SIP on a Rogers data plan

[Alex Kink]

I'm using 2 VoIP providers - Unlimitel and vBuzzer.

90% of time I'm using vBuzzer which is a flat fee service ($15/month +
$25/year for number)
Sometimes vBuzzer is down and then asterisk automatically uses Unlimitel
trunk which is a $90/10,000min service. The unlimitel trunk I use for
business and we put through around 12,000min per month on it - I highly
recommend it for business.

In terms of cellphone bill, I have 150min a month outbound + Unlimited
evenings and weekends + Unlimited incoming + CanadaWide My5. For this
portion of the service I pay $50. I have never exceeded the 150min monthly
limit, yet my last bill had a total of 2417 minutes.

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Tyler Aviss <tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> OK, so as I understand it this means you have:
>
> cellular phone with MY5 plan
> asterisk box with a local #
> VOIP account with a good plan to which the asterisk box is tied
>
> Sounds like a neat idea.
>
> Might I ask who your VOIP provider is, and what rates do you get?
> What's your average bill like combining the cost of the VOIP DID and
> cellphone?
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Alex Kink<alexkink-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I have actually taken a different approach to save some money on mobile
> > calls.
> >
> > I've subscribed to My5 add-on which allows me to call any number as much
> as
> > I want. I've added my asterisk # to My5. Then I've written a basic
> dialplan
> > that allows me to dial into asterisk and place a call out from there.
> This
> > way all my outbound calls free and I only pay for VoIP charges.
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Alex Kink <alexkink-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I have to add that the SIP integration in E71 is awesome. There is no
> >> clumsy 3rd party applications (read Fring) that you have to use. If you
> are
> >> using SIP over WiFi, and all other links are functioning properly (no
> >> latency on ISP, Good SIP provider) then the call quality is superb.
> Simply
> >> dial a number (or select from address book) and select whether to use
> GSM or
> >> SIP. You can also set a default connection, so say if you're at home and
> you
> >> dial a number, it will go through SIP via WiFi and when you're out and
> >> about, GSM will be used.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Robert Brockway
> >> <robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 24 Jul 2009, Alex Kink wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I've been using a Nokia E71 on Rogers but I have to say that SIP over
> 3G
> >>>> is
> >>>> barely usable - the latency becomes unbearable.
> >>>
> >>> Hmm interesting.  It was in fact the E71 I was considering.  I've
> >>> certainly seen the latency when using ssh over Rogers 3G network.
> Sometimes
> >>> it is fine, sometimes it is just unusable and the state can change from
> >>> minute to minute.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>> Rob
> >>>
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