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 Review by espaeth 
UPDATED: 1.1 years ago
member for 8.5 years, 2026 visits, last login: a few hours ago
 Minneapolis,Hennepin,MN
 $3 per month
 about 1 days
 "No junk fees, e911 included, company involvement in forums, great call quality, free porting!"
 "Existing swtich feature set is limited, CID is quirky"
 "Works great for what I use it for!"
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I signed up for VoiceStick under the Asterisk plan they have put together: $2.99/mo for 250 minutes, then 1.1c/min in or outgoing after that. It takes some futzing to get the service setup initially because of the SIP proxy configuration they use, which including having to set host file entries so that i2telecom.com resolves to the SIP proxy IP.
The bad:
- Incoming CID has no CNAM, CID is 7 digits when the calling number is in the same areacode, otherwise 10 digits. You can correct for this in Asterisk with a couple lines, but it's annoying to have to do so.
- Incoming call ring duration is not configurable. I ported my old cell phone number to VoiceStick so that incoming calls would ring both my home phone and my cell phone simultaneously. Unfortunately VoiceStick would terminate the call to a "Nobody is available to take your call" message before my cell phone voicemail would pick up. I've been able to work around this by having Asterisk answer every inbound call immediately and generate the ring tones, but it's still annoying (and potentially more expensive).
- No ability to set outbound CID via SIP. (can't use the trunk for forwarded calls to my cell)
- No call forwarding based on SIP registration status. Calls could dead-end if my Asterisk box tanks.
The Good:
- VoiceStick is working to improve their feature set by converting to new opensource phone switch platforms. The VP is active in the BBR forums, and seems to be very open to input on ideas to help grow the service.
- e911 is included! This allows me to not have to pay $2.37/mo to Call Centric for e911 service; for just a few pennies more with VoiceStick I get a DID and 250 minutes of US calling along with e911.
- Tollfree termination is free. I currently use VoiceStick for dialing into conference bridges for work. The call quality is excellent.
- Reliability has been good
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