joyful
join:2009-07-10
Irvine, CA
| [General] VOIPStunt not working, but they started another voip s
I signed up voipstunt and paid it $10EU to use its services. It worked for a month, now, everytime I call, it was busy. I sent emails and got no answer. What is going on with them.
I noticed the same company operates VOIPSTUNT started a new site called smartvoip.com. I don't understand, if VOIPstunt can not even handle well its own business, why they start another similar services?
Just collect $10EU and let people using it for one month?
Be aware this comapny |
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Arne Bolen
join:2009-06-21
Denmark
 ·Callcentric
·voip.ms
| Re: [General] VOIPStunt not working, but they started another vo
VoIPstunt is a service from the German provider Betamax. This provider is running 31 services under different names and with slightly different prices. Currently the following services are run by Betamax:
12voip.com
actionvoip.com
budgetsip.com
calleasy.com
dialnow.com
freecall.com
internetcalls.com
intervoip.com
jumblo.com
justvoip.com
lowratevoip.com
netappel.fr
nonoh.net
poivy.com
sipdiscount.com
smartvoip.com
smsdiscount.com
smslisto.com
sparvoip.de
voipbuster.com
voipbusterpro.com
voipcheap.co.uk
voipcheap.com
voipdiscount.com
voiphit.com
voipian.com
voipraider.com
voipstunt.com
voipwise.com
voipzoom.com
webcalldirect.com
Many of these services offer free calls to 20+ countries for 90 days if you pay 10 Euro. The free calls are often limited to 300 minutes per week for each unique IP address.
The different services from Betamax often work very well, the sound quality is mostly acceptable.
Betamax has no customer support at all so don't bother sending them email, you will never get a reply.
All services from Betamax are discount services so do not expect it to work all the time. When it works you can call "free" to many destinations with acceptable quality, when it does not work you need to use another provider. |
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prestonlewis
Premium,MVM
join:2003-04-13
Sacramento, CA
·VoiceStick
| said by Arne Bolen  :All services from Betamax are discount services so do not expect it to work all the time. When it works you can call "free" to many destinations with acceptable quality, when it does not work you need to use another provider. Sounds like you're discussing MJ/YMAX too! |
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PX Eliezer
Premium
join:2008-08-09
New Jersey
·Callcentric
·Optimum Voice
·callwithus
·voip.ms
| reply to joyful
As you see, Betamax runs under at least 30 brand names.
When a company does that, they have not much reason to provide good service.
If a particular brand name gets a bad reputation, it really doesn't matter, because they have so many other names and make new ones all the time.
I cannot think of ANY other major player in Voip that uses so many brand names, other than VT with its various resellers.
Good companies like CallCentric, F9, PhonePower, VOIPo, and others, rise or fall on their OWN name.
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Imagine if your girlfriend not only dated a different guy each night, but changed her NAME each time as well. |
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Arne Bolen
join:2009-06-21
Denmark
·Callcentric
·voip.ms
| Betamax has no need for providing a good service because they have more than enough customers. People love the free PSTN calls and the low rates to cell phones in Europe.
You only need to pay 10 EURO (13.92 USD) once every 90 days and for that you get 300 free minutes every week. If you use all the free minutes your rate per minute is around 0.36 cent. If you use more than 300 minutes a week the rate on exceeding minutes are extremely low.
You are also able to set your own Caller ID with most of the Betamax services. There is no charge for Caller ID.
Besides free or cheap PSTN calls you also get texting to very low prices.
A lot of people think free calls or calls to very low prices are more important than good customer service.
For some people low prices are so important they can move to another provider just to save a quarter of a cent per minute.
Betamax does not spend a cent on support or customer service but their customers are still happy. It is a strange world we live in.  |
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meister_sd
Premium
join:2006-01-29
La Mesa, CA
| reply to joyful
I've used voipstunt for over 4 years now, and while I've had some hiccups, nothing major. I have it configured on my asterisk server now and use it to call Japan. For me it was working a couple of days ago. (don't check everyday)
When I've emailed support, I received an answer the next day.
I'm sorry you are having these problems. How are you connecting to it? Asterisk, pap2, etc... |
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kieranmullen
Premium
join:2005-12-12
Portland, OR
clubs:
·Gizmo5
·Skype
·Vitelity VOIP
·magicjack.com
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Vonage
·ViaTalk
·VoicePulse
1 edit | reply to Arne Bolen
Some offer 120 days like voipbuster.com »backsla.sh/betamax does a good job comparing the price per minute on many of them.
I have been using phone service through them for about 5 years. Occasional hiccups. Max free days is 360 that I had I am now down to 90. My family is used to me now calling with no caller id. So my only fee has been a $4 charge from vitelity every month for their unlimited incoming number. Otherwise if I want caller Id I have made a route to choose vitelity by adding an extra number in when dialing.
meister_sd - just read your post after I posted. Or maybe I saw it from the corner of my eye. Odd. Didnt mean to copy you.
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kieranmullen
Premium
join:2005-12-12
Portland, OR
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·Gizmo5
·Skype
·Vitelity VOIP
·magicjack.com
·Verizon FIOS
·Vonage
·ViaTalk
·VoicePulse
| reply to Arne Bolen
Caller ID only works properly when I use the VOIp client (for while I have confirmed my number) It doesn't work with asterisk.
Is this the same for everyone else?
Thanks
KM
said by Arne Bolen :Betamax has no need for providing a good service because they have more than enough customers. People love the free PSTN calls and the low rates to cell phones in Europe. You only need to pay 10 EURO (13.92 USD) once every 90 days and for that you get 300 free minutes every week. If you use all the free minutes your rate per minute is around 0.36 cent. If you use more than 300 minutes a week the rate on exceeding minutes are extremely low. You are also able to set your own Caller ID with most of the Betamax services. There is no charge for Caller ID. Besides free or cheap PSTN calls you also get texting to very low prices. A lot of people think free calls or calls to very low prices are more important than good customer service. For some people low prices are so important they can move to another provider just to save a quarter of a cent per minute. Betamax does not spend a cent on support or customer service but their customers are still happy. It is a strange world we live in. --
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Arne Bolen
join:2009-06-21
Denmark
·Callcentric
·voip.ms
| said by kieranmullen :Caller ID only works properly when I use the VOIp client (for while I have confirmed my number) It doesn't work with asterisk. Caller ID works fine for Linksys so it should also work with Asterisk. But Betamax requires the number be entered in the following format:
001NPANXXXXXX
In Linksys the number must be entered in the "User ID" field, I don't know where it should be entered in Asterisk. |
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kieranmullen
Premium
join:2005-12-12
Portland, OR
clubs:
·Gizmo5
·Skype
·Vitelity VOIP
·magicjack.com
·Verizon FIOS
·Vonage
·ViaTalk
·VoicePulse
| That is good to know! I have been using Asterisk and Free PBX with Vitelity and Voicepulse.com it takes the caller it from what I specify in the caller id field of the extension. There is a place to override it in the extensions area, I tried it in both with 001 format and it did not work. Still shows as unavailable. I am using the same number I verified in the program.
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Arne Bolen
join:2009-06-21
Denmark | I just made a test with my New York number entered as 001646xxxxxxx and called my Google Voice number. The Caller ID was shown correctly so it works.
When using a Voxalot account the number must be entered in the "From User" field. |
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kieranmullen
Premium
join:2005-12-12
Portland, OR
clubs:
·Gizmo5
·Skype
·Vitelity VOIP
·magicjack.com
·Verizon FIOS
·Vonage
·ViaTalk
·VoicePulse
| Oi! From user is a field in the peer details. I set the number in there in the 001 format and it worked.
Who knew? Do they offer name as well?
said by Arne Bolen :I just made a test with my New York number entered as 001646xxxxxxx and called my Google Voice number. The Caller ID was shown correctly so it works. When using a Voxalot account the number must be entered in the "From User" field. --
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Arne Bolen
join:2009-06-21
Denmark
·Callcentric
·voip.ms
| said by kieranmullen :Oi! From user is a field in the peer details. I set the number in there in the 001 format and it worked. Who knew? Do they offer name as well? Name does not work with Betamax. |
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lstevens
join:2002-08-17
Brookline, MA | reply to joyful
Do the "free" days still work if you connect with an ATA? |
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kieranmullen
Premium
join:2005-12-12
Portland, OR
clubs: | With smslisto.com and voipbuster.com they do. You can also stack freedays with a max of 360 and be taken care of for the year.
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bruhis
join:2008-11-14
Atlanta, GA
| said by kieranmullen :With smslisto.com and voipbuster.com they do. You can also stack freedays with a max of 360 and be taken care of for the year. How you can stack freedays? After 120 days you have to buy credit in order to get another 120 free days, right? |
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kieranmullen
Premium
join:2005-12-12
Portland, OR
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·Gizmo5
·Skype
·Vitelity VOIP
·magicjack.com
·Verizon FIOS
·Vonage
·ViaTalk
·VoicePulse
1 edit | If you want to reply to someones reply directly then you want to hit the reply button on that post so that user is notified. I just happened to notice it.
You get 120 freedays with 10 euro credit. So you then make 3 10 euro purchases for a total of 360 days.
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bruhis
join:2008-11-14
Atlanta, GA
1 edit | said by kieranmullen :If you want to reply to someones reply directly then you want to hit the reply button on that post so that user is notified. I just happened to notice it. You get 120 freedays with 10 euro credit. So you then make 4 10 euro purchases for a total of 360 days. Ah, this what you call "stack".
Btw, you have to edit you post, your math is no good. |
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kieranmullen
Premium
join:2005-12-12
Portland, OR
clubs:
·Gizmo5
·Skype
·Vitelity VOIP
·magicjack.com
·Verizon FIOS
·Vonage
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·VoicePulse
| Edited! Actually you can get freedays with a 5 Euro topup, but that is done through reseller accounts directly.
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