VoIP Service Providers

In order to use Articuation you will require an account with a VoIP service provider.
There are many of these available on the Internet, and many allow you to sign up for free in order to test the service.

Most of the services allow you to talk with other people that are signed up to the service for free and then have a cheap rate for calling standard PSTN numbers. Articulation will work with the majority of SIP VoIP services providers.

InPhonex US/Worldwide Inphonex is a good provider world wide with servers located all around the globe. Because of their global presence they can offer very competitive rates. Settings are server: sip.inphonex.com, domain: inphonex.com More info & Sign up

BroadBand Phone Global Australia / New Zealand / Canada

BBPGlobal is our recommended provider for Australia, New Zealand and Canada. They offer a free account to allow you to test Articulation, and free calls between BBPGlobal members. For calls to real telephones in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, they provide very competitive rates (AUD$) and there are no monthly fees.

Settings are server: sip1.bbpglobal.com:5190, domain: sip1.bbpglobal.com:5190
Rates (AUD$) | Sign up

Other Service Providers

Below is a list of the other providers that Articulation has been explicitly tested against, together with the appropriate settings.

Location	Provider	Server	Domain
US	via:talk Recommended by users	server.vtoc.net	server.vtoc.net
US / Canada	StanaPhone	sip.stanaphone.com	sip.stanaphone.com
US	Telequant	sip.telequant.com	sip.telequant.com
US	SIPphone Also known as the Gizmo project	proxy01.sipphone.com	proxy01.sipphone.com
US	VBuzzer This service may work with VoIP blocked cell phone data plans as it uses a non-blocked port (80).	vbuzzer.com:80	vbuzzer.com
US	Free World Dialup	fwd.pulver.com	fwd.pulver.com
US	FonoSIP	fonosip.com	fonosip.com
US	iptel.org	sip.iptel.org	iptel.org
UK	Babble	sip.babble.net	babble.net
UK	sipgate	sipgate.co.uk	sipgate.co.uk
UK	Draytel.org	nat.draytel.org:5065	draytel.org
UK / Europe	VoIPtalk	nat.voiptalk.org:5065	voiptalk.org
Australia	Firefly / Freshtel	cts-au.freshtel.net	freshtel.net
New Zealand	Slingshot iTalk	akl.italk.co.nz	akl.italk.co.nz
France	Freephonie  * This service supports G.711 only	freephonie.net	freephonie.net
Germany	VoIP Cheap Recommended by users	sip.voipcheap.com	voipcheap.com
US / Argentina	brujula.net	voip.brujula.net	voip.brujula.net
US	Vonage A Vonage SoftPhone account is required to use this service.	sphone.vopr.vonage.net	sphone.vopr.vonage.net

If you do use, or would like to use, Articulation with another VoIP provider you may find more information in the Articulation forum.

Private Network - SIP PBX/Asterisk

Articulation will work on a private network against a SIP gateway or SIP PBX (e.g. Asterisk). Simply set the server and domain to that of your SIP proxy or gateway; if required enter the user name and password needed for registration.
Your administrator should be able to assist you with the settings.

Articulation does not work with Microsoft Live Communication Server

Skype

Skype uses a closed protocol and so will not work with Articulation. There are, however, an number of gateway products available that allow you to connect Skype and SIP calls together using your PC as a relay between them. More information may be found in our forum.