beta trials were in March. Did this happen with a diferent BBR username? | |
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Premium
join:2003-04-24
San Jose, CA
 ·DSL EXTREME
·InPhonex
| said by Snake Doctor :so far i'm thinking about goinging with callcentric,what do you guys think? You don't have to make a commitment. Try them and see if you like the service.
Suggestion: don't port your number until you are quite sure you have made a good choice. | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22
·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD said by scott2020 :Callcentric is very good but one of the more expensive. If you are looking for unlimited inbound and outbound, Callcentric will cost you about $28 a month (19.95 outbound, 5.95 inbound, 2.37 E911 fee). That's high for VOIP IMO. Voicestick will be right at $19.95 for an unlimited plan with no additional fees and such. They also have been very good for me so far. $19.95 is about great for unlimited for me with no additional fees like the others keep creeping onto you
I will give voicesticks a try
their international rates are ok too
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22 | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD Anyone use voicesticks here anyway? | |
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prestonlewis
Premium,MVM
join:2003-04-13
Sacramento, CA
·VoiceStick
1 edit | Callcentric has a nice web interface showing:
Your ATA's registration
Your E911 address
Last 40 calls (in on 1 page, out on another)
You can add names to incoming caller ID numbers
Other various tools like email settings, etc.
They do charge for an incoming phone number (on the pay as you go plan). Voicestick has free incoming numbers for their pay as you go plan.
If you just want reliable incoming outgoing calls, VoiceStick is my recommendation with callwithus.com coming in second. If you want more "features", callcentric is a good choice.
I haven't used Future9 yet (I will next month) so I can't recommend them at the moment but they seem popular in the forum. | |
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DracoFelis
Premium
join:2003-06-15
| said by Snake Doctor :I have a pap2tna and looking for a good voip provider to use. I have used vonage and a few others but vonage doesn't provide BYOD This question keeps coming up again and again. And the answer always depends upon your expected calling usage, how comfortable you are with making changes to your equipment, etc. i.e. How do you plan to use your "phone"?
For example:
How many minutes a month do you call, and where (lower usage may be better off paying by the minute, higher usage probably wants to get on an "unlimited" plan)? Do you get a lot of inbound calling, and if so does the area code of your inbound number matter to you (if inbound calling issues are important to you, it may govern your choice of carrier, but if not than some inbound numbers ( »ipkall.com , as one example) can actually be had for free. Do you know a lot of people with VoIP adapters who you would like to call (of be called from) for "free" (in which case you want access to a company that makes free VoIP to VoIP calls easy and flexible). Etc.
FWIW: If you want a company that has a decent mix of free and paid VoIP services (with full BYOD support), check out »www.callcentric.com. Because of the mix of other providers I have access to, I don't actually use use Callcentric account for much myself (although I do have a small prepaid Callcentric account balance), however I was very impressed with their web site (and the features that web site gives you access to) when I have logged into them. And Callcentric does have the advantage of being a "one stop shop" for getting services (whereas the approach I usually take is harder to setup, as I buy/use VoIP service from multiple companies, in order to get the customized list of price/features I personally prefer).
OTOH if you want to "roll your own" (mixing and matching multiple services), a good choice for the "free" side of things would be »www.voxalot.com (as that service is very connected, and the "basic" service is free, although the fancier "premium" service is $25/year). While VoXaLot won't do everything you need by itself (they don't sell outbound telco calling minutes, for example), the VoXaLot service has a lot of options to make/receive the "free" (toll free, as well as VoIP to VoIP) calls. And VoXaLot also has tools to integrate their service with other (paid for) VoIP services of your choice (allowing you to customize your own service out of the best features of multiple VoIP services). | |
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ptrowski
Got Helix?
Premium
join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
clubs: | Voicepulse is one that comes to mind also. They always seem solid. | |
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| druber
join:2000-04-11
Marlborough, MA | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD Keep in mind that voicepulse (AFAIK) is not BYOD. their other service, Voicepulse Connect is. May or may not matter to you... | |
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dcdeadbeat
join:2008-10-07
Washington, DC | I use both Voip.MS and CallCentric with my PAP2T. Both have been extremely reliable but I tend to prefer VOIP.MS due to the lower per minute costs and low latency to their New York servers. | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22 | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD so many options now...
I'll go through and see which i like best | |
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| jay_rm
join:2002-04-12
Netville
 ·Fox Valley Internet
·ViaTalk
| said by dcdeadbeat :I use both Voip.MS and CallCentric with my PAP2T. Both have been extremely reliable but I tend to prefer VOIP.MS due to the lower per minute costs and low latency to their New York servers. Can you port a existing number into VOIP.MS ??
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join:2007-01-12 | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD yes, it's $25 to do it..... | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD I used viatalk for a while and was good but started getting all these wierd fees even though i had a rep add all the fees and charge my card only one time so i could keep track of them
Had some oversease calls not going through but i got charged and a rep told me i have to be charged regardless of it not going through because they get charged.Found that confusing so i didnt bother arguing with her at all,just adviced myself rather
Voip.ms was ok with local calls but they always spoof your calls and i tried to let them know about it ,they tell you they'll look into it and never get back to you
Their international calls have horrible call quality and the premium service is high,i'd give viatalk good rating if the call does go through to be smoooth
Now i'm giving future nine a try and i've read a lot about them so i hope not to run into too many problems with them | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD said by PX Eliezer :said by Snake Doctor :Voip.ms was ok with local calls but they always spoof your calls and i tried to let them know about it ,they tell you they'll look into it and never get back to you. What does it mean, "they always spoof your calls" ??? Thanks. when i call someone from my phone,the number that comes on their caller ID isn't my phone number,it's always some random numbers you cannot call back | |
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join:2000-10-20
Gainesville, VA
1 edit | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD Did you set the CID number to send for the account, in the user portal ... under settings? I've never seen it not work. | |
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| | jay_rm
join:2002-04-12
Netville
·Fox Valley Internet
·ViaTalk
| said by priller :I just started the process of porting my number from Vonage (due to the price increase) to voip.ms ... we'll see how that goes. Please keep us informed as to how that goes. I have a number I want to keep but it's very low volume. Pay-per-minute would be perfect for it... | |
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join:2000-10-20
Gainesville, VA
·voip.ms
·Callcentric
·Vonage
·callwithus
| Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD said by jay_rm :said by priller :I just started the process of porting my number from Vonage (due to the price increase) to voip.ms ... we'll see how that goes. Please keep us informed as to how that goes. I have a number I want to keep but it's very low volume. Pay-per-minute would be perfect for it... The port from Vonage to voip.ms completed today. It went smoothly and took 3 weeks. Voip.ms provided status along the way. | |
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| dcm
join:2008-09-12
Pennsylvania
1 edit | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD Interesting ... they did a verbatim cut/paste of the 4 providers that I posted.
EDIT: They did add a - to Future Nine.  | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22
·Verizon FIOS
| There isn't a phone number listed for future nine to call them on,only email i think
I really caannot figure out the pricing structure though
I wanted a monthly flat rate like the viatalk 500mins plan sort of thing so i could pay for a year or 2 but cannot call them
i tried voip.ms but i don't think i wanna stay with them,that's just me though so hard feelings | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22 | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD oK I'M all signed up now,i like a lot of viatalks features and i believe you have all they do too so here i come | |
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Javaguy216
join:2005-03-18
Cleveland, OH | Future-Nine's call quality has been excellent. I've used it for domestic and international calls, and among all the providers I've tried, they seem to have the best quality so far. | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22
·Verizon FIOS
1 edit | Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD said by Javaguy216 :Future-Nine's call quality has been excellent. I've used it for domestic and international calls, and among all the providers I've tried, they seem to have the best quality so far. Hope so | |
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| | nitzan
Premium,VIP
join:2008-02-27
·ViaTalk
·Comcast
| Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD Just remember that some countries are harder to connect than others. Europe etc. you're almost never going to have a problem with - however Africa for example is a hard location for VoIP. With Future Nine, if you have a problem connecting - just switch routes by prefixing the number with 02(grey),03(white, or 04(premium). Please see an explanation of our grey, white, and premium routes.
This isn't a cure-all and some locations are hard even with the premium route - but overall the idea is to have you control the quality of your calls.
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Future Nine Corporation | |
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Snake Doctor
join:2008-07-22
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD said by nitzan :Just remember that some countries are harder to connect than others. Europe etc. you're almost never going to have a problem with - however Africa for example is a hard location for VoIP. With Future Nine, if you have a problem connecting - just switch routes by prefixing the number with 02(grey),03(white, or 04(premium). Please see an explanation of our grey, white, and premium routes. This isn't a cure-all and some locations are hard even with the premium route - but overall the idea is to have you control the quality of your calls. Why is Africa a hard location though? | |
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Premium,VIP
join:2008-02-27
·ViaTalk
·Comcast
| Re: [General] Voip Provider with BYOD said by Snake Doctor :Why is Africa a hard location though? VoIP in a lot of countries is illegal. The country's telephone system is run by one carrier that is owned by the government. They want to keep competition out and international rates high. VoIP circumvents this by passing the calls through the internet to be terminated locally and appear like a local call. This is legal in the US - but may not be legal in other countries. In such a scenario the terminating partner is usually a very small company, who's basically doing something that might be illegal in their own country. Such companies are not always reliable.
said by jay_rm :Please keep us informed as to how that goes. I have a number I want to keep but it's very low volume. Pay-per-minute would be perfect for it... Check out »[General] VoIP providers with LNP Support
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