NuFone
NuFone, Inc. is a privately held company based in Eugene, Oregon in the United States, which provides world wide VoIP service using Asterisk™, The Open Source PBX.
History
NuFone was originally deployed by Jeremy McNamara in January 2002, as an IAX and SIP VoIP solution. NuFone is known for being the first provider to support IAX.
Service
Compatibility
Because NuFone takes advantage of the Asterisk PBX™ platform the service is compatible with both IAX and the more common SIP VoIP protocols.
Number Availability
Subscribers to NuFone can request numbers in any area code in any state except Iowa and Maine. Also available are both bulk and vanity Toll Free numbers.
Number Portability
NuFone is compliant with the current number portability regulations. Users can transfer their current number into NuFone and are able to transfer their number out of NuFone if they decide to leave the service.
E-911
NuFone offers Enhanced 911 integration according to FCC regulations. However, to allow proper function, the subscriber is required to register and verify their physical address before they can use E-911.
Issues
Outages
The company has had a checkered past with many outages, and a complete failure of their toll free and DID numbers in April, 2006. Instead of informing their customers of the real situation, the company tried to mask the news with an outage of just a few hours.
Caller ID spoofing
In 2004 hackers used Asterisk and NuFone to show caller ID spoofing where they can fake caller ID as well as unmask blocked numbers.
See also
- VOIP