[Freeswitch-users] DID providers - any thoughts? (jan 2013)

[Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]]

Hello everyone,

I've been recently reviewing several DID providers, and looking for some
feedback.

I appreciate this isn't totally on topic for FreeSWITCH, but over the last
few months I've found the community feedback to be invaluable - so I'm
hoping it might open up a good discussion.

I would be really interested to hear other peoples experiences with their
DID providers, as much detail as possible.

There are several providers we've looked at, but they are either reselling
others services, or do not deliver the service quality we are looking for.

The criteria I've been looking for is;

* Able to provide either US or UK numbers
* Exposes an API that allows control of purchasing and routing
* Guarantees premium call quality, good latency, and inbound CLI.
* Does NOT operate on a market/exchange basis
* Trading as a telecoms provider for more than 5 years
* Has a reputable name within the community or industry

So far, I have only found the following providers that meet this criteria;

* Hello Telecom - UK numbers only, ITSPA registered, no charges for
minutes, rental or concurrent channels. No minimum charges. Excellent call
quality/latency, no CLI problems, and almost no downtime in the last 6
months. However, they do not offer a sane purchasing API which makes
automation difficult, and interop with FS has been somewhat painful.

* Simwood - UK numbers only, ITSPA registered. Slightly more expensive but
still very fair. Currently at inter-op stage, so can't comment further -
but they seem very good so far.

* Voxbone - Most numbers, ITSPA registered. Extremely high minimum spend,
difficult to justify unless you already have existing traffic.

* BT - UK numbers only (I think), ITSPA registered (of course lol).. Over
9000 pages of inter-op and around £10k in set up fees.

Thanks in advance

Cal
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