xfone 018 phone service and Linux

[geoffrey mendelson]

On May 6, 2009, at 2:23 PM, Arie Skliarouk wrote:


> Now I am looking in direction of 012 and have couple of questions to  
> actual users of theirs voip service with Linux (if there are any):
> http://www.012.net.il/sales.aspx?docID=8639&FolderID=1005&lang=he&tabn=0
> 	• Does the line management site (http://072web.net) works from  
> firefox?
> 	• Do they provide SIP credentials, or are these hidden in the hw  
> sip adapter they provide?
> 	• Can Asterisk be used with the service?
> Thank you in advance!


I think it would be worth your while to give Orange a call. They  
provide a similar service and from my experience with their cellular  
phone service their customer support is excelent.

Their normal package includes the ISP half of a landline connection,  
and 600 minutes a month of service to all phones in Israel. If you  
make lots of calls to cell phones, it's a good deal. The downsides are  
they only advertise it with their "box", they may allow you to provide  
your own (which could be an asterisk system using SIP) or not. The  
other disadvantage is the incoming number is an 054 number which I  
assume is billed at the cellular rate.

A phone call to ascertain that and their rates would be worth it, IMHO.

The other option is HOT. I used to have a HOT line, it was removed  
yesterday. It was as good as a BEZEQ line in quality (it even  
supported FAX). I dropped it because no one was using it and we have a  
VoIP line. If you make most of your calls to landlines, it's very cheap.

It's not VoIP so you would have to put an FXO card in your switch. :-(

Has anyone written a SKYPE to Asterisk bridge? SkypeOUT is cheap if  
you can stand the quality of service (I can't)

Geoff.

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