Originally Posted by GodOSpoons

Vonage's core is all SIP (as they use the DynamicSoft platform for the construction of its switching core), but I can't speak to the IADs they're using for the premise side... part of that problem for the end-user customer is to do all the universal firewall punching and let's be honest, it's not exactly a brilliant firewall in most consumer settings. (Pulver was also one of the early people in VONAGE, hence the VON designation at the beginning--his major trade show on VoIP technologies)

Jeff and I have talked about Libretel, but it's more in the context of his general disruption scheme for the PSTN (if you know Jeff, you'll know that his dream is to end POTS as we know it). And, if he's offering UK numbers, it's a total arbitrage game. Due to the strangeness of UK reciprocal compensation rules, he's probably got someone providing him geographic numbers inbound in the UK, then using a US carrier's LD network to terminate calls to the UK. In this odd arrangement, he probably makes enough on UK inbound to substantiall subsidize UK outbound.

What a weird world we live in.

Timothy

Yeah... I'm a VoIP guru in RL. But I'd rather talk about UA.