There is another web site which compares prices all over the world services. The only catch is that it's needed to invest 10 Euro in advance.
Here it is: http://backsla.sh/betamax On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Gadi Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Arik, thank you for your email. You finally inspired me to join the > VOIP revolution :) > > > Arik Baratz wrote: > >> I've been using www.didww.com successfully for a few years now as a >> DID in Israel. Friends and family call my Israeli number and the call >> gets routed to my Asterisk box in the US. The cost is very reasonable >> (an 077 number is $3/month) and it's a flat rate for up to two >> simultaneous calls. >> > Have you ever had any problems with them? I'm only been using them now > for a few days :), but yesterday all of my DIDs were unavailable at > random intervals. From a tcpdump and the call log, it looks like they > only tried to connect the call some 20 minutes after it was made. > Anyways, today is everything is working. >> My termination service for the box is voipjet.com which has a very >> reasonable rate for Israel (2c/min LL, 10c/min cell). They say that >> they don't want end users to use their services, only carriers; they >> didn't kick me out though so I guess that as long as everything is >> okay they won't care. >> > And your experiences with them? I signed up a week ago (and paid!) and > my account still hasn't been activated yet... they keep posting a > message on their website saying "new accounts might only be activated on > approximately XX" and keep moving the date forward. No response from > their "fastsupport" email, and from reports on the Internet it doesn't > look like they've ever answered that email for the past few years. > > I must also point out that they are in violation of PayPal's terms of > use (they charge a surcharge for payments) and their own TOS is > incredibly dodgy. You're actually already in violation for disclosing > to other people that you use their service. You also agreed never to > sue them, and of course that, "the customer acknowledges that the > service may not be working for some, most or all of the time.". > > The potentially good news though is that after A LOT of searching > (indeed, good rates to Israel aren't easy to come by), I did find the > services of grnvoip.com. Here's a comparison of prices to Israel (in USD): > > Land Line Cell > VoipJert.Com 0.0198 0.0949 > GrnVoip Standard 0.0138 0.0792 > GrnVoip Premium 0.0166 0.0951 > > The premium service is meant to have better voice quality... although > I've found the quality of the standard calls to be just fine on their > own. I already had a technical issue which they sorted out quite > quickly. I thought you and other members of the list might benefit from > all the searching and this experience with them. Of course, bear in > mind I've only been using their services for a few days, and I guess you > need termination to the US anyways. > >> My setup allows the following: >> > Did you configure everything by hand? Or did you use a web manager? >> Downside: I get calls in the middle of the night from MILUIM... don't ask. >> > Mmm... you could always block calls from unlisted numbers... at the very > least after hours. Or you could direct unlisted numbers to some silence > and they'll need to know in advance they'll have 5 seconds to press "1" > after the phone stops ringing... there are a lot of creative solutions > here :) > > Again, thanks for the inspiration. > > Gadi > > -- > Gadi Cohen aka Kinslayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.wastelands.net > Freelance admin/coding/design HABONIM DROR linux/fantasy enthusiast > KeyID 0x93F26EF5: 256A 1FC7 AA2B 6A8F 1D9B 6A5A 4403 F34B 93F2 6EF5 > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
