[olug] Home VOIP

Tue May 29 18:14:34 CDT 2018

Flowroute handles phone systems of all sizes. You'd pay for a trunk and
whatever DIDs by the minute. So maybe a dollar a month for your number and
30-60 cents a month for your calling...

Ive never used callcentric. I always roll my own 😎. The SMS/MMS python API
is awesome for flowroute as well.

Uptime won't be a problem if your current setup is stable. It'll be on you
if it goes down, since flowroute I've had zero phone system downtime from a
flowroute outage. We're going on 5 years.

We pay around $1000-1200/mo for our 300k/minutes.

I pay around 2 bucks a month for my little trunk my home phone is on. It
also includes e911.

On Tue, May 29, 2018, 6:01 PM Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <jeffh at dundeemt.com>
wrote:

> FlowRoute does look cool but there I didn't find a lot on what I can
> configure.  I also feel that I would be a very small fish in a pretty big
> ocean.
> I'm talking < 30 minutes/month out and < 100 minutes/month in.
>
> I should have been a little bit more expressive about what I want to do.
> The box I have is an Obi200.  I'm looking to replace my landline, port my
> number (yep, checked, it's portable.)
> minimal usage, we've had it for a long time and I haven't weened all to my
> cell number.
>
> I want to be able to ensure good uptime/quality so I can hook my alarm
> system to it.
> I want it easy to lock down so I don't end up paying for others to "call
> home".  In fact - no INTL dialing at all.  I would be happy to lock it down
> to continental service.
> Do E911.
> If possible, 86 as many spam calls as possible.
> Keep the cost as low as possible.
>
> On the obi forums there is lots of good mojo for CallCentric.
> 1.95/month Domestic 500 out with E911 and pay-per-minute inbound 1.95/month
> in with 0.015/min and it looks like only taxes if I have a NY address.
> They've got a 5.95/month unlimited in but I'd have to do more than 266
> minutes in before that made sense.  That sounds like 1.95+1.95+1.50 =
> 3.40/month (1.50 is 100 minutes in)
> They've got IVR, location locks, etc built in.
>
> Do you think FlowRoute could do better or is FlowRoute too big for me?
> Have you tried CallCentric and hated it?
>
> Best,
> Jeff
>
> VOIP providers have a metric sh!t ton of in and out options.   Takes a
> while to ferret out what you need --for a newbie, that is.
>
> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 4:18 PM, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Look at all the spam call blocking one can do with NerdVittles  Pbx In A
> > Flash.  So many features ready to go, including decent security options.
> >
> > FlowRoute and  Vitelity ITSPs have worked well for me.    Ut do not
> compare
> > too many features when shopping for a SIP provider because even if the
> > upstream provider does not implement a feature, you can probably
> implement
> > tour own in asterisk.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 8:59 AM Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > We use about 300,000 minutes a month on Flowroute on our work systems,
> > They
> > > have been great. They cut my 8x8 trunk bill down by 40% a few years
> ago,
> > > and I've never looked back.
> > >
> > > It's super cheap for a home trunk, probably less than $5-10/month for a
> > > couple phone numbers. SIP is pretty cool.
> > >
> > > I'd highly recommend setting up a home SIP system with all the
> different
> > > PBX and switch software.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 8:25 AM, Shawn L Djernes <shawn at djernes.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I second the Flowroute recommendation. I have used them for years.
> > > >
> > > > ---
> > > > Shawn L. Djernes
> > > >
> > > > > On May 28, 2018, at 20:44, Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > If you are looking for a trunk, I'd recommend flowroute.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, May 28, 2018, 8:30 PM Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T <
> > jeffh at dundeemt.com
> > > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Anyone on the list using an Obi box? http://www.obihai.com/
> > > > >>
> > > > >> If so, who/what pkg are you using for in/out providers?
> > > > >> E911?   I'm gearing up to do so, now it's time to pick a service.
> > > > >>
> > > > >> --
> > > > >> Best,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Jeff Hinrichs
> > > > >> 402.218.1473
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>
> Jeff Hinrichs
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