Re: [PLUG] Recent VOIP Experience Anyone?

[Lee Marzke <lee@marzke.net>]

I've been using Vitelity.net for VOIP and Virtual FAX for about 5 
years.    I have
all my house and office phones hooked to Asterisk ( Trixbox ) so Vonage
is not a option.    I use Linksys 942,  Cisco 7940 phones, and a few 
analog wireless
phones with a Digium card.

My DSL uplink is only 256k so I did have to implement QOS rules on my
perimeter firewall to make the web servers play nice with VOIP.  After
that I have had no issues with VOIP

Remember, that SIP-2-SIP calls don't require a carrier,  so you should 
also setup
an e164.org directory account so that other VOIP users or carriers can 
route SIP
phone calls to you directly without using your carrier.

Lee

On 09/18/2010 05:48 PM, John Karr wrote:
> Who is currently using a VOIP service in place of a Landline? Who are you
> using and are you happy?
>
> ==========================================
>
> I'm asking because I just got sucked into FIOS by Verizon, which has created
> a nightmare in porting my number. Further I'm finding phone to be the least
> satisfying part of the package, the website management of phone features
> totally sucks and I have not been able to obtain or find a user guide for
> service.
> 	
> On the plus side my FIOS speed (on the basic package) is 20x what I had on
> DSL.
>
> To keep my old POTS line through Cavtel will cost about $65 a month, so I'm
> looking at alternatives, and I happen to have a Motorola VT1005 VOIP Adapter
> sitting in my basement.
>
> My experience indicates that if you are switching to Verizon and porting a
> number from another carrier that you are likely to have difficulty -- if
> they install FIOS and do not port your number -- do not accept the delivery
> and instruct them to remove the FIOS -- and restart the order as a copper
> order to port your number and reorder FIOS only once Verizon has your
> number. Second while the line quality of Digital Voice seems (from limited
> use) to be excellent, the features are a problem, some features are
> controlled from your phone, some from the Verizon website. Verizon will not
> remove bundled services that you don't want. To manage your phone service
> from the web you must first register your fios at myverizon. Then you must
> place a self-service order for a feature, and having worked my way through
> this process I still can't access the management features tech support is
> telling me to use.
>
> Since Cavtel is getting rich from Verizon not having my number and since I'm
> running out of patience with Verizon's voice service (and tired of them
> failing to port my number), I'm seriously considering a VOIP Service.
>
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