VoIP Providers: An Exhaustive List

These days VoIP is a major force.. there are many alternatives out there in the market ranging from the formal and serious VoIP providers like the big telecom majors such as AT&T .. to the small new startups that provide PC-to-PC service like Ineen! Here is a list of these providers… if you come across any that is not listed here – please do add them in the comments section.

Full Phone Service

• AOL TotalTalk : A U.S. and Canadian VoIP phone service provider.
• Aptela : A U.S.-based Business VoIP service provider.
• AT&T CallVantage : A U.S.-based Business VoIP carrier.
• Bandwidth.com : A U.S.-based Business VoIP carrier.
• BroadVoice : A U.S.-based VoIP network.
• BT Broadband Voice : A UK based VoIP service provided through BT
• Cliconnect Internet Telephony : A Canadian-Brazilian based Voip Service Provider.
• Congruent IP Communications : A Canadian-based hosted VoIP services provider.
• Covad : A U.S.-based hosted VoIP services provider.
• Earthlink Truevoice, Mindspring: A U.S.-based ISP.
• Engin : An Australian VoIP provider.
• HIVE (ISP) : An Icelandic communication company. Offering home-phones which utilize VoIP
• Internode NodePhone : An Australian-based VoIP service provider.
• Iristel Inc. : A Canadian based VoIP service provider with Asterisk and T.38 fax support.
• IXP Voice : A U.S.-based VoIP phone service provider.
• Lingo : U.S. VoIP offering of Primus Telecommunications.
• OpenWengo : A France-based VoIP Provider.
• MetroTel : A U.S.-based VoIP Provider.
• MyWebCalls : A UK-based VoIP phone service.
• Net2Phone : A U.S.-based VoIP pioneer founded in 1996.
• NetFone : A leading Canadian-based VoIP Provider.
• Packet8 : A U.S.-based VoIP network.
• sipgate: German SIP based provider also operating in Austria and the UK.
• SIPphone : A SIP-based VoIP network.
• SunRocket : A US-based company started by former MCI Execs.
• TheGlobe : A U.S.-based Voice over Internet Protocol communications company.
• TeleCable Services : A U.S.-based VoIP phone service provider.
• Telio : A Norwegian-based VoIP phone service provider.
• TexVoIP : Italian VoIP phone service provider.
• VoicePulse : A U.S.-based VoIP phone service provider.
• Vonage : A U.S.-based VoIP phone service provider.
• Verizon VoiceWing : Verizon’s version of VoIP.
• VoIP User : A UK based free SIP based network with a community funded PSTN gateway.
• Voxbone : A EU based provider of worldwide VoIP virtual numbers.

Free Services (PC-to-PC and PC-to Phone)

• Camfrog : Camfrog Video Chat uses a proprietary system with instant messaging to do multi-user audio and video.
• FWD (formerly Free World Dialup) : A free SIP-based VoIP network.
• Gizmo_Project : Gizmo Project uses your internet connection (broadband or dial-up) to make calls to other computers, phones and mobiles.
• Paltalk : A proprietary freeware VoIP system which uses a messenger-like client for video, voice and text chat. Also offers interoperable Instant messaging (IM) with AOL Instant Messenger , Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger and ICQ using the Paltalk client.
• PeerMe : A proprietary freeware VoIP system which uses a messenger-like client.
• Skype : A proprietary freeware VoIP system which uses a messenger-like client.
• SIP Broker : One of the biggest free VoIP peering and ENUM services.
• Switchboard: Free VoIP applet which works from within a web browser. Works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and any other Java enabled platform. No installation necessary.
• Teleo : A VoIP network using a P2P model.
• TelSIP : A European-based VoIP using SIP.
• TheGlobe : A proprietary freeware VoIP plugin which adds a messenger-like client to your browser.
• Vbuzzer : A SIP-based VoIP service with low cost access to conventional PSTN network.
• Chattercube : The worlds first Peer-to-Peer VoIP network.
• Ineen: A free Voice, Video and Instant Messaging service with a cool interface.
• Yahoo Messenger: The popular Yahoo Messenger has added video and voice chats along with ability to call up phones from PCs has made this service a viable alternative. It also gives free voicemail for PC-to-PC calls that the receiver can retrieve.
• GoogleTalk: Google talk is similar to Skype and a very good alternative to Skype. I use it a lot. Since it uses the normal Google/Gmail interface its handy as you get your gmail friends database right over.

Tags: VoIP, Skype, Telecom