[kwlug disc.] acanac or other phone service

[Jason Locklin]

I have had acanac for dryloop DSL and VOIP service for about 6 months.
It's dirt cheap (<$40 a month for both including everything), and
they provide excellent customer service. I bought my own SIP router
so that I didn't have to pay the rental fee, and it does QOS network
management. QOS is vital if you do any heavy downloading or uploading
on your internet connection. Call quality is pristine and reliable
(Though, I do have a good DSL connection, and it took a bit of tweaking
on my router).

There are two downsides. First, no waterloo phone numbers (I have a
Toronto number). Second, they are a "closed" SIP network. If you want
to call directly to other SIP VOIP phones, or use services like
sipbroker, you either need a gateway or to pay for a service like
voxalot (I use voxalot, ~$7/year).


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Regards,
Jason Locklin, B.Sc. Hons.
University of Waterloo
http://artsweb.uwaterloo.ca/~jalockli