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Comparing SIP services #85

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Is there any advantage to using IPKall, Sipgate, iptel or any of the other 
various free services?  Whether in speed, sound quality, stability or 
possibility of the company collapsing.  I have a lot of friends who would be 
interested in getting numbers, but I want to make sure this thing is stable.

And also, why the extra step of needing a registration for the Sipgate account, 
whereas with IPKall you do NOT need the extra step?  Is there an advantage?  
(BTW, this should be added into the file - I spent a number of hours figuring 
out why I could not get the IPKall number registered, and afterwards I found 
out that it was unnecessary.)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mdmar...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2010 at 9:23

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I only have IPKall, IPCOMMS and Gizmo5 DIDs, so I'll try to cover them.

1. Gizmo: very good, naturally integrates with Google Voice but new accounts 
are not available (Gizmo5 has been acquired by Google and new sign-ups 
suspended until re-launch).

2. IPKall pros: easy to get, easy to configure, fast connects, good voice 
quality. Cons: account expires after 30 days of inactivity; may report local 
termination's number instead of real CID. If you care about CID of your 
callers, you'd better consider some other DID for forwarding of incoming calls.

3. IPCOMMS pros: fast connects, good voice quality, no problems with CID. Cons: 
hard to get nowadays (need to call them and voice your request), not so easy to 
configure, problems with rejecting of incoming calls (there is a workaround in 
my Complex dialplan).

Original comment by mte...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2010 at 11:30

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I have updated section 9 of both the wiki on this site and the Free Calling 
HOWTO to clarify the fact that registering for IPKall using your SIP Sorcery 
SIP number is enough. Thanks for the feedback.

I will also work on expanding this as a new section in the document.

Original comment by easter...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2010 at 2:12

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
It appears Sipgate has some new numbers.  I just signed up successfully.  What 
is the advantage to using it versus IPKall?

Original comment by mdmar...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2010 at 2:51

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
As Mike described, IPKall has a habit of messing up the incoming caller id, so 
incoming calls (not initiated by you as a return call from Google Voice) may 
show up with bad caller IDs. Sipgate doesn't appear to have such issues, or 
none have been reported.

Original comment by easter...@gmail.com on 21 Jul 2010 at 2:57

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by easter...@gmail.com on 8 Feb 2011 at 1:58