September 22, 2006
VOIP Services for Canadians
A friend of mine recently asked about VOIP services in Canada. Like me, he started with Vonage but has decided to look elsewhere. We both live in Vancouver and want a local 604 number. I discovered that at this point, there aren’t a lot of options. Thus began a search for services that support Canadian area codes.
I found that Mark Evans, a Canadian technology blogger, has a nice list. I’ve added a few names to it here:
- Shaw Digital Phone: BC &Â Alberta (select areas)
- Rogers Home Phone: BC (select areas), Ontario, probably elsewhere but they make it hard to find out. You have to enter your postal code before they’ll tell you.
- Primus TalkBroadband: Canada-wide, select cities
- Vonage: Canada-wide and the only one I think that includes the adaptor for free
- Zingotel: BC, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec
- Bell DigitalVoice:Â Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton
- babyTEL: BC, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia
- Telehop Broadtalk: Ontario
- AOL Canada TotalTalk: BC, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia
- Cogeco: Ontario,Quebec
- SpectraVoice: Ontario, Quebec
- Videotron: Quebec
- unitz.ca: Canada-wide
- DigitalVoice: BC, Alberta
Added Sept. 25:
- Unlimitel: BC, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec
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8 Comments on VOIP Services for Canadians »
September 23, 2006
Nerdy, Geeky and Cheap -- Alec Saunders .LOG @ 6:32 pm (Pingback)
[…] VoIPGirl has published a continuation of Mark Evan’s list of Canadian VoIP service providers. I think she left out a really important option though. It’s nerdy, it’s geeky, and it’s cheap. […]
Rob Hyndman @ 7:46 pm:
You’ve missed one - HIP Communications. I use them and they are superb.
http://www.hip.ca/
ralphgra @ 9:42 pm:
I tried VOiP from Primus for about two weeks. The service kept cutting out. So I returned all the gear. Here’s the strange part: Primus had no interest why I was returning the equipment.
September 26, 2006
Paul Emond @ 12:54 am:
Hi …
Just wanted to let you know about Versature, a Canadian VoIP provider for Small Business in Canada. We do have Canada-wide capabilities, including 604 numbers in Vancouver.
Best Regards,
Paul.
September 27, 2006
Asterisk in the Enterprise? Be Mindful About IT’s Skillset « Ben Lucier’s Blog @ 1:56 am (Pingback)
[…] In this article, Alec talks about VoIP Girl’s post on Canadian VoIP Providers and an important option he feels she missed on her list: free open source Asterisk PBX using Unlimitel’s SIP trunking service. […]
December 18, 2006
Peter Harding @ 4:33 pm:
Hello, do you have any ideas regarding voip hardware suppliers for individuals and small business (1-5) in Canada. Companies carrying Linksys and Grandstream? Because of the small quantities buying from the us is usually too expensive because they usually use shipping services that charge too much brokerage. So a Company that ships from Canada to Canada wouldn’t have such problems.
February 12, 2007
Lovleen @ 7:18 am:
Here’s another one. voipgo.com has an office in the states but it’s a Canadian based comapny.
Love
October 5, 2007
Adam Tuira @ 4:15 am:
Here is another, easyofficephone.com. We have a small company in Hamilton, Ontario and we use easy office phone’s voice over ip service with their hosted pbx (phone system) technology. It’s great becase we have an automated attendant and can transfer customers to each other using our voip phones!