[Liverpool] SIP Providers

[Sebastian Arcus]

Yes - I second the QoS mention. Very important indeed - otherwise your 
calls will be at the whim of anybody watching BBC iPlayer in the house 
(or anything else, for that matter)!

Sebastian


On 19/08/11 10:25, Jonathan Archer wrote:
> Hi Liam,
>
> I've previously had a similar setup as you are talking about, I used to
> use sipgate.co.uk as a provider but found they got a bit congested so
> moved over to localphone.com.
>
> You get a UK geographical number (not sure if they are free anymore) and
> free incoming calls, just pay for outgoing.
>
> You will need to enable various port forwards for SIP to traverse your
> NAT, but once these ports are opened you shouldn't have any issue.
>
> One thing that is worth looking into is whether your router supports QoS
> (Quality of service) or whether you can flash a 3rd party firmware which
> does. This will ensure your VoIP traffic gets priority so as not to
> damage call quality or even worse disconnections from the service.
>
> I currently run asterisk on my linux box with a localphone sip account
> for incoming and outgoing calls and have done without issue for a number
> of years now. I also use a Cisco 7912 and a Cisco 7911 with SIP
> firmwares (the 7912 was the one i used to use with just the
> localphone/sipgate services).
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Jon
> On Thu, 2011-08-18 at 14:34 +0100, Liam Craddock wrote:
>> Afternoon all,
>>
>> I want to setup a SIP phone at home instead of getting a BT line. I have
>> a Cisco 7940g phone which has a SIP firmware image I can flash on. I
>> want to to talk directly to the sip provider, no go through any
>> intermediate hardware.(Sebastian, any reason why this wouldn't work?)
>>
>> My question is, what sip providers would people suggest? It'll be low
>> call volumes, possibly one or two calls a week, and probably most
>> incoming. I'll need an external number and I don't really mind if its
>> local or not. Do sip providers generally charge for incoming calls?
>>
>> I also want to configure the devices and test them before committing to
>> anything, do providers let you do this?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> I'll see some of you for the LUG crawl.
>>
>> - Liam -
>>
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