Hi,
I'm running a small Asterisk server in the UK, just for personal use.
I've been experimenting with various VoIP providers for international
calls to PSTN numbers, particularly to the US (often California). My
results, to date, have been very variable indeed, so much so that I'm
Hey Nikhil,
I have some free time right now and would be willing to set this up for
you. Just paypal me $1 for the DID(globalpops fee) and like 50 cents for
minutes. Whatever is left over after you're done testing I can refund to
you.
Regards,
Igor H.
Nikhil Nair wrote:
Hi,
I'm running a
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 8:09 PM, emist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hey Nikhil,
I have some free time right now and would be willing to set this up for
you. Just paypal me $1 for the DID(globalpops fee) and like 50 cents for
minutes. Whatever is left over after you're done testing I can refund to
Another thing you may want to do is try a simple ping test to the far
end host. While this may not always be a reliable way to test lag
given that the far end maybe just a proxy and your RTP may be
terminating to another device, it still should give you a good idea
what your lag times are
Nikhil Nair wrote:
Hi,
I'm running a small Asterisk server in the UK, just for personal use.
I've been experimenting with various VoIP providers for international
calls to PSTN numbers, particularly to the US (often California). My
results, to date, have been very variable indeed, so
Interesting response there Atis. I'm glad you were able to help Nikhil
out for free. I for one don't have free DIDs and anyone can verify that
I indeed pay $1 setup fee to globalpops per DID(toll-free or otherwise).
All I asked was for _my operational fee_ ($1 + whatever minutes he uses
charged
I find smokeping (http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/) to be very handy as
a longer-term monitor of ping times. I have a section devoted to SIP
peers on my home machine (see http://home.bod.org/smokeping/, click on
the 'SIP Peers' graph). Darren raises a good point, though - those
numbers are for
